Posts tagged “RTI”

Updated April 27, 2011

RTI International opens 127,000 square foot energy efficient building

The new four-story structure at RTI's Triangle campus is designed to meet LEED standards.

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Updated April 14, 2011

RTI CEO Victoria Haynes to retire

Victoria Haynes In a message to employees, the long-time executive says she is planning to step down as president and chief executive officer. A search is underway for a successor.

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March 11, 2011

RTI study: Quality cancer care is 'increasingly difficult'

Cancer research Shortage of oncologists, rising costs of related tests and treatments, contribute to challenges, RTI and Eli Lilly report in Cancer.

Updated February 25, 2011

Florida firm formally announces acquisition of training business unit from RTI

RTI The RTI group, called TAL, includes some 35 people who work in RTP, Florida, Kentucky and Georgia. Its core missing is training workers to handle U.S. Army vehicles, such as Abrams tanks.

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Updated February 2, 2011

RTI International sells its simulation learning unit

CAE, a provider of simulation technology for use in simulation training, acquires RTI's Technology Assisted Learning unit. The Canadian firm also will open an office in RTP. The RTI group works with U.S. Army.

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February 1, 2011

RTI scientist escapes increasing violence in Egypt

RTI's hank Healey returns home. Hank Healey was in Cairo working with the Egyptian government on education program. He wants to return - when the violence ends.

Updated January 17, 2011

RTI study: Search engines' success driven in big part by fed support

Just as the federal government through the Pentagon laid the groundwork for the Internet, so too did support from the National Institute of Standards and Technology help fuel the rise of Google and other search tools, RTI reports.

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December 27, 2010

RTI 'toolkit' aims to make genetic data comparable

PhenX toolkit logo A set of standard measures and protocols for 21 research areas is intended to help scientists compare data from multiple studies.

December 24, 2010

RTI Study: Smokers will quit if rewards are right

RTI Giving smokers rewards that they want can make cessation programs more successful, RTI scientists find.

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Updated December 17, 2010

Veteran investor William Moore is new board chair at RTI

Earl Johnson and his wife Margie Moore, a partner at Franklin Street Partners in Chapel Hill, succeeds Earl Johnson Jr. at the Triangle-based global research institution. Former Glaxo Wellcome CEO Bob Ingram also joins the board.

December 14, 2010

RTI-led consortium is one of 3 preferred providers in CDC contract

RTI International Duke, UNC-Ch and Emory are part of the group that can compete for projects to assist health care in emerging nations.

December 13, 2010

RTI International names executive for mergers and acquisitions

Michele “Mikki” Leach Michele Leach will seek and evaluate merger and acquisition opportunities for RTI.