Archive 2019
News Releases
University of Arizona Center for Innovation Startups Win the Arizona Innovation Challenge
December 11, 2019The Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA) announced today the winners of the Fall 2019 Arizona Innovation Challenge (AIC). Two of the winners are Tucson-based companies and both startups are part of the University of Arizona Center for Innovation. AIC is one of the largest competitions in the country designed to advance innovation and technology commercialization opportunities in Arizona by helping early-stage ventures secure funding in order to rapidly scale.
Association of University Research Parks Honors Emagine Solutions Technology with Innovation Award
November 18, 2019The Association of University Research Parks (AURP) honored Emagine Solutions Technology, a startup company at the University of Arizona Center for Innovation, the business incubator housed at the University of Arizona Tech Park, with the Innovation Award at the AURP 2019 International Conference in Atlanta, Georgia on November 6.
In the News
UA Senior VP Cantwell Selected as Science Advancement Fellow
November 28, 2019Arizona Daily Star
Elizabeth "Betsy" Cantwell, senior vice president for research and innovation at the University of Arizona, has been elected a 2019 fellow of the American Association for the Advance ment of Science, the world's largest general scientific society.
Tucson Earns its Reputation as Emerging Tech Heavyweight
November 15, 2019By Gov. Doug Ducey Special to the Arizona Daily Star
As recently as a few years ago, if you were reading headlines that boasted of new technologies, startups or tech job growth, chances were that a traditional coastal enclave like San Francisco, Seattle or Boston could take credit.
Fast-forward to 2019, and things have changed. While the old guard still remains, there’s another name to add to the top of our nation’s list of the most exciting places for technology and innovation — none other than Tucson, Arizona.
