Program launches to engage faculty leaders and increase impact from innovative research May 24, 2024 The Faculty Innovation Ambassadors Program is designed to improve access to information and assistance related to innovation, inventorship, and entrepreneurship, positioning an experienced Faculty Innovation Ambassador or “FIA” in key colleges across campus to help with and promote commercialization activity. Read more Image
UArizona launches website to match entrepreneurs and investors with high-potential, high-tech opportunities May 20, 2024 University of Arizona (UArizona) has launched a new web-based resource to connect high-tech entrepreneurs with promising inventions and startups. StartupHub matches the most promising inventions coming out of the university’s offices and laboratories with entrepreneurs outside the university who have the passion, talent, and experience to form startups to lead them forward. Read more Image
University of Arizona patent-earning inventors celebrated for their innovation and impact April 26, 2024 At this year's World Intellectual Property Day celebration, Tech Launch Arizona honored over 70 innovators who had more than 100 patents issued for their innovations in the past fiscal year. Each inventor received a custom-minted challenge coin emblazoned with their patent information. Read more Image
The Buzz: A game-changing alcohol education program April 10, 2024 Forty-nine percent of college students aged 18-22 consumed alcohol within the past month. Developed at the University of Arizona by Spencer Gorin, a proven program called "The Buzz" offers an innovative and dynamic approach to alcohol education through its method and curriculum. Read more Image
University of Arizona Startups Selected for Flinn Foundation Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program April 8, 2024 Two startups launched to commercialize UArizona inventions have been selected to participate in the exclusive Flinn Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program. Through the program, each will receive $30,000 in non-dilutive funding along with a one-year plan to help them advance their companies and technologies, and become investor-ready. Read more Image
Celebrating female leaders in innovation and progress March 21, 2024 For Women's History month, Tech Launch Arizona looked to two leading innovators – Dr. Joyce Schroeder and Dr. Melissa Herbst-Kralovetz – to talk about what it takes to do exemplary research that leads to better tomorrows. Read more Image
Latest NSF I-Corps Cohort bridges the gap between social innovation and social impact March 19, 2024 TLA graduated its first Catalyzing Change I-Corps Cohort for Social Innovation. The initiative is part of the broader Social Innovation program which aims to amplify the impact of university innovation in all its forms, enhancing community trust in pursuing impact pathways and fostering positive change. Read more Image
Patents mark year of breakthroughs at the College of Engineering March 12, 2024 Every year, leaders from Tech Launch Arizona and the College of Engineering gather to award medallions to the researchers and professors recently granted patents for inventions that better the human condition. Attendees at this year’s Feb. 28 event celebrated Engineering’s inventors for improving health care and accelerating computing, among other achievements. Read more Image
$500,000 donation plus $500,000 matching challenge gift brings university startup seed fund one step closer to impact March 7, 2024 The Thomas R. Brown Family Private Foundation has made a gift of $500,000 to the Wildcat Philanthropic Seed Fund, and has committed to a matching challenge for an additional $500,000. Read more Image
Five UArizona Innovators Named to the National Academy of Inventors Feb. 28, 2024 New Senior Members include inventors from the agriculture and life sciences, chemistry and biochemistry, molecular and cellular biology, and optical sciences. Meet them! Read more Image