Aug. 2, 2022 UArizona reports record number of inventions Tech Launch Arizona, the university's commercialization arm, recorded 303 novel inventions between July 1, 2021, and June 30 – the most invention disclosures registered for a single year in UArizona history.
May 18, 2022 UArizona innovation generated $1.6B in economic output over 5 years A new report indicates that startups and business generated through Tech Launch Arizona supported over 2,500 jobs and $561 million in labor income between fiscal years 2017 and 2021.
April 21, 2022 Optical sciences researcher dishes up new method for measuring radio antennas A UArizona doctoral student has developed a new way to precisely measure radio antennas used in astronomy and satellite communications. The technology has been licensed to startup Fringe Metrology.
Jan. 25, 2022 UArizona Wyant College of Optical Sciences raises $28M for endowed chairs The James C. Wyant College of Optical Sciences has completed one of the most ambitious fundraising endowed chair campaigns for a single college in the university's history.
Jan. 18, 2022 Researchers pilot 'itty bitty' device for earlier ovarian cancer detection Jennifer Barton has spent nearly a decade developing a falloposcope to detect ovarian cancer in its early stages. Dr. John Heusinkveld has now successfully used the device to capture images of study participants' fallopian tubes.
Nov. 23, 2021 UArizona Team Creates Instrument to Study Invisible Clouds that Warm Earth Doctoral student Kira Hart Shanks designed and built the infrared channeled spectropolarimeter, which will be deployed onboard a NASA CubeSat to monitor invisible clouds in the upper atmosphere.
Sept. 29, 2021 UArizona Inventor of the Year To Female Innovators: 'The Sky is the Limit' Tech Launch Arizona presented five awards for innovation, leadership and impact at its eighth annual I-Squared Awards and Expo.
Sept. 28, 2021 Construction Underway on University's Grand Challenges Research Building The new building is designed to draw on the university’s core strengths and research collaborations in space exploration, optics, quantum information science and more.
June 29, 2021 Construction Begins on UArizona's New Applied Research Building The three-story building will be dedicated specifically to research programs related to the "Grand Challenges" pillar of the university's strategic plan.
June 10, 2021 EMPOWER STEM Program Creates Student Pathways to Jobs in National Labs Funded by $748,000 from the Office of Naval Research, EMPOWER STEM aims to provide a route to government research jobs, particularly for students from diverse backgrounds.