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At Pitt, Scientists Decode The Secret of Getting Grants Marketing Helps University Win $350 Million a Year From NIH, Irking Critics ‘You Have to See It as a Game’

research universities and NIH itself are under pressure from Congress to show even greater results. Some legislators want NIH to devote itself less to fundamental scientific inquiry and more to "translational" research that can generate drugs, devices and other therapies. Among scientists, there is fierce debate about how to make research more productive.

Missoula Cultural Council – Some news and upcoming events for the week of June 28, 2004

In Missoula… Fort Missoula’s 29th Annual 4th of July Celebration Sunday, July 4, rain or shine, 11:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. This year’s festivities include gunfights by the Old West Gunslingers, music by the Montana…

Businesses walk fine line when asked about former employees

"The safest thing is for an employer just to give name, rank, and serial number,"

Healthy Prospects Ahead – The life sciences industry continues to revolutionize the country’s economic development climate. Find out what some locations are doing to support the skyrocketing industry.

Across the country this year, state legislatures were busy passing initiatives to enhance their state’s life sciences climates.

Missoula cardiologist, Dr. Stan Wilson honored for groundbreaking work

Today, plaques declaring 16 patents hang on the wall of his office across the street from St. Patrick Hospital, where he works in the heart catheterization lab at the International Heart Institute of Montana. And Wilson has recently returned from Paris, where he was celebrated at a meeting of 10,000 to 12,000 heart specialists for his invention, which at long last is helping thousands of heart patients in Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand.

Get yourself on the right ‘bus’

I don’t really know why, but I loathe riding the bus. Perhaps in high school, a football player yelled at me, or maybe a cheerleader rebuffed my flirting. I don’t know. By Stephen W. Gibson…

Missoula Convention and Visitors Bureau Bulletin – Monday – June 28, 2004

In case you missed it, the Missoulian last Friday featured a fine article by Rob Chaney on Barb Neilan stepping into her new role as MCVB Executive Director. He interviewed her and Kimberly Roth at…

Cascade sees a bright future for land where mill once stood

If the community can come up with the right plan for the site and find funding, it could prove to be a big economic boon to the community and help draw more tourism to the area, according to Ron Lundquist, general manager of The Ashley Inn in Cascade, which opened in August of 2003.

Jack Schultz, author of "Boomtown USA: The 7 1/2 Keys to Big Success in Small Towns," will speak on small-city success

"In the book, Jack discusses how communities have taken steps to become prosperous and thriving communities of the future," Jarrad Phillips of Agracel said in a note to the chamber. "He has spoken to town leaders, economic development groups, universities, town chambers and citizens in a variety of communities in the Midwest, East and Southern U.S."

Balancing Act -You can have a family, a demanding job and a short commute– if you figure out the geography.

Richard Randall pocketed enough money to retire before the age of 40 by taking public a little company called Target Therapeutics, a developer of less-invasive devices for treatment of aneurysms and stroke. But success came…

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