University Startups Conference 2010 in Washington, D.C.

August 20, 2010 by Leave a comment


The University Startups Conference is a unique conference series dedicated exclusively to creating and funding globally-competitive, venture-backable university startups. We bring together universities creating startups with VCs, angel investors, SBIR program managers and Fortune 500 technology scouts funding them. The conference also includes NSF, NIH, NIST, DOD, DOE, DHS and other government agencies working on improving the Innovation Economy by increasing the quality and quantity of startups coming out of universities. Read more of this post

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Awesome Washington, D.C., Is the Smartest City in the Country

July 16, 2010 by Leave a comment


Here is another great study I just read on  Brookings Institution showing our city of Greater Washington, D.C. is the smartest city in the country. You may say that again! Washingtonians have something others do not: the best-educated population in the nation.

The study totally validates why I founded Awesome DC. Although, it compares DC with other cities in the country, as I pointed out in About section of our site, I am proud to say Washington, D.C. is the smartest city in the world from my own personal experience of having lived and worked in Asia, Middle East,  Europe, and of course Awesome DC :-)   Haven’t been in any of the South American or African Countries yet. Anyone? Read more of this post

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NIH-Supported Center for AIDS Research to be Established in Washington, D.C.

July 14, 2010 by Leave a comment


The George Washington University Medical Center To Lead Multi-Institutional Effort.

Researchers from institutions across Washington, DC, led by Alan E. Greenberg, M.D., M.P.H., of The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, have been awarded an approximately $3M grant over five years from the National Institutes of Health to establish the District of Columbia Developmental Center for AIDS Research (DC D-CFAR).

The mission:

To provide scientific leadership and institutional infrastructure to promote HIV/AIDS research, and to develop the next generation of HIV/AIDS investigators in Washington, whose population has one of the country’s highest rates of HIV/AIDS infection. Read more of this post

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