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Entrepreneurial Fellowship Program

March 3, 2020

Through its newly developed Student Entrepreneurial Fellowship Program, TLA is providing four qualified candidates from diverse backgrounds the opportunity to work with and impact the success of high-tech startups.

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$1M to Help Technologies for Impact

March 2, 2020

What's the next step for your UArizona invention? Tech Launch Arizona’s Asset Development Program provides financial support to move world-changing ideas into the commercial sphere.

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Anti-Viral Treatment for Animal Disease

Feb. 27, 2020

Invented by Arun Dhar of the UArizona Aquaculture Pathology Lab at the College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, the anti-viral treatment for a common, lethal infection is poised to address a $1 billion dollar shrimp industry problem.

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Development Starts at the Tech Park at The Bridges

Feb. 27, 2020

Our future home! Tech Parks Arizona broke ground on the first multitenant building at the University of Arizona Tech Park at The Bridges. Named "The Refinery," the building will provide 120,000 square feet of office space for tech-focused business and organizations.

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Startup FreeFall Takes Next Steps

Feb. 12, 2020

In a new joint collaboration, FreeFall and Applied Research Corporation will team to support national defense and US government agencies.

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UArizona Inventors Named to NAI

Feb. 11, 2020

The University of Arizona researchers are being recognized in areas including pain therapeutics, heart disease treatment, optical science and online data collection.

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Over $585M in Impact in Three Years

Dec. 10, 2019

Amongst other results, a study conducted by the McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship has found that UArizona startups launched from FY2016 through 2018 generated a $585.7M positive economic impact for Arizona. Download and share the infographic.

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Faculty Named to NAI

Dec. 9, 2019

Optical Sciences Professor Hong Hua and Regents Professor Emeritus Victor Hruby are being honored as National Academy of Inventors Fellows, the highest professional distinction awarded to academic inventors.

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Unconference Supports Startups

Nov. 19, 2019

On October 17, TLA and Startup Tucson hosted a unique "unconference" to intentionally strategize a local ecosystem to help UArizona startups. Attendees' ideas were recorded in an original illustration which to will help shape the conversation going forward.

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NASH Diagnostic Discovered

Nov. 15, 2019

With funds from the National Institute of Health, Nathan Cherrington, Ph.D., ATS, Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies and Professor at the College of Pharmacy has created a non-invasive diagnostic for Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH), a chronic liver disease.

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