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UArizona Inventor Wins Back-to-Back Arizona Top Innovator Recognitions

Oct. 14, 2021

The Arizona Technology Council and the Arizona Commerce Authority honored optical sciences professor Jim Schwiegerling with two awards: Inventor of the Year on October 6 in Tucson at the Southern AZ Tech + Business Expo, and Innovator of the Year - Academia on October 13 at the Governor's Celebration of Innovation in Phoenix. 

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Left to right: Jim Schwiegerling and Karla Morales, Chairwoman of the Tucson Hispanic Chamber

UArizona Launches Patent Coin Recognition Program

Oct. 5, 2021

Tech Launch Arizona has kicked off a new UArizona program to recognize inventors who are named on issued patents. “The goal is to recognize the contributions of each inventor,” said TLA Assistant Vice President Doug Hockstad, “as well as elevate the visibility of patents and the impact of commercialization throughout our campus community.” 

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Patent coins presented to College of Science inventors on September 30, 2021.

UArizona Inventor of the Year Has a Message for Women Innovators: “The Sky is the Limit. Definitely go for it.”

Sept. 28, 2021

On September 28, 2021, Tech Launch Arizona hosted its eighth annual I-Squared Awards and Expo event. Along with honoring the top inventors and entrepreneurs dedicated to commercializing UArizona inventions, the evening included an expo of innovations and startups hosted by entrepreneurial, innovative UArizona teams. 

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Left to right: Elizabeth "Betsy" Cantwell, Sadhana Ravishankar and Doug Hockstad

UArizona Team Led by Architecture and Engineering Professors Wins $200,000 ‘American-Made Challenge’ E-ROBOT Prize

Sept. 2, 2021

wall-EIFS, a robotically applied, 3D-sprayable exterior insulation and finish system for building envelope retrofits, is one of 10 finalist prize winners of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Envelope Retrofit Opportunities for Building Optimization Technologies Prize, or E-ROBOT Prize. Each finalist team is awarded $200,000.

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Graphic courtesy Jonathan Bean and Wolfgang Fink.

Cultivando Oportunidades: A Q&A with Student Entrepreneurial Fellow Eddie Hernandez

Sept. 1, 2021

Born in Cumaná, Venezuela, Edmundo “Eddie” Hernandez came to the United States when he was four years old. Today, he has joined TLA as our latest Entrepreneurial Fellow, working with startup teams to help them move towards a successful launch. 

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Eddie Hernandez

UArizona Researchers Develop First Regenerative, Safe Therapeutic for Alzheimer’s Disease

Aug. 12, 2021

University of Arizona researchers have developed a new therapy for Alzheimer’s disease designed to restore cognitive function in early-stage patients. The therapy, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center for Innovation in Brain Science, is now proceeding through a Phase 2b clinical trial and has been licensed to startup NeuTherapeutics, Inc. 

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Roberta Diaz Brinton

Despite COVID, UArizona Reports Strong Year for Innovation and Commercialization

July 22, 2021

From July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021, the university achieved a record 124 license agreements, launched 17 new companies, and grew the number of inventions disclosed and patents filed.

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The Tucson skyline with Sentinel Peak in the background.

Researchers Develop Understanding of How Breast Tumor Stiffness Is a Predictor of Bone Metastasis

June 29, 2021

A new study, published in the journal Cell Reports, found that the stiffness of the breast tumor microenvironment can cause changes to cancer cells that make them more aggressively spread to bone. The concept of a “mechanical memory” or “MeCo score” that describes this aggressiveness has driven the foundation of startup MeCo Diagnostics, LLC. 

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Ghassan Mouneimne, PhD

Setting Sights on Tomorrow: A Q&A with Student Entrepreneurial Fellow Trevor Lohr

June 24, 2021

Graduate student Trevor Lohr, who is studying for his master’s in finance, is the latest addition to the Tech Launch Arizona team. As an Entrepreneurial Fellow, he lends his expertise to helping budding startups in the health sciences space get their footing and prepare for entry into the market. 

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UArizona Innovation Ecosystem Provides “a Wealth of Resources” for Engineering Startup

June 18, 2021

University of Arizona startup Paramium Technologies, founded to commercialize a precision metal plate forming technology invented by researchers in the Steward Observatory, has demonstrated how a small company can achieve big things with the support of a strong innovation ecosystem.

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Left to right: Christian Davila-Peralta, Justin Hyatt and Roslyn Norman.