Fast Forward Newsletter Get updates about news, events, new inventions, and ecosystem opportunities each month. SUBSCRIBE Image Students engage in "The Buzz," a dynamic alcohol education program developed at the University of Arizona. Spencer Gorin April 10, 2024 The Buzz: A Game-Changing Alcohol Education Program Read more April 8, 2024 University of Arizona Startups Selected for Flinn Foundation Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program Read more Image March 21, 2024 Celebrating female leaders in innovation and progress Read more Image March 19, 2024 Latest NSF I-Corps Cohort bridges the gap between social innovation and social impact Read more Image Image Startup Iluminos Licenses Arizona-invented Treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease April 25, 2018 Iluminos Therapeutics has licensed UA-created compounds that have the potential to treat neurodegenerative disease. The inventors hail from the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology and the ASU-Banner Neurodegenerative Disease Research Center. Read more Image Startup Licenses University of Arizona Dual-View Probe for Medical Endoscopy April 19, 2018 UA researchers Drs. Bhaskar Banerjee and Rongguang “Ron” Liang have invented a dual-view probe for medical endoscopy demonstrated to increase polyp detection rates 58 percent to 98 percent. Their startup, Omniscient, is working to bring the technology to the public. Read more I-Squared Awards Honor Inventors, Entrepreneurs and Ecosystem Champions March 20, 2018 On March 19, TLA held its fifth annual I-Squared Expo & Awards, honoring those whose work impacts the quality of life for people in Tucson, across Arizona and throughout the world through research, invention, collaboration and commercialization. Read more Image Tech Launch Arizona Announces Leadership Change March 8, 2018 The UA has named Douglas Hockstad to fill the position held by David Allen, effective April 28, 2018. Allen, who is retiring, was appointed as TLA vice president in 2012 to reinvigorate the UA’s research commercialization activities. Read more Image Startup Licenses UA Spectrometer for Natural Products, Pharmaceuticals and More Feb. 15, 2018 A team of researchers at the UA College of Optical Sciences have invented a new breed of spectrometer capable of rapidly analyzing the chemical makeup of materials. Their first target market? Natural products and pharmaceuticals, including cannabis. Read more Image Mesa-Based Startup Forges Ahead on Battery Technology Licensed from University of Arizona Jan. 24, 2018 Urbix Resources has licensed a portfolio of lithium-ion battery and related materials technologies invented at the UA. Dr. Palash Gangopadhyay, inventor and formerly an adjunct research professor at the UA College of Optical Sciences, is now the full-time CTO at Urbix. Read more Startup Licenses UA-invented Mining Sensor Network Jan. 8, 2018 Startup GUIA has licensed a mining communication and sensor platform developed in the College of Engineering and Lowell Institute for Mineral Resources. In addition to mining, the company is looking to apply the technology to other high-risk environments. Read more Image Experienced Inventor and IP Expert Joins College of Science/Tech Launch Arizona Team Jan. 2, 2018 In collaboration with the College of Science, TLA has hired Laura Silva as the licensing manager for the college. She will be working with faculty, researchers and graduate students to identify, protect and commercialize inventions stemming from research at the college. Read more Professor Roger Angel Honored as Fellow of National Academy of Inventors Dec. 13, 2017 Dr. Roger Angel, Regents’ Professor at the University of Arizona, has been named as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors for his many contributions, from telescope mirror design to his ideas around sustainable energy. Read more Image UA Startup Licenses Natural Language Processing Algorithm Nov. 29, 2017 For a researcher, developing a holistic understanding of a field is an immense task. UA inventors have devised an automated system to extract information from literature and generate easily interpretable answers. Now, the UA has licensed it to their startup, Lum.AI. Read more Image From Inventions to Assets: UA program funds early-stage technologies for commercialization Nov. 28, 2017 The goal of commercialization is to get the products of research out into the world for the public good. Asset Development funding helps develop early-stage technologies and make them more attractive for market adoption. The program is generating opportunities – and results. Read more Bruce Wright Receives Award for Executive Leadership Nov. 3, 2017 UA Associate Vice President Bruce Wright received the COO/Leadership Equivalent Award for a non-profit organization during the 2017 Executive Excellence Award presented by Tucson Local Media and Inside Tucson Business. Read more Pagination « First First page ‹‹ Previous page … 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 … ›› Next page Last » Last page
Image Students engage in "The Buzz," a dynamic alcohol education program developed at the University of Arizona. Spencer Gorin April 10, 2024 The Buzz: A Game-Changing Alcohol Education Program Read more
April 8, 2024 University of Arizona Startups Selected for Flinn Foundation Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program Read more Image
March 19, 2024 Latest NSF I-Corps Cohort bridges the gap between social innovation and social impact Read more Image
Image Startup Iluminos Licenses Arizona-invented Treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease April 25, 2018 Iluminos Therapeutics has licensed UA-created compounds that have the potential to treat neurodegenerative disease. The inventors hail from the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology and the ASU-Banner Neurodegenerative Disease Research Center. Read more
Image Startup Licenses University of Arizona Dual-View Probe for Medical Endoscopy April 19, 2018 UA researchers Drs. Bhaskar Banerjee and Rongguang “Ron” Liang have invented a dual-view probe for medical endoscopy demonstrated to increase polyp detection rates 58 percent to 98 percent. Their startup, Omniscient, is working to bring the technology to the public. Read more
I-Squared Awards Honor Inventors, Entrepreneurs and Ecosystem Champions March 20, 2018 On March 19, TLA held its fifth annual I-Squared Expo & Awards, honoring those whose work impacts the quality of life for people in Tucson, across Arizona and throughout the world through research, invention, collaboration and commercialization. Read more
Image Tech Launch Arizona Announces Leadership Change March 8, 2018 The UA has named Douglas Hockstad to fill the position held by David Allen, effective April 28, 2018. Allen, who is retiring, was appointed as TLA vice president in 2012 to reinvigorate the UA’s research commercialization activities. Read more
Image Startup Licenses UA Spectrometer for Natural Products, Pharmaceuticals and More Feb. 15, 2018 A team of researchers at the UA College of Optical Sciences have invented a new breed of spectrometer capable of rapidly analyzing the chemical makeup of materials. Their first target market? Natural products and pharmaceuticals, including cannabis. Read more
Image Mesa-Based Startup Forges Ahead on Battery Technology Licensed from University of Arizona Jan. 24, 2018 Urbix Resources has licensed a portfolio of lithium-ion battery and related materials technologies invented at the UA. Dr. Palash Gangopadhyay, inventor and formerly an adjunct research professor at the UA College of Optical Sciences, is now the full-time CTO at Urbix. Read more
Startup Licenses UA-invented Mining Sensor Network Jan. 8, 2018 Startup GUIA has licensed a mining communication and sensor platform developed in the College of Engineering and Lowell Institute for Mineral Resources. In addition to mining, the company is looking to apply the technology to other high-risk environments. Read more
Image Experienced Inventor and IP Expert Joins College of Science/Tech Launch Arizona Team Jan. 2, 2018 In collaboration with the College of Science, TLA has hired Laura Silva as the licensing manager for the college. She will be working with faculty, researchers and graduate students to identify, protect and commercialize inventions stemming from research at the college. Read more
Professor Roger Angel Honored as Fellow of National Academy of Inventors Dec. 13, 2017 Dr. Roger Angel, Regents’ Professor at the University of Arizona, has been named as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors for his many contributions, from telescope mirror design to his ideas around sustainable energy. Read more
Image UA Startup Licenses Natural Language Processing Algorithm Nov. 29, 2017 For a researcher, developing a holistic understanding of a field is an immense task. UA inventors have devised an automated system to extract information from literature and generate easily interpretable answers. Now, the UA has licensed it to their startup, Lum.AI. Read more
Image From Inventions to Assets: UA program funds early-stage technologies for commercialization Nov. 28, 2017 The goal of commercialization is to get the products of research out into the world for the public good. Asset Development funding helps develop early-stage technologies and make them more attractive for market adoption. The program is generating opportunities – and results. Read more
Bruce Wright Receives Award for Executive Leadership Nov. 3, 2017 UA Associate Vice President Bruce Wright received the COO/Leadership Equivalent Award for a non-profit organization during the 2017 Executive Excellence Award presented by Tucson Local Media and Inside Tucson Business. Read more