Archive 2015

New Business Development Director for Tech Parks Arizona

Justin Dutram has accepted the position of Director of Business Development for Tech Parks Arizona.

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Hamilton Innovations Moves into UA Tech Park

Hamilton Innovations expanded their operations with a recent move into the UA Tech Park.

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UA Startup Codelucida Receives a $750,000 Grant from the National Science Foundation

Tech Launch Arizona, Arizona Center for Innovation, Tech Parks Arizona and Codelucida
Paul Tunarkin and Shiva Planjery

Codelucida, a start-up company created from University of Arizona and University of Cergy-Pontoise, France research has been awarded a $750,000 Small Business Innovation Research Phase-2 grant from the National Science Foundation.

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Staff Promotions and Appointments at Tech Parks Arizona

Tech Parks Arizona

This week Tech Parks Arizona announced several staff promotions and appointments.

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New Cohort of Technology Companies Join Innovation Center to Launch Big Ideas

The Arizona Center for Innovation (AzCI) has announced that seven new technology startup and emerging companies are participating in its programs.

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Arizona's Tech Scene has Plenty to Celebrate in 2015

Phoenix Business Journal

December 23, 2015

Steve Zylstra

I’m not one to dwell on the past. Instead, I prefer to look toward the potential opportunities that lie ahead. However, after a banner year that the technology community experienced in 2015, it’s worth taking stock of how far we’ve come since not that long ago we wondered when the economy was going to finally show signs it had bounced back.

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Partnership with Israel Tech Park Promises Tucson Jobs

Arizona Public Media

Nancy Montoya

December 22, 2015

Next year may bring a big boost to Southern Arizona’s Economy courtesy of Israel. Nancy Montoya reports that efforts by the University of Arizona Tech Park are beginning to pay off with the goal of bringing more industry and higher-paying jobs to the area.

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Will Bisbee’s Future be tied to the Future of the World’s Mining Industry?

KCTR News

Chuck Alton

Now, hear the recent meeting that documents that potential upturn scenario in process! There is some interesting economic development brewing in Bisbee, and while the project could fail to meet fruition for a variety of reasons, the real possibility that Bisbee could become a magnet for average to high paying jobs does exist at this moment.

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Mexico's Emerging Middle Class Can Benefit Southern Arizona

Arizona Public Media

Nancy Montoya

In a recent poll by the Pew Center, 2000 Americans were given a word association test. The word? Mexico. Almost 90 percent of those interviewed said “illegal immigration." Nancy Montoya reports a growing number of business leaders in Southern Arizona are pushing to change that perception, calling Mexico our biggest ally for economic growth.

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Nothing Soft or Fluffy Here: Local and National PR Work Recognized in This Year’s Impact Awards for Southern Arizona

Inside Tucson Business

Kathleen Brown

November 13, 2015

Nationwide, the Public Relations Society of America’s (PRSA) awards criteria are considered more arduous than other awards programs in the industry. The entries aren’t just judged for a single element such as visual appeal. PRSA requires a thorough analysis of the quantifiable research behind the project, the quality of the execution, and–most importantly–the quantifiable, measurable results of the effort.

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Tech Launch Arizona Wins as Innovator of Year

UA News

Paul Tumarkin

The UA's commercialization arm is recognized in the academia category at the Governor's Celebration of Innovation awards in Phoenix.

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Local Drone-Tracking Startup Has Winning Pitch

Arizona Daily Star

Drone Control Systems, a Tucson-based company developing software to track unmanned aircraft, was named winner of the Second Annual Get Started Tucson, a “Shark Tank”-style business-pitch competition.

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Drone Control Systems Sails Away with Win at “Get Started Tucson" Business Pitch Competition

Drone Control Systems Press Release

Local company scores $10,000 in prizes from Cox Business in “Shark Tank” style event.

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Developer Model Puts Innovation Campus Risk on Tetrad

Lincoln Journal Star

Chris Dunker

As state lawmakers wrestle with how to help grow Nebraska Innovation Campus, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is benefiting from a developer-at-risk model that asks Tetrad Property Group to bear “considerable financial risk” to develop the site.

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New Tucson housing community gets first homebuilder

Arizona Daily Star

Gabriela Rico

Developers of a master-planned community on the city’s southeast side have landed their first homebuilder.

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UA Awarded for Role in AZ Economy

The Daily Wildcat

By: Samuel Gross

The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities recognized the University of Arizona as an Innovation and Economic Prosperity University on June 24.

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UA Increasing Tech Commercialization

AZ Tech Beat

By: Chloe Nordquist

Since 2013, the University of Arizona has increased its commercialized tech derived from UA research through Tech Launch Arizona (TLA).

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Technology Transforms Tradition

Arizona Alumni Magazine

Tim Vanderpool

A new take on Arizona's Traditional five C's.

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AZ Week: Growing Arizona's Technology Sector

Arizona Public Media

AZPM Staff

Technology and science are often trumpeted as the future of Arizona's economy. Friday's ARizona Week episode looks into how these fields are shaping the state.

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New Businesses Get Leg Up From Incubators

Arizona Public Media 

Zach Ziegler 

Most new businesses fail within ten years, but those that go through programs like Thryve Next might have a better chance of survival.

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