Fast Forward Newsletter Get updates about news, events, new inventions, and ecosystem opportunities each month. SUBSCRIBE Image Iman Daryaei poses with his new patent coin. Tech Launch Arizona April 26, 2024 University of Arizona patent-earning inventors celebrated for their innovation and impact Read more April 10, 2024 The Buzz: A game-changing alcohol education program Read more Image April 8, 2024 University of Arizona Startups Selected for Flinn Foundation Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program Read more Image March 21, 2024 Celebrating female leaders in innovation and progress Read more Image Image Four UArizona Faculty Named to the National Academy of Inventors Feb. 11, 2022 The National Academy of Inventors has named four faculty researchers among its new class of Senior Members. NAI Senior Members are active faculty, scientists, and administrators from NAI Member Institutions who have demonstrated remarkable innovation in producing technologies that have brought, or aspire to bring, real impact on the welfare of society. Read more Image Howl for Good Dog Breath! UArizona Startup Wins Purina Pet Care Innovation Prize Jan. 26, 2022 UArizona startup uPetsia has been named as one of five winners of the 2022 annual prize competition. The company was launched with the help of TLA to develop and commercialize a harmless bacteria strain to battle bad dog breath and is now going through the UACI Oro Valley incubation program. Read more Image Researchers pilot 'itty bitty' device for earlier ovarian cancer detection Jan. 18, 2022 Biomedical engineering professor and BIO5 Institute Director Jennifer Barton has spent nearly a decade developing a falloposcope to detect ovarian cancer in its early stages. As an initial step to creating impact for patients, she has filed 3 patents for technologies enabling the invention. Read more Image Three University of Arizona Faculty Named Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors Dec. 7, 2021 Three UArizona inventors have been selected as Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors. The NAI Fellows Program highlights academic inventors who have demonstrated a spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development and the welfare of society. Read more Image UArizona Student’s Flying Robots Startup Takes Off with Support from Ecosystem Nov. 24, 2021 Sahand Sabet, Ph.D., who was working towards his degree in engineering, has developed a new drone that can transition between flying through the air and rolling on the ground, giving it not only unmatched mobility in confined spaces, but also durability and efficiency. With his colleagues, they have launched a startup to bring the technology to the world. Read more Image Compound Developed at UArizona Health Sciences Provides Innovative Pain Relief Nov. 9, 2021 Entrepreneurial UArizona researchers have made a significant breakthrough on a safe and effective non-opioid pain reliever. The prestigious medical journal, Science Transitional Medicine, published the results of this breakthrough study in its November 2021 issue, representing a leap forward for the team's startup, Regulonix. Read more Image University Startup Neuro-ID Secures $35M in Series B Funding Nov. 5, 2021 Neuro-ID, a startup commercializing technology developed at the University of Arizona Eller College of Management, has raised $35 million in Series B funding. The company was founded based on inventions stemming from research done by Joseph Valacich, professor of management information systems, and his former Ph.D. student Jeff Jenkins, now an associate professor of information systems at Bringham Young University. Read more Image UArizona Students Gain Hands-on Entrepreneurial Experience Through Internship with High-tech Startups Nov. 2, 2021 Want to spend a summer working for a UArizona startup? Through a new internship offered through Tech Launch Arizona, students do just that, gaining real-world entrepreneurial experiences while contributing their skills to fast-moving, high-tech teams. Read more Image 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. Read more Image 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.” Read more Image 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. Read more Image 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. Read more Pagination « First First page ‹‹ Previous page … 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 … ›› Next page Last » Last page
Image Iman Daryaei poses with his new patent coin. Tech Launch Arizona April 26, 2024 University of Arizona patent-earning inventors celebrated for their innovation and impact Read more
April 8, 2024 University of Arizona Startups Selected for Flinn Foundation Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program Read more Image
Image Four UArizona Faculty Named to the National Academy of Inventors Feb. 11, 2022 The National Academy of Inventors has named four faculty researchers among its new class of Senior Members. NAI Senior Members are active faculty, scientists, and administrators from NAI Member Institutions who have demonstrated remarkable innovation in producing technologies that have brought, or aspire to bring, real impact on the welfare of society. Read more
Image Howl for Good Dog Breath! UArizona Startup Wins Purina Pet Care Innovation Prize Jan. 26, 2022 UArizona startup uPetsia has been named as one of five winners of the 2022 annual prize competition. The company was launched with the help of TLA to develop and commercialize a harmless bacteria strain to battle bad dog breath and is now going through the UACI Oro Valley incubation program. Read more
Image Researchers pilot 'itty bitty' device for earlier ovarian cancer detection Jan. 18, 2022 Biomedical engineering professor and BIO5 Institute Director Jennifer Barton has spent nearly a decade developing a falloposcope to detect ovarian cancer in its early stages. As an initial step to creating impact for patients, she has filed 3 patents for technologies enabling the invention. Read more
Image Three University of Arizona Faculty Named Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors Dec. 7, 2021 Three UArizona inventors have been selected as Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors. The NAI Fellows Program highlights academic inventors who have demonstrated a spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development and the welfare of society. Read more
Image UArizona Student’s Flying Robots Startup Takes Off with Support from Ecosystem Nov. 24, 2021 Sahand Sabet, Ph.D., who was working towards his degree in engineering, has developed a new drone that can transition between flying through the air and rolling on the ground, giving it not only unmatched mobility in confined spaces, but also durability and efficiency. With his colleagues, they have launched a startup to bring the technology to the world. Read more
Image Compound Developed at UArizona Health Sciences Provides Innovative Pain Relief Nov. 9, 2021 Entrepreneurial UArizona researchers have made a significant breakthrough on a safe and effective non-opioid pain reliever. The prestigious medical journal, Science Transitional Medicine, published the results of this breakthrough study in its November 2021 issue, representing a leap forward for the team's startup, Regulonix. Read more
Image University Startup Neuro-ID Secures $35M in Series B Funding Nov. 5, 2021 Neuro-ID, a startup commercializing technology developed at the University of Arizona Eller College of Management, has raised $35 million in Series B funding. The company was founded based on inventions stemming from research done by Joseph Valacich, professor of management information systems, and his former Ph.D. student Jeff Jenkins, now an associate professor of information systems at Bringham Young University. Read more
Image UArizona Students Gain Hands-on Entrepreneurial Experience Through Internship with High-tech Startups Nov. 2, 2021 Want to spend a summer working for a UArizona startup? Through a new internship offered through Tech Launch Arizona, students do just that, gaining real-world entrepreneurial experiences while contributing their skills to fast-moving, high-tech teams. Read more
Image 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. Read more
Image 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.” Read more
Image 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. Read more
Image 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. Read more