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• Protective engineer honored: using IE to bolster homeland security.(KEEPING PACE WITH IIE)(Brief article)

  - 2006-03-01

  Back in his days as an undergrad at the University of Houston, Mario Duarte knew exactly where his career path would take him. The young industrial engineering student was convinced that his choice of studies would prove integral to homeland security research and development. ...

  Tags: CAREER, Government, security, University of Houston

• IABC/Houston January Program Features Dr. Peter C. Bishop

  - 2006-01-09

  HOUSTON -- Futurist and Associate Professor in the College of Technology and Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Futures Studies, University of Houston Will Discuss "Riding the Future's Waves of Creative Destruction" What: Local Futurist Peter C. Bishop, Ph.D., recently told the Houston Chronicle that information technology is...

  Tags: Dr., Government, Houston, MARKETING, PRODUCTIVITY, SALES, University of Houston

• Ultraspecific Virus Identification.(Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency funds University of Houston to do research on bioterrorism)(Brief Article)(Editorial)

  - 2005-06-01

  By Elizabeth Tolchin, News Editor Researchers at the University of Houston are working on a project, now being funded by a new grant from the Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency, to develop a method for identifying bacteria and viruses that...

  Tags: agency, biology, Biotechnology, bioterrorism, Government, professor, SECURITY, University of Houston, virus

• Would-Be Gas-Price Indexers Jockey for Industry Positions.

  - 2003-04-25

  By Michael Davis, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 25--WASHINGTON--While regulators are still considering who should gather natural gas prices, the jockeying has already begun to do the job. The competitors so far range from a market giant --...

  Tags: Government, NASD, Regulations, regulator, trader, University of Houston

• Houston Chronicle Small Business Column.

  - 2003-04-13

  Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 13--DEVELOPMENT CENTER: The University of Houston Small Business Development Center -- 2302 Fannin, Suite 200, 713-752-8488 -- provides counseling and training to both new and established businesses. For events at other locations, contact the...

  Tags: FINANCE, financing, Government, Investment, SOFTWARE, University of Houston

• Long-Term Incentives And Wealth Building

  BNET - 2003-01-01

  An effective incentive framework is imperative to maintain high motivation levels in the employees of an organization. Social security, retirement plans, and long-term compensation strategies are some of the avenues through which the employees' long-term security needs are addressed. The paper examines this issue.

  Tags: Incentive, University Of Houston, Incentive Framework, Sales Force Management, Social Security, Sales, Government

• Carol E. Dinkins, Chair, Aba Standing Committee On Federal Judiciary 2002 - 2003.

  - 2002-11-07

  Issued on August 06, 2002 Carol E. Dinkins, a partner in the Houston office of the international law firm of Vinson & Elkins, will chair the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Federal Judiciary for 2002-2003. Dinkins was appointed to chair the standing committee...

  Tags: Environmental, Government, Governor, Litigation, president, University of Houston

• Did You Know?

  - 2001-09-10

  * Despite reports of illegal immigrants dying because increased border vigilance is pushing them into more remote and treacherous territory to make their dash, the number of deaths has not increased. Deaths that now occur in desert and mountain terrain are equal to those that used to occur in urban...

  Tags: CAREER, freeway, Government, immigrant, University of Houston