With 19 new companies added to its roster last fiscal year, the university has now launched more than 100 startups since revamping its commercialization operation in late 2012.

The technology has been licensed to a global medical company and is used by half a million people worldwide, including the inventor himself.

A Cancer Center collaboration has connected the lab with the clinic to develop and test a portable skin cancer diagnostic device.

In the latest rankings from the National Academy of Inventors, the University of Arizona ranks No. 39 among the top 100 worldwide universities with the most U.S. patents granted for inventions in 2019, a 27-spot increase over the previous year's ranking.

The startup that licensed a UArizona-invented ultraviolet spectrometer has been awarded $1.5M Air Force contract to build the devices for applications in COVID-10 detection.

In the College of Engineering, graduate student Vinodh Subramanian developed a system to help mitigate no-shows for healthcare appointments. The technology has been licensed to startup Hipokratiz LLC to bring it to the market.