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David Archer is the new managing director for Nevada's Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology.

Robert Chernow was appointed to the newly created position of vice provost for entrepreneurship at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

The Greensboro, N.C.-based Nussbaum Center for Entrepreneurship has a new president, Michael Hentschel.

Sandy Johnson was promoted to CEO of the Mid-America Manufacturing Technology Center.

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David Archer is the new managing director for Nevada's Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology.

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Robert Chernow was appointed to the newly created position of vice provost for entrepreneurship at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

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The Greensboro, N.C.-based Nussbaum Center for Entrepreneurship has a new president, Michael Hentschel.

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Sandy Johnson was promoted to CEO of the Mid-America Manufacturing Technology Center.

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Donna Kent is the new president and CEO of the Arizona Technology Council.

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Dan Lynch was named president of the Greensboro Economic Development Partnership.

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The Information Technology Association of Wisconsin, formed in June 2005, selected Jim Rice as its president and CEO.

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The Southern Arizona Tech Council announced it will merge its programs into the recently created Tucson Regional Economic Opportunities Inc., an integration expected to be mostly completed by June 30, 2006.

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Amit Yoran replaces Gilman Louie as In-Q-Tel's new CEO.

Oklahoma Supreme Court Approves $50M in Bonds for Endowed Chairs

Upon ruling in favor of a $50 million bonds issue last month, the Oklahoma Supreme Court cleared the way for an endowed chairs program at colleges and universities throughout the state .

Semiconductor Industry Picks New York, California Sites for Nano Centers

In the Dec. 19, 2005 issue of the SSTI Weekly Digest, an editor's note highlighted the mega-investments several states are making to establish themselves as significant players in key research areas. New York's commitment to nanotechnology research in the Albany region, already in the hundreds of millions of dollars with the 2002 recruitment of Sematech North, was one of the examples mentioned.