Amu vc contendors articles
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VC has state champion pole vaulter
Quackenbos vaults 9-5 to claim title Carlisle Quackenbos is all smiles after winning the pole vaulting Class A state title. Carlisle Quackenbos of Vermilion Catholic captured the pole vault at Thursday’s Class A state track meet in Baton Rouge. Quackenbos only needed two jumps to win the title. She cleared 9-5 on her second-to-last attempt. Marley Moore of VC also had a good day. She finished third in the long jump (15-10.5) and was seventh in the 100 meter dash (12.98). VC’s Luke McLain...
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Deeptech VC raises €300M in push for 'semiconductor supremacy'
Flemish venture capital firm Imec.xpand has raised €300mn to invest in deeptech startups. The VC is a spinoff from Leuven-based Imec, one of the world’s largest microelectronics research institutions. The new fund targets AI, semiconductors, nanotechnology, photonics, and quantum computing. It will also invest in startups working on new ways to diagnose and treat medical conditions. To date, Imec.xpand has invested in 23 companies that have so far raised a combined €1.5bn in...
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AMU gets its first woman V-C: Naima Khatoon
Naima Khatoon Gulrez, the principal of Aligarh Muslim University’s Women’s College since 2014, has been appointed as the university's first woman Vice-Chancellor. She is learnt to have taken charge as the new V-C Monday evening. The AMU Court had shortlisted three candidates for the post and forwarded the names to President Droupadi Murmu for final selection last November. Professor Muzaffar Uruj Rabbani, former Dean, Faculty of Medicine, AMU, and Professor Faizan Mustafa, V-C, Chanakya National...