June 15, 2020 Shining a Light on COVID-19 Detection The startup that licensed a UArizona-invented ultraviolet spectrometer has been awarded a $1.5 million Air Force contract to build devices that can quickly detect COVID-19 in virus test samples.
June 11, 2020 UArizona Climbs to 39 in Top 100 Worldwide Universities Granted U.S. Utility Patents Tech Launch Arizona has helped the university community report more than 1,600 inventions, file more than 1,800 patents, execute upward of 600 licenses and launch 82 startups.
May 18, 2020 UArizona Health Sciences Awarded $1.35M in COVID-19 Relief for Rural Hospitals The Health Resources and Services Administration awarded $1.35 million to the UArizona Center for Rural Health to support 16 hospitals in rural Arizona.
May 15, 2020 UArizona, State of Arizona to Expand COVID-19 Antibody Testing Statewide Overall, there will be 31 antibody testing sites across the state, with additional sites becoming available as needed.
May 5, 2020 Researchers Identify Potential Pathway to Make Opioids Safer, More Effective Researchers found that inhibiting heat shock protein 90 in the spinal cord enhanced effectiveness of opioid therapy and could decrease its side effects. The findings suggest doctors may be able to prescribe less of drug, but patients would get the same level of pain relief with reduced side effects.
April 28, 2020 Diana Liverman Elected to National Academy of Sciences and American Academy of Arts and Sciences UArizona Regents Professor Diana Liverman has been elected to two prestigious honoraries for her work on climate change and society.
April 28, 2020 UArizona Researchers Pivot to Tackle COVID-19 Thirteen research teams will address various aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic with financial support from a rapid-turnaround seed grants supplied through the BIO5 Institute and state funding. The grants amount to more than $500,000.
April 27, 2020 UArizona Partnership with State Begins COVID-19 Antibody Testing The first phase of testing will include 3,000 health care workers and first responders in Pima County, as well as 1,500 members of the general public.
April 22, 2020 Coronavirus Creates Conditions for Unique Environmental Science 'Global Experiment' Researchers are racing to collect atmospheric and other data, which they can use to determine the extent of the impact of the virus on environmental health.
April 20, 2020 UArizona Launches Texting System to Gather and Provide COVID-19 Information AZCOVIDTXT will allow people to report the health and wellness condition in their household on a weekly basis through brief surveys on their mobile phones.
