Paramium Technologies Awarded Competitive Grant from the National Science Foundation

Paramium Technologies, a University of Arizona Center for Innovation (UACI) startup, has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant for $256,000 to conduct research and development (R&D) work on efficient manufacturing methods for radio antenna reflectors.

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Quantum technologies at the heart of a Tech Triangle Talk led by Sherbrooke Innopole

Two young Sherbrooke businesses from the quantum sector, Nord Quantique, and SBQuantum introduced

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Tucson startup awarded grant from National Science Foundation

Chorus Nylander

KVOA News 4 Tucson

Paramium Technologies, a University of Arizona Center for Innovation (UACI) startup, has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant for $256,000 to conduct research and development (R&D) work on efficient manufacturing methods for radio antenna reflectors, the company announced in a news release Tuesday.

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Nurturing the Continuum - A Conversation with University of Arizona President Dr. Robert C. Robbins

Adam Bruns 

Site Selection 

The former Stanford University School of Medicine professor and department chair today serves on the boards of such organizations as the Arizona Commerce Authority, Southern Arizona Leadership Council, Tucson Metro Chamber of Commerce, Greater Phoenix Economic Council, and as a member of the Chairman’s Circle of Sun Corridor, Inc., the regional economic development agency for southern Arizona. I talked with him in January 2021.

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Building Tucson Businesses: The Silicon Desert

Special to the Arizona Daily Star

Eleven years ago, a senior vice president of IBM asked a fresh out of University of Arizona, early-tenure employee with multiple undergraduate degrees and an MBA why she wanted to be a part of IBM. Out of a bundle of nerves, the employee gave an answer that spoke volumes: “Working here is like being in a great big candy store. You just have to be careful to not eat too much.”

That employee was Calline Sanchez, and she is now the IBM vice president of worldwide systems lab services and technical universities. The senior vice president who asked the question was Ginni Rometty, and she is now the CEO of IBM.

Fast-forward to today and some quick facts: IBM is 40 years in the Tucson marketplace. They are an anchor tenant at the University of Arizona’s Tech Park (IBM used to own the property and sold it to UA in 1994).

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Greater Tucson Leadership Honors 3 Community Leaders

Arizona Daily Star

Greater Tucson Leadership has revealed its picks for the 2017 Tucson Man and Woman of the Year as well as the winner of the Founders Award.

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