UA Startup Targets Improved Information Systems and Services for Faculty and Students June 21, 2017 The UA has licensed a tool to integrate student information and learning management systems to startup FishTail Technologies. The software resulted from a collaborative effort between the UA Office of Instruction and Assessment and University Information Technology Services. Read more Image
UA Startup Codelucida Wins Arizona Innovation Challenge Award June 13, 2017 Startup Codelucida, cofounded by a UA College of Engineering professor and graduate student, has won a $250,000 Arizona Innovation Challenge grant for spring 2017. Read more Image
BizTucson Special Report: Hotbed of Innovation May 31, 2017 The BizTucson Summer 2017 Special Report on Tech Launch Arizona and Tech Parks Arizona is out, offering a comprehensive look at the workings and growing impact of the ecosystem of invention and commercialization. Read and share it here. Read more Image
Startup Desert Saber Licenses UA Mining Safety Training Program May 30, 2017 The UA has licensed a training program for the mining industry developed at the Lowell Institute for Mineral Resources to startup Desert Saber. The software immerses learners in stressful, real-world situations that miners hope to never encounter on the job. Read more Image
What to Do with Your University Invention (and Ideas for Creating New Ones) May 22, 2017 Last year the University of Arizona brought over 250 inventions to Tech Launch Arizona. Where do all those inventions come from? And why is the activity of UA inventors so important to the University? Read more
University of Arizona Startups Draw Silicon Valley Attention to Tucson May 4, 2017 On May 3, four startups founded on inventions based on University of Arizona research made their pitches at an accelerator in one of the nation’s epicenters for technology and entrepreneurship: Silicon Valley. Read more Image
Tech Blog: University of Arizona and University of Pennsylvania Faculty Collaborate in Effort to Alleviate Sleep Insufficiency April 26, 2017 University of Arizona faculty member, Michael Grandner, develops novel software platform and wearable to address sleep insufficiency in conjunction with University of Pennsylvania faculty member, Michael Perlis. Read more Image
TLA I-Squared Awards & Expo Showcase Inventors, Startups, Collaborators and Impact-Makers April 19, 2017 On April 18, 2017, Tech Launch Arizona held its fourth annual awards event. The I-Squared Expo & Awards honors those whose work directly affects the quality of life for Tucson, Arizona and the world through research, collaboration and technology commercialization. Read more Image
Startup Commercializes Beating Heart Graft Invented at University of Arizona April 4, 2017 Tucson startup Avery Therapeutics, Inc., has licensed a beating heart graft technology invented at the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson. Read more Image
UA Startup Catalina Pharma Offers New Method to Treat Anesthesia-Induced Hypothermia March 29, 2017 Researchers at the UA and Dignity Health St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center - Phoenix have come up with a new method for treating anesthesia-induced hypothermia. Startup Catalina Pharma has licensed the technology to take it forward. Read more Image