Pharmaceutical company names president, chief operating officer.

2003 NOV 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Boston Life Sciences, Inc., (BLSI) announced that Marc Lanser, founder of the company in 1992 and currently executive VP, chief scientific officer as well as a member of the board, was requested by the board to assume the responsibilities of president and chief operating officer.

Lanser, responsible for the selection and acquisition of the company's technology from Harvard Medical School and its affiliated hospitals, was a member of the full-time academic faculty at Harvard Medical School, where he directed a National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded research project in immunology and received a NIH Research Career …

Bush's victory: Blame the Democrats

The argument in the Capitol last week was about victory. Legislators such as Sen. John McCain and Sen. Lindsey Graham believe, against all the evidence, that victory in Iraq is possible. They insist like puppets that "the surge has been a success" and see signs of victory. The president proclaims that we are winning the war. Gen. David Petraeus says that the progress is fragile and reversible, that there is not yet light at the end of the tunnel, victory is not right around the corner and the champagne is still at the back of the refrigerator.

We know that many in the Pentagon think victory in Iraq is impossible. Navy Adm. William Fallon was dumped because he agreed with them and …

SONS UNHARMED AFTER FATHER KILLS SELF IN HOME.(MAIN)

Byline: Associated Press

YORK, Pa. A man holed up with his five sons held police at bay for 10 hours and shot an officer Thursday before police stormed his home. They found the gunman dead of an apparent suicide.

Police do not know if Robert Fegely was holding his sons, ages 4 to 17, against their wills. They walked out unharmed about six hours after the standoff began.

The standoff began around 4 a.m. when shots were fired in the home and Fegely's wife, Dawn, ran to a neighbor's house for help, Norris said. It was unclear who the target of those shots was.

Police surrounded the house and evacuated about 30 nearby homes. Four hours later, …

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO MARKETING TEAM CLAIMS 1ST PLACE WITH NAVY SEALS PROJECT

CHICAGO, June 6 -- The University of Illinois at Chicago issued the following news release:

Chicago Creations, a team of University of Illinois at Chicago students working with EdVenture Partners, an education organization, claimed first place recently at a national marketing competition.

The team went undefeated in competition against three other teams in the Navy SEALs Scouting Project, a partnership managed by the Navy SEALs and EdVenture Partners that challenged students to create and implement an integrative marketing campaign for the Navy SEALs recruitment effort.

"This project demanded excellence and creativity," said Aziz Ali, project co-coordinator, who graduated from UIC in May with a bachelor's degree in information and decision sciences. "All Chicago Creations departments were always on top of their assignments, and our professor helped us see the obstacles ahead of time."

This year's competition pitted student-run marketing agencies against each other to create a campaign including event marketing, internet marketing, and interactive and print media, designed to reach the SEALs' target market -- African-American male athletes.

The UIC team won by creating a campaign that attracted more than 240 attendees to a campus event held April 7 at Malcolm X College, and generated more than 343,000 gross impressions throughout the entire campaign, according to the team. Post-campaign research demonstrated a 56 percent increase in awareness for the Navy SEALs.

The team, mostly junior and senior marketing majors, included 24 students mentored by David Koehler, clinical assistant professor of managerial studies. Most of the students were enrolled in Koehler's classes.

"I felt that the competition would bring out the best in my students," Koehler said. "They took ownership, and the results were outstanding."

Five team members participated in a formal agency-style presentation to Navy SEAL representatives June 1 at the Naval Amphibious Base at Coronado Island, Calif., where they received a $1,500 award and recognition for their scholastic achievement.

For more information about UIC, please visit www.uic.edu. For any query with respect to this article or any other content requirement, please contact Editor at htsyndication@hindustantimes.com

Jeffron Boynes, 312/413-8702, jboynes@uic.edu.

REP. BONO MACK VOWS TO FIGHT FCC POWER GRAB

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- Rep. Mary Bono Mack, R-Calif. (45th CD), issued the following news release::

Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack (CA-45), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade, released the following statement upon Verizon's court challenge against the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) plan to regulate the Internet:

"This is an historic overreach by the FCC. It's nothing short of a naked power grab. Americans need jobs, not senseless regulations that will only stifle innovation in America. Chairman Genachowski and the FCC have clearly exceeded their statutory authority in their attempts to regulate the internet. I will do everything possible to stop this effort dead in its tracks." For any query with respect to this article or any other content requirement, please contact Editor at htsyndication@hindustantimes.com

BURLINGTON COUNTY COLLEGE'S NEW SCIENCE INCUBATOR AWARDED $60,000 GRANT

Burlington County College issued the following news release:

Burlington County College has been awarded a $60,000 grant from The Commission on Science and Technology. The funding, in addition to previous grants from The Commission on Science and Technology totaling $1.1 million, will be used to purchase scientific equipment and information technology infrastructure for BCC's New Science Incubator scheduled to open in winter 2007.

Located adjacent to the High Technology Small Business Incubator on BCC's Mount Laurel Campus, the $4 million Science Incubator will provide 12,800 square feet for 11 interconnected laboratory modules designed to house early stage and startup scientific companies. Each lab will be 600 square feet and equipped with a fume hood, lab sink, casework and back up power. Additionally, each tenant will have access to modern scientific equipment, office equipment, High Speed Internet, conference rooms, a resource library, entrepreneurial workshops and seminars.

On Tuesday, August 8, 2006 invited guests will have the opportunity to take a first glimpse at the Science Incubator during a "Hard Hat Tour" of the building. To recognize the importance and significance of the construction project for the College, this tour will give participants a closer look at the progress made so far and the vision BCC has for the Science Incubator. The tour will begin with refreshments in the High Technology Small Business Incubator at 100 Technology Way. Hard hats will be provided. For more information please contact the Incubator Manager at (856) 222-9311, ext. 2800.

SnagAJob.com Board Appoints Jim Schaper to Board

SnagAJob.com announced that it has named a 30-year technologyveteran, entrepreneur and experienced chief executive to its boardof directors.

Jim Schaper, chairman of Infor, a privately held businesssoftware company, has helped guide its growth since 2002. Infor hasmore than $1.8 billion in annual revenues, serves 70,000 customersand employs 8,000 people worldwide.

"We are extremely pleased that Jim has joined our board ofdirectors," said Shawn Boyer, founder and CEO of SnagAJob. "Hebrings invaluable B2B experience and proven know-how when it comesto growing companies successfully. Jim's insights on both technologyand operations will be a valued asset to the SnagAJob managementteam."

Before founding Infor with Golden Gate Capital in 2002, Schaperwas chairman and CEO of Primis Corp., an Internet propertymanagement software and data provider that he sold to Land AmericaCorp. in 2000. He was previously COO for Medaphis (later named Per-Se), a healthcare information technology company, and COO for Dun &Bradstreet Software.

SnagAJob is an online community of hourly workers-and a providerof workforce management solutions created exclusively for hourlyemployers.

More Information:

www.snagajob.com

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