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 UArizona inventor assumes presidency of SPIE Feb. 26, 2024 As the BIO5 Institute director assumes her presidency of SPIE, she propels the international society for optics and photonics into new frontiers and underscores her role as a leader in cutting-edge research and innovation while representing UArizona. Read more
Image UArizona ranks 51st among top 100 world universities granted US utility patents in 2023 Feb. 15, 2024 The ranking is based on the patents for inventions that originated from university research that were issued in 2023. During that period, the university was issued 61 U.S. patents for inventions developed by faculty, researchers, staff, and students. Read more
Image Tech transfer pioneer Laura Silva to blaze new trails in retirement Feb. 9, 2024 Retirement marks not only the end of an era but the start of a new one, and Tech Launch Arizona’s College of Science Senior Licensing Manager Laura Silva is getting ready to embrace this new journey. Read more
Image Tech Launch Arizona to bring UArizona expertise in translational research to NSF grant awardee universities Jan. 12, 2024 UArizona has been recoginzed for excellence in how effectively it creates impact from the products of research. Through the NSF Accelerating Research Translation (ART) program Tech Launch Arizona has been selected to mentor the University of Southern Mississippi in developing its own more impactful innovation ecosystem. Read more
Image $1M gift to Wildcat Philanthropic Seed Fund to provide fuel for UArizona ventures Jan. 4, 2024 An anonymous donor has made a $1 million gift to the philanthropic Wildcat Seed Fund – an early-stage fund designed to help fund startups launched to commercialize ideas and innovations stemming from the work of university faculty, staff, and students. Read more
