For 31 years, the Norman-based company IMMY (Immuno Mycologics Inc.) has produced fungal diagnostic products. On Tuesday, Bauman submitted for Food and Drug Administration approval a new product that stands to catapult the company to a new level and further his goal of helping people in developing countries. The product is a diagnostic test for cryptococcosis, an opportunistic fungal disease that is ravaging places like Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
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SouthWest Nano Technologies, Inc.(SWeNT) the leading manufacturer of single-wall and Specialty Multi-Wall (SMW™) carbon nanotubes (CNTs) is manufacturing specialty multi-wall carbon nanotubes for NanoRidge Materials, Inc. These CNTs are being incorporated into enhanced body armor to improve protection of soldiers and law enforcement officers from small arms fire.
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After years of intensive projects and arduous fundamental research at Tinker Air Force Base, OU Industrial Engineering Professors Shiva Raman and Binil Starly unveiled SEAM Aero last year. The company employs a new, ground-breaking technology that uses a laser scanning arm to create three-dimensional computer designs of obsolete aircraft parts that are still very much needed to keep U.S. aircrafts in flight.
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As an entrepreneur, Agi Lurtz has always looked for ways to diversify and grow her business. Her latest venture – certifying her company, Online Medsource, as an electronic health record vendor – stands to catapult the business to another level. Online Medsource is a tenant in one of NEDC's technology based incubators, eTec².
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Forbes has named an energy accounting and regulation course at the University of Oklahoma as one of its 10 most innovative business school courses. 
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After four years of pairing students with mentors and new technologies, the leaders of the Center for the Creation of Economic Wealth took a step back to analyze the program. CCEW is a University of Oklahoma program that pairs students with technologies or business ideas and the serial entrepreneurs or business people to mentor them, with the goal of commercialization. CCEW is a former tenant in NEDC's technology based incubator, eTec.
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The University of Oklahoma has enrolled more National Merit Scholars for the upcoming school year than it ever has before. OU President David Boren said 221 of the scholars are enrolled at the Norman university, a jump of more than 10 percent from the OU’s previous high, set last year.
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The number of cell phones, wireless systems and emitters operating at any given moment is staggering. But it’s the interaction of those devices, such as a cell phone frequency with a piece of medical equipment or a defibrillator, that will keep a University of Oklahoma center busy for years to come. The Center for the Study of Wireless Electromagnetic Compatibility at OU has spanned automotives, gas stations and aviation, and it is again largely focused on the effect of wireless technology on medical devices.
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Three companies joined the Oklahoma Quality Jobs program last month, pledging to create 114 jobs in coming years in exchange for wage rebates. They'll benefit from state's Quality Jobs Program. One of the companies is AGIO Technology, a Norman based company. AGIO, a global information technology company, plans 74 jobs in Norman, for a maximum payroll rebate of $3.3 million over 10 years. AGIO serves hedge fund companies and opened this year at Three Partners Place on the University of Oklahoma south research campus.
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Computerworld listed the University of Oklahoma as one of only six universities nationwide to be included in the 2010 Best Places to Work in Information Technology list.
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Hitachi Computer Products (America) is building a $15 million distribution center in Norman that will add 75 jobs and serve customers in North and South America. A 203,000-square-foot distribution center being added to the Hitachi Computer Products campus in Norman is scheduled to be complete and occupied by mid-October.
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Joe Siano is the Norman Public Schools superintendent, but to him, he’s a teacher first. Ten years ago this month, Dr. Siano took the hot seat in the interview chair in front of Norman’s board of education to fill the district’s vacant superintendent post. Dr. Siano has been in Norman ever since, making a difference for our kids.
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Employees of Embassy Suites Norman Hotel and Convention Center recently celebrated the receipt of the 2009 Connie Award with a luncheon at the hotel. The award is presented to Embassy Suites’ top performing properties.
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David J. Arthur, President and CEO of SouthWest NanoTechnologies, Inc. has more than 30 years experience commercializing products utilizing advanced materials, including work at such companies as Rogers Corporation, A.T. Cross Co., TPI Composites, Helix Technologies and Eikos.In this interview, we talk to Dave about SouthWest NanoTechnologies’ carbon nanotube materials and technologies, their commercialization potential and the environmental, health and safety risks associated with nanotubes.
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Even though many parts of the sprawling, 153-acre complex are a work in progress, The Links at Norman is currently taking leases and already has some residents living there. Located in southeast Norman, the 576-unit apartment complex will boast an 18-hole golf that will rival anything you will see in the state of Oklahoma.
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SEAM Aero, a company formed by OU engineering professors, got started last year with a $3 million EDGE grant. The company now has several clients and operates out of the Norman Economic Development Coalition's emerging Technology entrepreneurial center (eTec) near campus corner. SEAM stands for Shape Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing.
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With high prospects for hurricanes in the oil-ridden Gulf of Mexico this year, Norman-based Weather Decision Technologies, Inc., and America’s Emergency Network are again partnering to provide an emergency information tool to local newspaper, radio and television websites called the iMapHurricane! video widget. WDT is a former tenant in NEDC's technology based incubator, eTec.
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A national report has ranked three of Oklahoma's universities as the top bachelor's degree producers for American Indian students in the nation. Northeastern State University, Oklahoma State University and the University of Oklahoma had the most American Indian students who earned bachelor's degrees in 2008-09, the report shows. State universities made up six of the top 12 schools, and 12 of the top 100.
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The newest kids on the Campus Corner block are a chef and barista duo specializing in all things cream, whipped or frosted, and the bean. Chef Ashleigh Barnett, and Barista and Manager Johnny Chappell, of Crimson and Cream, 331 White St. a bakery and coffee bar near Victoria’s Pasta Shop that opened July 9 are riding on faith in the powers of sugar and caffeine to sustain a business that opened during one of the economy’s less than finest hours.
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