August 2024
Arizona Public Media Breaks Ground on New Tucson Broadcast Center
August 21, 2024Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Public Media breaks ground for new campus in the UA Tech Park at The Bridges on Jan. 23, 2024.
Read more ›UA Tech Parks Mark 30th Year as Tucson Tech Hub
August 20, 2024Arizona Daily Star
The University of Arizona celebrated the 30th anniversary of Tech Parks Arizona.
Read more ›Media Move-Up: $65 Million Paul & Alice Baker Center for Public Media
August 19, 2024Construction of Arizona Public Media’s new headquarters is off and running.
Read more ›August 2023
Innovation Hubs Spark Business Creativity
August 31, 2023From startups to established firms, regions with innovative resources and support propel growth throughout many industries.
Read more ›June 2023
UA Tech Park hosts summer camp for kids to work alongside start ups
June 21, 2023Collaborative camp with SARSEF offering STEM experience to local students
Read more ›February 2023
Lean, Green, Clean Tech Machine
February 03, 2023Partnerships and innovations help shirk carbon footprint
Read more ›Raytheon Missiles & Defense Relocates to University of Arizona Tech Park
February 03, 2023Raytheon Missiles & Defense has agreed to move into the new UA Tech Park at the Bridges, leasing around 14,000 square feet of office space near the University of Arizona.
Read more ›Raytheon extends relationship with University of Arizona with expansion into tech park
February 02, 2023Arizona defense contracting giant Raytheon Missiles & Defense has picked up some new office space at a new southern Arizona tech park.
Read more ›Raytheon to open new Tucson office at the UA's south-side tech park
February 01, 2023Tucson-based Raytheon Missiles & Defense is moving into new office space at the University of Arizona’s Tech Park at the Bridges on the city’s south side.
Read more ›December 2022
Mission Integration Lab opens at the University of Arizona Tech Park
December 13, 2022A new research facility opened at the University of Arizona Tech Park.
Read more ›UA christens new research-balloon lab in Tucson
December 13, 2022University of Arizona space scientists have a new place to ready mission packages for high-altitude balloon flights, with the opening of the school’s Mission Integration Lab on Tucson’s south side.
Read more ›July 2022
A Walk in the Park
July 26, 2022Jessa B. Turner
TREND Report
Here at Tech Parks Arizona, a walk in the park, is more than a leisurely stroll. We move at the speed of business.
Read more ›May 2022
U of A to Test Balloon-Based Space Tech on Tucson's South Side
May 31, 2022David Wichner
Aviation Pros
The University of Arizona is taking its balloon-based space research to the next level, with a new lab sprouting up at the UA Tech Park at The Bridges on Tucson's south side.
Read more ›Here’s why sustainability innovators are planting roots in Arizona
May 27, 2022AZ Big Media
Arizona Commerce Authority
Arizona has increasingly become home to a cluster of industries that can only be described as world-changing. They are sectors that drive “sustainability,” and include electric and zero-emission vehicle manufacturing, next-generation battery technology, solar and other clean energy production, biodegradable materials, freshwater science, agritech, and more.
Read more ›UArizona will develop and test balloon-borne payloads at new Mission Integration Lab
May 20, 2022Daniel Stolte
UA News
Construction has begun on a tall, hangar-like "high bay," where researchers and students can work on instruments, telescopes and high-altitude balloon technology.
Read more ›Here’s how the innovative Southern Arizona economy is thriving
May 20, 2022Erin Thorburn
AZ Big Media
Like an impressive wingspan helps the albatross remain in flight, a talented workforce fueled by educational resources aids in an economy’s prosperity. And so it is for Southern Arizona.
Read more ›April 2022
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA LAUNCHES INCUBATOR OUTPOST AT BIOSPHERE 2
April 19, 2022Arizona Tech Council
The University of Arizona Center for Innovation (UACI) held a grand opening yesterday to celebrate its new startup incubator at Biosphere 2, which supports renewable energy and sustainable tech startups.
Read more ›University of Arizona Launches Incubator Outpost at Biosphere 2
April 19, 2022Zoey Leipsic
AZ BIO
The University of Arizona Center for Innovation (UACI) held a grand opening yesterday to celebrate its new startup incubator at Biosphere 2, which supports renewable energy and sustainable tech startups.
Read more ›UArizona Launches Incubator Outpost at Biosphere 2
April 19, 2022BizTucson
The University of Arizona Center for Innovation held a grand opening to celebrate its new startup incubator at Biosphere 2, which supports renewable energy and sustainable tech startups.
Read more ›UArizona tech startup incubator launches at Biosphere 2
April 19, 2022Jeff Gifford
AZ Inno
Summary
Read more ›University of Arizona Launches Incubator Outpost at Biosphere 2
April 19, 2022Real Estate Daily News
The University of Arizona Center for Innovation (UACI) held a grand opening yesterday to celebrate its new startup incubator at Biosphere 2, which supports renewable energy and sustainable tech startups.
Read more ›Biosphere 2 launches a tech incubator
April 19, 2022Arizona News
The University of Arizona’s Biosphere 2 has added a new function – that of the Tech Business Incubator.
Read more ›Biosphere 2 starts a tech incubator
April 19, 2022Megan Myscofski
Arizona Public Media
The University of Arizona’s Biosphere 2 has added a new function — that of tech business incubator.
Read more ›Biosphere II to help grow new tech companies
April 19, 2022Craig Smith
KGUN9 Tucson
In the town of Oracle, The University of Arizona’s Biosphere II is an ideal environment for climate research. Now it’s working to be an ideal environment for start-up companies to turn smart science into smart products
Read more ›UArizona’s ‘Biosphere 2′ now home to sustainable startups
April 19, 2022Bailey O'Carroll
KOLD News
The University of Arizona’s Biosphere 2 is now home to the school’s business incubator outpost, where renewable energy and sustainable startups from across the world will come to work and experiment in hopes of finding commercial success.
Read more ›February 2022
New Commercial, Academic Hub “The Refinery” at UA Tech Park at The Bridges Opens
February 14, 2022Real Estate Daily News
The long-anticipated University of Arizona Tech Park at The Bridges, located on Kino Parkway and Interstate 10, opened its first building known as The Refinery in late January.
Read more ›Laser Focus
February 11, 2022By Valerie Vinyard
BizTucson
Applied Energetics has settled into its new digs at University of Arizona Tech Park at Rita Road. And it’s a perfect fit for the leader in developing laser technology with fast-strike capabilities.
Read more ›The Refinery Opens
February 11, 2022By April Bourie
BizTucson
The long-anticipated University of Arizona Tech Park at The Bridges, located on Kino Parkway and Interstate 10, will open its first building known as The Refinery in late January. The Refinery’s 120,000 square feet of office space will be shared equally by UArizona programs and outside businesses wanting to work closely with the university.
Read more ›January 2022
Eight Community Leaders Elected to Join Tucson Airport Authority
January 28, 2022AviationPros
Eight new active members, including Tech Parks Arizona's Associate VP, Carol Stewart, were elected to join the Tucson Airport Authority (TAA) at its annual meeting on Jan. 24.
Read more ›December 2021
New building readied to 'mine' promising University of Arizona tech in Tucson
December 06, 2021David Wichner
Arizona Daily Star
The Refinery, the University of Arizona’s first building at The Bridges development on Tucson’s south side, gets its name from its mission to “mine” technologies developed by the sharp minds on the UA campus just up the road.
Read more ›Refining The Refinery
December 03, 2021Carol Stewart
TREND Report
The Refinery, the first building at the UA Tech Park at The Bridges, is almost done thanks to the hard work of The Boyer Company and CORE Construction.
Read more ›International bioscience company announces new laboratory in Tucson
December 03, 2021Megan Myscofski
Arizona Public Media
A new bioscience laboratory is coming to the University of Arizona Tech Park on Kino Parkway.
Read more ›A European lab giant is opening a Tucson site to support organ transplants
December 01, 2021David Wichner
Arizona Daily Star
A major European laboratory services company will open a new lab at the University of Arizona Science and Technology Park to provide services to the organ-transplant community by the second quarter of 2022.
Read more ›November 2021
Tech developed in Tucson is bringing electric-vehicle charging off-grid
November 15, 2021David Wichner
Arizona Daily Star
Startup companies advancing new technologies for water and energy sustainability, robots that roll or fly and solar electric-car charging have joined the University of Arizona’s business incubator program in Sahuarita, after winning sponsorships from the town and the Freeport-McMoRan Foundation.
Read more ›TREND report’s 2nd Annual Issue Spotlighting Women in Real Estate
November 05, 2021Lucinda Smedley
TREND Report
Associate Vice President of Tech Parks Arizona, Carol Stewart was featured as one of the TREND Report's Women in Real Estate. Carol Stewart, a long-standing authority on research parks, is the Associate Vice President for Tech Parks Arizona at the University of Arizona. Carol Stewart leads the UA Tech Park at Rita Road and is developing the UA Tech Park at The Bridges.
Read more ›October 2021
Robots, lasers and more tech developed in Tucson get Spotlight
October 23, 2021David Wichner
Arizona Daily Star
Those are just a few of the technologies developed at the University of Arizona in recent years, but the zeal of the scientists and entrepreneurs working to bring those inventions to market earned special recognition recently.
Read more ›UArizona Fuels Innovative Biotech Startups
October 23, 2021Rodney Campbell
BizTucson
Tech Parks Arizona directs the UA tech park at Rita Road, UA tech park at the bridges in the UA center for innovation with a global of recruiting companies with connections to the University to locate at the facilities.
Read more ›3 Arizona accelerators win grants to boost underrepresented entrepreneurs
October 15, 2021Andy Blye
AZInno, The Business Journals
Three business accelerators in Arizona have been awarded $50,000 each as part of a Small Business Administration grant program focused on increasing entrepreneurial diversity.
Read more ›Tucson organizations win $100,000 in prize money for inclusive entrepreneurship
October 15, 2021Megan Myscofski
Arizona Public Media
The U.S. Small Business Administration awarded the University of Arizona Center for Innovation a prize for its effort to increase the number of women leading STEM startups.
Read more ›UArizona Inventor of the Year to female innovators: ‘The sky is the limit’
October 04, 2021AZ Big Media
The top inventors and entrepreneurs dedicated to commercializing University of Arizona inventions
Read more ›September 2021
University of Arizona to help tech startups launch in Sahuarita
September 10, 2021Megan Meier
KGUN 9
More than 30,000 people live in the Town of Sahuarita and the community is growing.
Read more ›July 2021
Soft Landing, Strong Take-Off: A Talk With proAutomation President & CEO Daniel Beltrán
July 30, 2021Adam Bruns
Site Selectors Magazine
In May 2020, Mexican company proAutomation graduated from the Global Advantage incubation and sof
Read more ›June 2021
Tucson startup Stackhouse’ aims to expand home ownership by reinventing communities
June 28, 2021Jeff Gardner
Tucson Local Media
Over the past decade, the concept of tiny homes has grown in popular culture, but a real estate startup aligned with the University of Arizona’s Center for Innovation is taking things to the next level.
Read more ›Industry Professionals
June 16, 2021Monica Tapia
AZBex
AZBex's Industry Professionals from 06/08/2021 featured the UACI Sponsored Launch Program Fueled by Concord General Contracting and UACI startup, Stackhouse's exciting progress.
Read more ›Shipping container homes, founded in Tucson, to debut in Denver
June 16, 2021Gabriela Rico
Tucson.com
Hoping to revolutionize homeownership in pricey downtown cores around the country, a Tucson startup — with a dream five years in the making — is ready to build. Stackhouse is a mobile assembly of container homes that can be moved in and out of slot structures and transported on flatbeds from one location to another.
Read more ›Business awards earned in Tucson and Southern Arizona - SGNT
June 07, 2021Arizona Daily Star
UACI startup, SGNT was honored with one of Arizona Daily Star's Business awards earned in Tucson and Southern Arizona.
Read more ›People in Action - Amanda Buchanan
June 07, 2021Inside Tucson Business
The University of Arizona’s Center for Innovation has selected Amanda Buchanan as their new program manager, where she will primarily be working on government contracts and programming to support startups in the clean energy space.
Read more ›Local startup studies the science behind freshening dog breath
June 01, 2021Jeff Gardner
Inside Tucson Business
We ask our dogs a lot of questions, and oftentimes “Who’s a good boy?” is second only to “Oh no, what did you eat?” Oro Valley’s bioscience industry has gained a new member with uPetsia, a University of Arizona startup that has developed a bacteria strain to quell bad breath in dogs.
Read more ›May 2021
Tucson tech: New twist on ant farm wins pitch at IdeaFunding event
May 10, 2021David Wichner
Tucson Tech
Tucson.com
Watch Micro Safari founder Soroosh Hedayati, winner of the main-stage pitch contest at IdeaFunding, explain the micro-ecosystem.
Read more ›UArizona Startups Recognized at IdeaFunding 2021 Competition
May 03, 2021Paul Tumarkin
Tech Launch Arizona
UA News
Three companies based on UArizona technologies were awarded top honors in Tucson's annual business pitch competition.
Read more ›April 2021
Tucson startup awarded grant from National Science Foundation
April 15, 2021Chorus 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.
Read more ›Nurturing the Continuum - A Conversation with University of Arizona President Dr. Robert C. Robbins
April 08, 2021Adam 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.
Read more ›Applied Energetics Relocating Corporate Headquarters
April 05, 2021Photonics Madia
Applied Energetics, laser-generated energy, and directed energy company will relocate its corporate headquarters to UA (University of Arizona) Tech Park.
Read more ›Tucson Tech: Longtime laser developer moves to UA Tech Park
April 05, 2021David Wichner
Tucson.com, Tucson Tech
Longtime Tucson laser and directed-energy technology developer Applied Energetics Inc. is relocating its corporate headquarters to the University of Arizona Tech Park on South Rita Road.
Read more ›An Economic Powerhouse
April 01, 2021Trend Report
April 2021 Issue
By: Carol Stewart
The UA Tech Park is a dynamic community where emerging businesses and technology giants work alongside one another. The UA Tech Park is one of the region’s largest employment hubs with 75+ businesses and home to over 6,000 knowledge workers, making it an important economic driver for the region.
Read more ›March 2021
Our Town: OV Chamber and UACI host life science startup competition
March 24, 2021Austin Counts
Tucson Local Media
The Oro Valley Chamber of Commerce is teaming up with the University of Arizona’s Center for Innovation to host a competition aimed at finding a life science startup company interested in joining UACI’s incubation program and relocating to the town.
Read more ›Applied Energetics Announces Relocation of Corporate Headquarters to UA Tech Park
March 18, 2021GlobeNewswire
Applied Energetics, Inc., today announced that it will relocate its corporate headquarters to UA Tech Park, a research and technology park owned and operated by the University of Arizona. The new strategic location will support the Company's anticipated future growth and provide greater capacity for research, product development and production activities.
Read more ›February 2021
UA wins funding to support renewable energy innovation
February 15, 2021Madison Beal
Tucson Local Media
The University of Arizona Center for Innovation recently received an award of up to $300,000 from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory to support the U.S. technology innovators competing in the Department of Energy’s American-Made Challenges program.
Read more ›Tucson Tech: New partnership forms pipeline of startups between UA agencies
February 11, 2021David Wichner
Arizona Daily Star
Three startup companies have joined the fast-growing University of Arizona Center for Innovation, in what is hoped will become a new pipeline of startups to the business incubator from the UA’s new entrepreneurial hub, Arizona Forge.
Read more ›Final steel beam tops off The Refinery building at UA Tech Park at The Bridges
February 09, 2021KOLD News 13
The final beam of The Refinery was placed, topping off the steel framework for the 120,000 square foot structure. The Refinery is the kickoff building to the new UA Tech Park at The Bridges.
Read more ›January 2021
Record number of startups enrolled in UArizona Center for Innovation
January 19, 2021AZ Big Media
The University of Arizona Center for Innovation (UACI) announced that more than 40 startups, a record number, are enrolled in the incubation program. Passionate entrepreneurs from across the nation have flocked to UACI.
Read more ›Record number of startups enrolled at University of Arizona Center for Innovation
January 19, 2021Shelby Trahan
KOLD News 13
Inspiration is in the air as more than 40 startups, a record number, are enrolled in the incubation program at the University of Arizona Center for Innovation (UACI).
Read more ›Business awards earned in Tucson and Southern Arizona
January 07, 2021Arizona Daily Star
The Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) honored the University of Arizona with chapter and individual awards for outstanding marketing and communications.
Read more ›December 2020
Local startup combines technology and life sciences for a new method of vaccines
December 16, 2020Jeff Gardner
Tucson Local Media
Tucson’s biotech industry is growing more robust with Reparvi, a startup company that is looking to combine biology, engineering, and machine learning for powerful new vaccines.
Read more ›UA unveils Center for Innovation at Oro Valley
December 15, 2020Jeff Gardner
Tucson Local Media
After breaking ground in September 2019, the University of Arizona’s Center for Innovation at Oro Valley hosted an open house last week, showing off their 4,000 feet of new lab space for local biotechnology startups.
Read more ›UArizona Opens Bioscience Incubator in Oro Valley
December 07, 2020Andy Ober
UA News
The University of Arizona Center for Innovation at Oro Valley offers startups resources and guidance designed to bring bioscience discoveries to the marketplace.
Read more ›UArizona opens bioscience incubator in Oro Valley
December 07, 2020AZBigMedia
The University of Arizona Center for Innovation at Oro Valley - an incubator focused on supporting bioscience startups - has officially opened its doors.
Read more ›UA opens new space for biotech companies
December 03, 2020Brooke Chaplain
KOLD 13
On Thursday, the University of Arizona officially opened its new biotech-focused business incubator, The University if Arizona Center for Innovation at Oro Valley.
Read more ›UA opens new biotech-focused business incubator in Oro Valley
December 03, 2020David Wichner
Tucson.com
The University of Arizona has opened its new biotech-focused business incubator in Oro Valley, with a UA technology spinoff as its first tenant.
Read more ›Tucson Tech: UA drug spinoff Reglagene aims to 'turn off' cancer
December 01, 2020David Wichner
Tucson.com
University of Arizona technology spinoff company Reglagene aims to combat cancer’s resistance to drugs with an approach that targets specific DNA structures in cancer genes known as quadruplexes, which regulate gene activity.
Read more ›November 2020
University of Arizona working to support startups amid pandemic
November 18, 2020KOLD13
Brooke Chaplain
While many businesses have closed because of the pandemic, the University of Arizona’s Center for Innovation is working to help local startups.
Read more ›New UA-anchored building takes shape at The Bridges on Tucson's south side
November 09, 2020Arizona Daily Star
By: David Wichner
The first building housing University of Arizona operations is finally going up at The Bridges development on Tucson’s south side, with steel girders reaching to the sky.
Read more ›October 2020
UA Center for Innovation and BIOSA collaborate on new competition for startups
October 14, 2020Quinn McVeigh
Tucson Local Media
The University of Arizona Center for Innovation, the University’s business startup service that mentors those involved in science and technology ventures, will be launching a new center in Oro Valley later this fall: the UA Center for Innovation at Oro Valley.
Read more ›How Will Tech Parks Offer Creative Collisions Post COVID-19?
October 12, 2020Propmodo.com Article
By: Logan Nagel
As we race to inoculate our offices and tech parks against the business impacts of COVID-19, it’s critical to keep that unique, spontaneous element of collaboration alive.
Read more ›UACI Featured In Arizona Illustrated Episode for American-Made Solar Prize Challenge
October 12, 2020Arizona Illustrated
University of Arizona’s Center for Innovation, located at the UA Tech Park, has been chosen by the U.S. Department of Energy to be one of just six Power Connectors.
Read more ›The Technology Playground of Tucson - Tech Parks Arizona
October 07, 2020Trend Report
Tech Parks Arizona has reimaged our communities of innovation and we are laser-focused on creating purpose-built environments. These interconnected spaces are designed and constructed intentionally to bring together all elements necessary for business success.
Read more ›September 2020
Carol Stewart Sets the Foundation for Innovation
September 25, 2020Profile Magazine
By Peter Fabris
Tech Parks Arizona’s Carol Stewart shepherds rapid growth and recruits innovative businesses amid a pandemic
Read more ›Startup business Techletics joins the University of Arizona Center for Innovation
September 24, 2020KOLD News 13
September 21, 2020
The University of Arizona Center for Innovation announced that startup company Techletics has joined its incubation program. Techletics is developing a patent-pending mobile health application, MyPostureLife™ that utilizes the embedded sensors of a smartphone to track and improve posture with no other additional device.
Read more ›UA startups see record-breaking year
September 16, 2020Quinn McVeigh
Tucson Local Media
Tech Launch Arizona, which is responsible for commercializing many of the University of Arizona’s inventions and innovations, has set a new personal record for startups launched in a year, helping 19 startups during the fiscal year 2020 and bringing Tech Launch’s total number of startups to more than 100 since 2012. Some of the startups from this past fiscal year include Auxilium Technology Group LLC, SaiOx Inc, ElectroSonix LLC, and Hipokratiz LLC.
Read more ›UArizona Teams With Harvard, MIT and Yale to Develop Quantum Networks – The Internet of Future
September 03, 2020BizTucson
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey today joined University of Arizona President Robert C. Robbins and leading scientists from the new University of Arizona-based Center for Quantum Networks to talk about how the center will help develop “internet of the future.”
Read more ›Nanomoneo Chooses Tucson, Arizona For Applied Research Center
September 01, 2020Area Development
September 01, 2020
Nanomoneo, a biotechnology instrument company, will locate its new applied research operation at the University of Arizona Center for Innovation in Tucson, Arizona
Read more ›August 2020
Garber, Yarborough, Underwood, Vohnout join UA Innovation Center
August 20, 2020Arizona Daily Star
The University of Arizona Center for Innovation expanded its team to include four subject-matter experts that will help serve the increasing number of startups in the incubator.
Read more ›People in Action: Carol Stewart
August 19, 2020Inside Tucson Business
Associate Vice President of Tech Parks Arizona for the University of Arizona Carol Stewart has been appointed to the Arizona Technology Council Board of Directors.
Read more ›On the move at JLL, Tech Parks, JHC, CyberScout, Stantec
August 10, 2020AZ BIG Media
Arizona business leaders, including Tech Park Arizona's Associate Vice-President, Carol Stewart, are making strides in their community.
Read more ›Kevin Gullette will aid professional development for AZ Association for Economic Development
August 06, 2020Austin Counts, Inside Tucson Business
Kevin Gullette is the new vice-chair of the Professional Development Committee for the Arizona Association for Economic Development (AAED).
Read more ›Tucson Tech: Startup aims to create new vaccines for COVID-19, future pathogens
August 05, 2020David Wichner, Tucson Tech
A Tucson startup company is working on vaccine technology that could aid in the fight against COVID-19 and pathogens that may hit human populations in the future.
Read more ›July 2020
UA Tech Park leader named one of the "Most Influential Women in Business for 2020"
July 29, 2020Jill Browning, Daily Wildcat
Carol Stewart has been named one of the Most Influential Women in Arizona Business for 2020 by AZ Business Magazine. Stewart is the Associate Vice President of Tech Parks Arizona for the University of Arizona. The Daily Wildcat talked to Stewart via email about the Tech Park and what the recognition means to her.
Read more ›Metl-Span Insulated Metal Panels Chosen for Campus Renovation
July 15, 2020Walls and Ceilings
A major renovation and addition to a building that’s a part of the Tech Parks Arizona have created additional working space for potential research and development tenants. Aesthetics played a large role in the choice of insulated metal panels from Metl-Span for the addition.
Read more ›June 2020
University of Arizona to host final round of American-Made Challenges Solar Prize competition
June 18, 2020Alexandra Pere, The Daily Wildcat
The University of Arizona Center for Innovation has been chosen to partner with the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory to fast track the creation and manufacturing of American-made solar technologies.
Read more ›Tucson Startup Focused on Artificial Intelligence (AI) Water Management Project Helps Sustain a European Nation
June 04, 2020azCentral
The University of Arizona Center for Innovation has announced that NOAH Malta, a subsidiary of NOAH Arizona LLC, a company based on technology invented at the University of Arizona and started at the University of Arizona Center for Innovation (UACI), has been awarded a groundbreaking contract by the European Union.
Read more ›UA Biz Incubator Named Key Partner in U.S. Solar Contest
June 04, 2020David Wichner, Arizona Daily Star
The University of Arizona business incubator is one of just six organizations in the nation picked to help advance solar energy technologies through the US Department of Energy $3 million American-Made Solar Prize.
Read more ›UA incubator program brings international company to Arizona
June 03, 2020Gabriela Rico, Tucson.com
Mexican automation company is now operating in the United States after graduating from a University of Arizona incubator program. Hermosillo-based proAutomation began in 2008 with one programmer, trying to drum up global business in the automotive industry.
Read more ›UA business incubator named key partner in Energy Dept. solar competition
June 03, 2020David Wichner, Tucson.com
A University of Arizona business incubator is one of just six organizations in the nation picked to help advance solar-energy technologies through the U.S. Department of Energy’s $3 million American-Made Solar Prize.
Read more ›Refinery Comes Out from Ground at UA Tech Park at The Bridges
June 02, 2020Trend Report, June 2020 Issue
By: Carol Stewart
Tech Parks Arizona has broken ground on the first multi-tenant building at the University of Arizona Tech Park at The Bridges with development partner The Boyer Company. The first building, named The Refinery, will provide 120,000 square feet of office space for small-to-midsize tech-focused businesses and organizations.
Read more ›April 2020
UAVenture Capital Fund Invests in Laser-Based Missile Counter Measure
April 23, 2020MarketWatch
UAVenture Capital (UAVC), a Tucson-based venture capital fund dedicated to the University of Arizona commercialization of discovery products, technology, and services, today announced its fifteenth portfolio investment in just over two years. The Fund has invested in CMLaser Technologies, Inc, a Wyant College of Optical Sciences technology that intends to commercialize laser-based counter measures for both military and non-military aircraft.
Read more ›UA, Pima Association of Governments seek Community Innovation against COVID-19
April 01, 2020Inside Tucson Business by Jeff Gardner
The Pima Association of Governments's Regional Partnering Center is collaborating with the University of Arizona's Center for Innovation to launch an "innovation challenge" to design a safe testing booth for COVID-19 to be used at local hospitals. The innovation challenge is open to members of the community to quickly develop an outdoor medical consultation and testing booth for hospitals to safely triage patients for COVID-19 and conserve scarce medical protective equipment.
Read more ›March 2020
Tucson Tech: Sahuarita launches business incubator with UA
March 18, 2020Tucson.com by David Wichner
The University of Arizona Center for Innovation and the town of Sahuarita are teaming up to launch a business incubator program after a successful pilot last year. The new BizLaunch program, sponsored by Freeport McMoRan, will enroll five or six entrepreneurs or teams for its spring cohort, with six weeks of free training from April 8 through May 13 and a community demo day scheduled for May 20.
Read more ›UA Breaks Ground on Tech Park at The Bridges
March 05, 2020Inside Tucson Business article by Jeff Gardner
On Thursday, Feb. 27, the University of Arizona broke ground on The Refinery, the first building at UA’s Tech Park at The Bridges. The Refinery will be four-stories and 120,000 square feet and is expected to serve as an example of the technology-driven workspace found at the Tech Park at The Bridges. The building is planned to be completed in the summer of 2021.
Read more ›Growing Global: UArizona Center for Innovation makes Right Connections
March 02, 2020Arizona Technology Council, Tech Connect Article by Eric Smith
The most recent endeavor at the University of Arizona Center for Innovation housed at The University of Arizona Tech Park stays true to its spirit of collaboration and growth. The United States Department of State selected the center to host four international startups as part of its Global Innovation through Science and Technology program.
Read more ›February 2020
UA Breaks Ground on First Tech Park Building
February 27, 2020KOLD News Reported by Brooke Chaplain
The University of Arizona's Tech Park at The Bridges' first building, The Refinery, will provide office space for small-to-midsize tech-focused businesses and organizations.
Read more ›UA to Break Ground on First Tech-Focused Building at South-Side Tech Park
February 19, 2020David Wichner, Tucson.com
More than a decade after dirt was first turned at the University of Arizona’s second technology business park on Tucson’s south side, officials will break ground on the first tech-oriented building there — a new a hub for UA-related tech development.
Read more ›January 2020
UA Alum's Startup Aims to Supply Engines that put Rotorcraft into the Skies
January 13, 2020David Wichner, Tucson.com
While industry giants like Boeing, Airbus and Uber are working to make personal electric-powered rotorcraft fly for the masses, University of Arizona alumnus Phillip Greenberg hopes his startup company’s performance-boosting technology will ride aboard.
Read more ›November 2019
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.
Read more ›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.
Read more ›October 2019
Tucson Tech: UA Incubator Hosts Foreign Entrepreneurs
October 24, 2019Arizona Daily Star, written by David Wichner
The University of Arizona Center for Innovation is hosting four international startup company founders as part of a U.S. State Department program to help young tech entrepreneurs develop solutions to local problems.
Read more ›BizTucson Fall 2019 Special Report
October 01, 2019BizTucson Magazine
After more than six months in the making, the BizTucson Fall 2019 Special Report on Tech Parks Arizona has been published.
Read more ›September 2019
Tucson Tech: Ideas meet money at annual pitch competition
September 28, 2019Arizona Daily Star
What do a system of aerial drones used to pollinate crops, technology to help fish farmers raise the fastest-growing stock, and special clothing designs to allow women to go braless while maintaining modesty all have in common?
They’re just three of the entrepreneurial ideas that will be pitched to investor panels in mid-October at the latest edition of the annual IdeaFunding pitch competition, a “Shark Tank”-style event that is part of the 10-day-long TenWest Impact Festival.
Fresh Thinking: Freshwater Science Is Being Pioneered in Arizona
September 12, 2019Harvard Business Review
As the only state that contains all four North American deserts (the Sonoran, Great Basin, Mohave, and Chihuahuan), Arizona has long been at the forefront of water management and conservation.
Read more ›University of Arizona Center for Innovation breaks ground in Oro Valley
September 05, 2019Tucson Local Media
The University of Arizona broke ground on a new incubator focused on bioscience startups September 4, with nearly 300 people in attendance. The incubator, UA Center for Innovation at Oro Valley, will provide space and business incubation programs for nascent life science businesses to develop their technology and business.
Read more ›August 2019
UA Initiates 100% Clean Energy Project with TEP
August 22, 2019Pam Scott
University Communications
UA News
By partnering with Tucson Electric Power for the purchase of solar and wind power, the University of Arizona will offset all of its scope two greenhouse gas emissions with green energy by December 2020.
Read more ›Small Business Administration Road Tour Visits Tucson
August 12, 2019KVOA
Joseph Trevino
Leaders from the Small Business Administration were in Tucson Monday for their “Road Tour.”
Read more ›Tucson Sees Tech Industry Grow by 90%
August 08, 2019KGUN 9
Veronika Vernachio
The UA plays a big factor in research and inventions...
Read more ›UA's Business Incubator Looks to Widen Reach Under New Leaders
August 03, 2019David Wichner
Arizona Daily Star
The University of Arizona’s 16-year-old technology business incubator has a new name, new leadership and some new partners as it plans to expand its reach.
Read more ›July 2019
UA Fueling Rapid Tucson Tech Growth
July 29, 2019Tucson has enjoyed a 90% jump in technology jobs over the last five years, making it one of the t
Read more ›Tech Talk: ALS Research, Diesel Alternatives, Electric Bikes, and More
July 05, 2019Jeff Gardner
Inside Tucson Business
With a major research university right in our backyard, a strong military presence and innovative companies throughout the metro region, there’s often a plethora of interesting science and technology news to be found in Southern Arizona.
Read more ›June 2019
Building Tucson Businesses: Technology's Best Address
June 25, 2019Arizona Daily Star
The University of Arizona has established itself in the Tucson community as an economic powerhouse and continues to expand its horizons.
Read more ›May 2019
Arizona has a Powerful Economic Partner to the North
May 20, 2019Phoenix Business Journal
Arizona serves as a great entry point for Canadian business expanding into the US with its access to major markets, ease of business regulations, top-tier research universities, beautiful weather, and friendly business environment.
Read more ›April 2019
Solar-powered go-karts will battle it out at Racing the Sun Day
April 26, 2019Marquies White
The Daily Wildcat
The UA Science and Technology Park hosts the 4th annual Racing the Sun competition, a solar go-kart race, at Musselman Honda Circuit on Saturday, April 27.
Read more ›Want to start a new business? Sahuarita is doling out free advice
April 24, 2019Sahuarita held a start-up workshop to give advice on how to start a business.
Read more ›Tucson Tech: Insiders Say Arizona is Making Progress in Building Entrepreneurial Ecosystem for Bioscience Companies
April 03, 2019David Wichner
Arizona Daily Star
There was plenty of talk about the recent progress Arizona is making to build an entrepreneurial ecosystem for bioscience companies.
Read more ›March 2019
Tucson Tech: Three Local Firms Picked for Flinn BioScience Startup Program
March 28, 2019David Wichner
Arizona Daily Star
Three Tucson-based bioscience startups were among six picked by the Phoenix-based Flinn Foundation for its 2019 Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program.
Read more ›Arizona Optics Industry Continues Growth of Optics Valley
March 27, 2019Photonics Media
The Arizona optics industry continues its upward trend with a $500,000 contract awarded to a business consultancy firm that is a member of the Arizona Technology Council, an organization dedicated to growing Optics Valley.
Read more ›Tucson Tech: Startup Aims to Put Ultrasounds in the Palm of Your Hand
March 21, 2019David Wichner
Arizona Daily Star
Emagine Solutions Technology has developed a system that turns a phone or tablet into an ultrasound viewing screen.
Read more ›Sahuarita 'Business Launcher' Helps with Local Start-ups
March 04, 2019Andrew Paxton
Green Valley News
Local residents who want to find out what it takes to start a new business or need help fostering their entrepreneurial ideas, look no further – Sahuarita wants to help.
Read more ›February 2019
CTECH moving into UA Tech Park
February 15, 2019Staff Report
Inside Tucson Business
CTECH Force Support, LLC announced it will be move its technology company into the UA Tech Park to better meet the high-growth demands of the company.
Read more ›UA Tech Parks ready to break ground with new associate vice president Carol Stewart
February 01, 2019Jeff Gardner
Inside Tucson Business
Carol Stewart, the recently-appointed associate vice president for Tech Parks Arizona, moved from Canada to Arizona for her new position because she knew the opportunity would be worth the heat.
Read more ›November 2018
Space Available at Tucson's Best Workplace
November 01, 2018Trend Report
Naomi Weiner
November 2018 Issue
Where do emerging companies and technology giants work side by side? At Technology’s Best Address—the UA Tech Park at Rita Road.
Read more ›Growing Tucson's Tech Industry
November 01, 2018Arizona Public Media
Experts say that Tucson's tech and startup industries are growing, thanks in part to a supportive environment provided by the UA. Bruce Wright, the recently retired associate vice president for Tech Parks Arizona, is interviewed.
Read more ›October 2018
UA Tech Park Leader Steps Down
October 10, 2018Lee Allen
Inside Tucson Business
Published on: October 2, 2018
Bruce Wright is retiring after more than three decades at the helm of the university facility.
Read more ›Retiring Wright Led New Era of UA Economic-Development Efforts
October 05, 2018Arizona Daily Star
David Wichner
Published: September 22, 2018
Bruce Wright is retiring as associate vice president for Tech Parks Arizona but intends to stay active in the community.
Read more ›Retiring Wright Led New Era of UA Economic-Development Efforts
October 05, 2018Arizona Daily Star
David Wichner
Published: September 22, 2018
Bruce Wright is retiring as associate vice president for Tech Parks Arizona but intends to stay active in the community.
Read more ›August 2018
Tucson Tech: UA Tech Park is Support Site for National Solar-Technology Contest
August 30, 2018David Wichner
Arizona Daily Star
Published: August 30, 2018
The University of Arizona Tech Park and its business incubator will help scientists and entrepreneurs explore new solar power technologies as part of a U.S. Department of Energy competition to advance American-made solar innovations.
Read more ›UA Tech Park to Mentor Companies in Solar Competition
August 30, 2018Zachary Ziegler
Arizona Public Media
Publication: August 20, 2018
Participants could win a portion of $3 million. Will receive help from UA and other 'Connector' organizations.
Read more ›June 2018
UA Tech Park Economic Impact Grew Last Year, Report Says
June 22, 2018Arizona Daily Star
David Wichner
The UA Tech Park is seeing monumental growth.
Read more ›UA Tech Park Adds $2B to Arizona Economy Last Year, Report Says
June 22, 2018Arizona Public Media
Brandon Mejia
The UA Tech Park expects to add hundreds of jobs this year.
Read more ›April 2018
TEP Ranks Among Nation's Top Utilities for Expanding Energy Storage
April 25, 2018Arizona Republic
Tucson Electric Power (TEP) has developed energy storage systems at a scale that ranks among the utility industry?s leaders, according to a report released today by the Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA).
Read more ›February 2018
University Startups Contribute Millions to State Economy
February 28, 2018The Arizona Board of Regents reports the three state universities are contributing millions of dollars to the Arizona economy and creating thousands of jobs each year.
Read more ›August 2017
In Tucson, Competing Interests Fight for Solar Energy Profits
August 12, 2017NBC News
Lester Holt
Home solar faces changes that could lower savings.
Read more ›July 2017
Companies Sign on for Planned Sahuarita Tech Center
July 28, 2017Arizona Public Media
Andrea Kelly
July 28, 2017
“Economic development” is a catchphrase in Arizona, but the town of Sahuarita plans to construct a tech center to put a foundation behind the idea.
Read more ›Neighborhood Support is Key in Development
July 26, 2017Arizona Daily Star
Mike Christy
July 26, 2017
Tech Parks Arizona's Tucson Marketplace at the Bridges shows how neighbors, builders can unite.
Read more ›BizTucson Special Report: Hotbed of Innovation
July 18, 2017BizTucson
Special Report 2017
After more than six months in the making, the BizTucson Summer 2017 Special Report on Tech Parks Arizona and Tech Launch Arizona has been published.
Read more ›Zoning in Solar Energy Innovations
July 01, 2017Desert Leaf - The Cataline Foothills Magazine
Clarie Rogers
July 2017
As the largest solar technology test site in the United States, the Solar Zone provides a technology hub for solar innovation companies.
Read more ›June 2017
UA Tech Park Opens Huge New Solar Array
June 16, 2017The Daily Wildcat
Eddie Celaya
June 16, 2017
The future, much like the Tucson summer sun, is bright for the UA Tech Park.
Read more ›Tucson Tech: UA Solar Solar Zone Enters Second Phase
June 03, 2017Arizona Daily Star
David Wichner
June 3, 2017
The University of Arizona and Tucson Electric Power Co. marked the completion of a new energy-storage system and solar array built by E.On at the UA Tech Park.
Read more ›Solar Energy Storage Project Debuted at UA Tech Park
June 01, 2017Tucson News Now
Evan Schrieber
June 1, 2017
A solar energy storage project is finished in southern Arizona and was debuted Thursday, June 1.
Read more ›May 2017
TEP Brings New Energy-Storage Systems Online in Tucson
May 06, 2017Arizona Daily Star
David Wichner
May 6, 2017
Tucson Electric Power Co. recently completed two big energy-storage projects aimed at taking advantage of new technologies and smoothing out the intermittent generation of renewable-energy sources like solar and wind.
Read more ›April 2017
Your Guide to Startup Incubators, Accelerators
April 13, 2017Arizona Business Gazette
Daniel Kehrer
April 13, 2017
The entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well in America. Just witness the explosive growth of business-startup accelerators, incubators and co-working spaces, among many other organizations.
Read more ›February 2017
UA Tech Park Connects Businesses from Tucson, U.S. and Overseas
February 10, 2017Arizona Public Media
Andrea Kelly
February 10, 2017
Local businesses participate in effort to showcase opportunities to companies in other countries.
Read more ›New Employer Moving to UA Tech Park
February 09, 2017KVOA Tucson
Sam Salzwedel
February 8, 2017
A financial services company is moving to Tucson's Tech Park because of the employee base.
Read more ›January 2017
University of Arizona Program Bringing Foreign Businesses to Tucson
January 28, 2017David Wichner
Arizona Daily Star
January 28, 2017
Global Advantage, a program of Tech Parks Arizona, aims to recruit new businesses to the UA Tech Park on South Rita Road by offering an array of product-development and business support.
Read more ›Tucson's Codelucida Wins Angel Investsment
January 25, 2017Tech Launch Arizona
Arizona Daily Star
January 25, 2017
Codelucida, a University of Arizona tech startup that develops error-correction software for data storage and communications, says it has successful raised about $700,000 in a round of angel investment funding led by the Tucson-based Desert Angels.
Read more ›Hundreds of Tucsonans March to Honor the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
January 16, 2017Abby Friedemann
News 4 Tucson
January 16, 2016
In celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, hundreds of people marched from the UA Tech Park to Reid Park to honor the life of the civil rights leader.
Read more ›December 2016
National Financial Services Firm to Open Tucson Office, Hire 170
December 21, 2016Arizona Daily Star
Gabriela Rico
December 21, 2016
Ascensus, based in Pennsylvania, will open its office at the UA Tech Park at Rita Road, on the city’s southeast side.
Read more ›Tucson Leaders Work to Nurture Ties With Mexico Post-Election
December 01, 2016Arizona Public Media
Zachary Ziegler
December 1, 2016
Uncertainty about the future of Tucson-Mexico ties has local leaders working to keep relations solid. Bruce Wright, Associate Vice President for Tech Parks at the University of Arizona, speaks up about the issue.
Read more ›November 2016
Raytheon: Tucson expansion to emphasize higher-wage jobs
November 18, 2016Arizona Daily Star
Joe Ferguson and David Wichner
November 18, 2016
Tucson-based Raytheon Missile Systems plans to expand its Southern Arizona operations and add nearly 2,000 jobs over five years, potentially adding billions of dollars to the local economy.
Read more ›October 2016
Reuters Ranks UA No. 63 in the World for Innovative Universities
October 06, 2016The Daily Wildcat
Leah Merrall
October 6, 2016
Reuters ranked the UA No. 63 in the world on their list of innovative universities. The Arizona Center for Innovation, housed in the UA Tech Park, was mentioned for its funding and startup efforts.
Read more ›September 2016
UA on, ASU off Reuters' Most-Innovative Colleges List
September 29, 2016The Arizona Republic
September 28, 2016
Kalia White
The University of Arizona and Board of Regents ranked 63 on the global 2016 installment of Reuters' World's Most Innovative Universities.
Read more ›June 2016
University of Arizona Tech Incubator Refines Focus, Welcomes New Class
June 19, 2016Arizona Daily Star
June 19, 2016
David Wincher
More than 12 years after its inception, the University of Arizona’s business incubator is reshaping itself to better serve the Tucson area’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Read more ›Veterans, Spouses Met Dozens of Companies at Job Fair
June 02, 2016KVOA News 4 Tucson
June 2, 2016
Allison Alexander
Anthony Victor Reyes
On Thursday, several veterans and their spouses were given the opportunity to meet dozens of local companies in the Pima Community College’s 29th Street Coalition Center Job Fair.
Read more ›Two Tucson Job Fairs Feature Dozens of Employers
June 01, 2016Arizona Daily Star
June 1, 2016
Two job fairs are happening Thursday and Saturday in Tucson, including one targeting veterans.
Read more ›May 2016
Two Big Projects to Store TEP Energy
May 11, 2016Arizona Daily Star
David Wincher
May 11, 2016
Tucson Electric Power Co. is making a big investment in energy storage for renewable energy and grid reliability, after state regulators approved two projects that will be the first of their kind in Arizona.
Read more ›UA Student Ventures Win Mentorship, Cash
May 05, 2016Arizona Daily Star
May 5, 2016
Seven University of Arizona student entrepreneurial teams shared in $25,000 in cash and services as prizes in a business-pitch competition at the school on Tuesday
Read more ›April 2016
University Of Arizona Delegation In Germany For Technology Expo
April 26, 2016Arizona Science and Innovation
Mark Brodie
April 26, 2016
A delegation from the University of Arizona is in Germany this week taking part in what’s described as the world’s largest advanced technology conference and expo.
Read more ›Sudbury Company Tests Solar Panel Design in U.S.
April 25, 2016Northern Ontario Business
Ells Myers
April 25, 2016
Crystal Green Energy has been working on their Solar Optic Modules for five years now. In February, they began testing at the Arizona Center for Innovation in Tucson
Read more ›March 2016
UA Will Take to Germany in International Technology Trade Show
March 30, 2016The Daily Wildcat
Michelle Jaquette
March 30, 2016
A delegation from Tech Parks Arizona will head to one of the world’s largest international technology trade shows in Germany at the end of April with hopes to attract new international businesses to the tech park.
Read more ›University key to Providing Educated Workforce
March 18, 2016Inside Tucson Business
March 18, 2016
Brad Allis
Possessing an educated workforce is vital to a community, but equally important is having employment opportunities for those workers. That is a challenge Tucson and the University of Arizona face.
Read more ›University of Arizona Impact More Than Just Dollar Signs
March 18, 2016Inside Tucson Business
March 18, 2016
Logan Burtch-Buus
Whether by measuring employee wages and salaries, direct university expenditures or the acquisition of knowledge through discovery, the impact of the University of Arizona has been nothing if not paramount.
Read more ›February 2016
Compete, Win and Expand Your Business
February 23, 2016export.gov
February 23, 2016
Plan to attend this unprecedented national series of conferences designed to help U.S. businesses expand sales, penetrate new markets, and boost their bottom line through exports. Reserve your spot now at a Discover Global Markets event in 2016
Read more ›Tech Park is Region’s Secret Weapon
February 05, 2016Brad Allis
Inside Tucson Business
February 5, 2016
Although it has been around for over two decades and is one of the largest employment centers in the region, many in southern Arizona are either unaware of the existence of the UA Tech Park, or not clear on the purpose and goals of the park.
Read more ›UA Tech Park Taking Advantage of the Arizona Sunshine
February 05, 2016Logan Burtch-Buus
February 5, 2016
Inside Tucson Business
One of the most promising and potentially lucrative fields of research being carried out at the University of Arizona Tech Park is the development of solar technology at one of the park’s hubs of innovation, the aptly named Solar Zone
Read more ›Business Report: Tech Park's Billion-Dollar Impact
February 05, 2016Zachary Ziegler
February 5, 2016
Arizona Public Media
On the Arizona Business Report AZPM's Zac Ziegler and Inside Tucson Business Editor David Rupkalvis discuss a growing economic driver in Pima County.
Read more ›January 2016
Tech Launch Arizona Creates Ecosystem of Invention, Commercialization
January 27, 2016Paul Tumarkin
Arizona Daily Star
January 27, 2016
In 2013, the University of Arizona created Tech Launch Arizona to commercialize inventions stemming from university research. Today, the Tech Launch Arizona structure has coalesced into three integrated teams.
Read more ›Tucson Mayor on Trade with Mexico: 'We're only Scratching the Surface'
January 22, 2016Som Lisaius
Tucson News Now
January 22, 2016
At more than $26 billion a year, Mexico is Arizona's largest trading partner - and it's not even close.
Read more ›MLK Celebration Looks to Past, Future
January 18, 2016Arizona Daily Star
Hannah Gaber
January 18, 2016
Cloudy skies begin to clear as marchers from the 31st MLK Day Walk trickle into Reid Park Monday morning
Read more ›Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a sign Renaming Ceremony
January 18, 2016KVOA
Monica Garcia
January 18, 2016
This morning hundreds gathered for the annual Martin Luther King Jr walk and street sign renaming ceremony. The idea was first brought to the UA Tech Park in 2014 by the Tucson NAACP Branch, which in turn spawned the Heritage Path Project.
Read more ›MLK March in Tucson: Still fighting for King's vision
January 18, 2016KGUN 9
Valerie Cavazos
January 18, 2016
A day long celebration to honor the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. Hundreds of Tucsonans marched 3 miles to Reid Park to honor Dr. King taking the opportunity to reflect on his message and rejuvenate.
Read more ›Tech Launch Arizona Offers a Critical Link for Creations
January 01, 2016Bruce Wright and David Allen
Tech Connect
Winter 2016
In 2013, the University of Arizona (UA) created Tech Launch Arizona to bring a vision for technology commercialization to life. The Arizona Board of Regents and UA leadership understood that technological breakthroughs - both those emanating from University laboratories as well as those being developed in the business world - address societal challenges and drive economic growth.
Read more ›December 2015
Arizona's Tech Scene has Plenty to Celebrate in 2015
December 23, 2015Phoenix 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.
Read more ›Partnership with Israel Tech Park Promises Tucson Jobs
December 22, 2015Arizona 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.
Read more ›Will Bisbee’s Future be tied to the Future of the World’s Mining Industry?
December 03, 2015KCTR 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.
Read more ›November 2015
Mexico's Emerging Middle Class Can Benefit Southern Arizona
November 17, 2015Arizona 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.
Read more ›Nothing Soft or Fluffy Here: Local and National PR Work Recognized in This Year’s Impact Awards for Southern Arizona
November 13, 2015Inside 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.
Read more ›Tech Launch Arizona Wins as Innovator of Year
November 13, 2015UA News
Paul Tumarkin
The UA's commercialization arm is recognized in the academia category at the Governor's Celebration of Innovation awards in Phoenix.
Read more ›Local Drone-Tracking Startup Has Winning Pitch
November 12, 2015Arizona 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.
Read more ›Drone Control Systems Sails Away with Win at “Get Started Tucson" Business Pitch Competition
November 09, 2015Drone Control Systems Press Release
Local company scores $10,000 in prizes from Cox Business in “Shark Tank” style event.
Read more ›October 2015
Developer Model Puts Innovation Campus Risk on Tetrad
October 15, 2015Lincoln 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.
Read more ›August 2015
New Tucson housing community gets first homebuilder
August 14, 2015Arizona Daily Star
Gabriela Rico
Developers of a master-planned community on the city’s southeast side have landed their first homebuilder.
Read more ›UA Awarded for Role in AZ Economy
August 06, 2015The 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.
Read more ›UA Increasing Tech Commercialization
August 03, 2015AZ 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).
Read more ›July 2015
Technology Transforms Tradition
July 16, 2015Arizona Alumni Magazine
Tim Vanderpool
A new take on Arizona's Traditional five C's.
Read more ›AZ Week: Growing Arizona's Technology Sector
July 13, 2015Arizona 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.
Read more ›June 2015
New Businesses Get Leg Up From Incubators
June 15, 2015Arizona 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.
Read more ›Tomorrowland: The Future of Tech Is Coming Faster Than Ever
June 10, 2015Phoenix New Times
Chris Parker
Everywhere we look, our mastery grows by leaps and bounds as we push to the very edges of what's possible. We've begun cataloging not only the universe's visible light but also that which we can't see.
Read more ›
May 2015
Solar on the Rise: Electricity Output Equal to Hoover Dam
May 29, 2015Arizona Public Media
Zach Ziegler
Tech Park Arizona is home to a group of companies looking to advance solar power, taking it from powering individual homes to entire communities.
Read more ›Alumni-Owned Company Awarded $100K Grant
May 07, 2015UA News
Paul Tumarkin
Small Business Innovation Research grants support technology innovation by providing federal research funds to help grow small, technology-based businesses.
Read more ›April 2015
County Moves Forward with $815 Million Bond Election
April 29, 2015Explorer
Chris Flora
The Pima County Board of Supervisors has voted 401 to send $815 millinon bond package to the polls in November.
Read more ›Center for Innovation Mentors Startups
April 25, 2015Arizona Daily Star
Kayla Samoy
AzCi broadened its focus last year to make its resources available to companies at all stages — from early-stage startups to emerging companies.
Read more ›Tucson's New Focus on Entrepreneurship, Startups, Retention and Expansion
April 25, 2015Arizona Daily Star
Joe Ferguson
A grow-our-own economic-development strategy is taking root in Tucson. It’s fueled by a larger wave of university-driven tech startups and patents, and by the growth of business incubators and mentoring centers. Also contributing is a downtown hipster-inventor spirit that’s resulted in collaborative “co-work” spaces and “maker” movements.
Read more ›UA Innovation Continues
April 22, 2015The Daily Wildcat
The Arizona Center for Innovation launched the 2015 Perkins Coie Innovative Minds Challenge on Tuesday, with students competing for funding and access to support and mentoring that will help them transform ideas into reality. Winning the first-place prize of $5,000 was Infinurja, a group that aims to provide low-cost, renewable electricity to underdeveloped areas of India to improve the quality of life.
Read more ›Consul to Promote Arizona-Israel Tech Alliance
April 16, 2015Arizona Jewish Post
Phyllis Braun
Tech Parks Arizona will host the Consul General of Israel, David Siegel. Siegel’s talk will be part of a briefing on the Tech Parks Arizona Global Advantage business attraction program and its Israel initiative.
Read more ›Tucson Company Infinurja Advances in SBA Company
April 08, 2015Arizona Daily Star
A Tucson panel has chosen one company, Infinurja — which creates energy from waste — to compete in the Small Business Administration’s InnovateHER women’s business challenge.
Read more ›Israel 67 Fest Will Cap Week of Celebrations
April 02, 2015Arizona Jewish Post
Sheila Wilensky
In Tucson, the 12 torches will be lit by representatives of local Jewish and non-Jewish organizations.
Read more ›March 2015
UA-Born Traffic App Powered by Stakeholder Ecosystem
March 19, 2015Tech Launch Arizona
An innovative app that incentivizes commuters to change their driving habits for improved regional traffic has officially hit the streets of Tucson.
Read more ›GlycoSurf Finalizes Exclusive License Agreement for Bio-Inspired Surfactant
March 16, 2015AZO Materials
Beth Ellison
A University of Arizona (UA) startup, has entered into a licensing agreement for synthesis of biosurfactants which could replace oil-based chemicals.
Read more ›Advancing the Potential of Solar Power
March 09, 2015The Military Engineer
Bruce A Wright and Master Sgt. Adam J. Boubede, M.SAME, USAF
A hub of innovation under the sunny skies of southern Arizona aims to increase the efficiency of alternative energy sources for the United States.
Read more ›UA Tech Park Has Major Regional Impact
March 05, 2015UA News
Study reveals an annual economic impact of $2.33 billion on the economy of Pima County, and the park is a center for high-wage jobs.
Read more ›February 2015
Study: UA Tech Park Brings in Millions for Pima County
February 11, 2015Tucson News Now
Cynthia Washington
A new study by Tech Parks Arizona found The University of Arizona Science and Technology Park gave Pima County a major economic boost.
Read more ›November 2014
U Arizona Shifts Gears, Aligns Tech Park Strategy with Tech Transfer Mission
November 07, 2014Tech Transfer
David Schwartz
Reaching the 20-year point in its history might in and of itself be sufficient reason for a university technology park to reassess and perhaps revamp its strategy, but at the University of Arizona there is an added incentive: It recently became one of the four separate components of Tech Launch Arizona (TLA), the university’s technology commercialization arm, which was created in 2013.
Read more ›A Different Homecoming Keeping Bright Minds, Boosting Business
November 07, 2014Tucson News Now
Barbara Grijalva
The UA is a place for ideas to be born and helped along by Tech Launch Arizona. The UA Tech Park helps the "idea people" continue growing companies out of those ideas.
Read more ›Going Global: The UA Tech Park's International Intent
November 01, 2014Global Reach
With its new direction as part of Tech Launch Arizona, the University of Arizona’s technology commercialization arm, the UA Tech Park is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a new strategy focusing on more active recruitment of firms eager to collaborate with the University.
Read more ›October 2014
UA Tech Park Celebrates 20 Years, Looks to Future
October 09, 2014UA News
What began in 1994 with a regional economic development mission has since turned its attention to facilitating the testing, evaluation and demonstration of new technologies.
Read more ›Raytheon applauds aerospace parkway, 'remains committed to Tucson'
October 09, 2014Arizona Daily Star
David Wincher
Efforts to give Raytheon Missile Systems more room to grow in Tucson are critical to help the region’s biggest private employer thrive, the company’s president said Thursday.
Read more ›August 2014
UA Refocuses Tech Park Strategy
August 31, 2014Arizona Daily Star
David Wincher
The University of Arizona’s technology park is nearing its 20th anniversary with a new strategy focusing on more active recruitment of firms eager to collaborate with the UA.
Read more ›Growing Downtown Tech Biz Has a Record For Hiring UA Grads
August 27, 2014KVOA
Lauren Reimer
Sinfonia Health Care and its newest spin-off, SinfoniaRX, a medical call center, make one of the fastest growing technology based health companies in the country, and it all came out of the University of Arizona.
Read more ›Wright Discusses Tech Parks Arizona's Core Strengths
August 18, 2014TechConnect
Bruce Wright
In the most recent issue of Tech Connect, Tech Parks Arizona Associate Vice President Bruce Wright discusses what makes for the right combination of services, recruiting strategies, and connectivity to the UA that draws companies from around the world to the UA Tech Parks.
Read more ›A Record Year for Technology Commercialization at the UA
August 06, 2014UA News
In the last fiscal year, the University of Arizona executed 39 exclusive licenses and 72 total licenses, among other successes.
Read more ›June 2014
Tech Parks Arizona special section in BizTucson
June 19, 2014Biz Tucson
Summer Issue
In honor of the 20 year anniversary, Tech Parks Arizona partnered with BizTucson to develop a special section highlighting its focus on the future and how it connects the University, industry, and community to advance technology innovation and grow companies.
Read more ›From the lab to the boardroom: Tech Launch lifts startups
June 16, 2014FOX News
Aalia Shaheed
Scientists, researchers and engineers at the University of Arizona are coming up with new technologies all the time. Now a new center called Tech Launch Arizona is helping turn those technologies into big business for the city of Tucson.
Read more ›Mexico is the new China (and that's great for Arizona)
June 06, 2014AZ Central
Arizona's international border is an economic engine with huge potential, and the stars are aligning to make it more powerful yet. Mexico offers high-skill, low-cost manufacturing and easy access to the North American market.
Read more ›University of Arizona president emeritus Henry Koffler, 91, has launched an art career
June 01, 2014Arizona Daily Star
Kathy Allen
A show of Koffler's abstracts, created on an iPad, recently opened at the UA Tech Park as part of the facility's 20th anniversary celebration.
Read more ›May 2014
Big-box retail being recruited to Tucson's southeast side
May 27, 2014Arizona Daily Star
Gabriela Rico
Optimism about the growing number of residents settling on Tucson's southeast side is prompting the development of several "power centers" along the corridor.
Read more ›UA Tech Park Inspires Local Youth in STEM Education Fields
May 16, 2014Arizona Public Media
Tech Park Arizona won the Metropolitan Education Commission’s Crystal Apple Award for inspiring local youth to study STEM career paths.
Read more ›Global Advantage Partnership Promotes Arizona-Sonora Region
May 01, 2014Site Selection
Global Advantage - a collaboration between the University of Arizona Tech Parks and the Offshore Group-underscores the governors' commitment to enhancing job growth and global competitiveness near the border.
Site Selection
May 1, 2014
Read more ›April 2014
An inside look into Racing the Sun
April 30, 2014Dysart High School Automotive Team
Students from Dysart High School show what it took to develop their solar go-kart
Read more ›What is Tech Launch Arizona, and what can it do for Tucson and the UA?
April 30, 2014Inside Tucson Business
Kayla Samoy
As a leading public research university, the University of Arizona created Tech Launch Arizona in
Read more ›Tucson News Now Coverage of Racing the Sun
April 29, 2014KOLD News 13
Maria Hechanov
Several high school students in Vail are preparing to 'Race the Sun' this weekend with a solar-powered go-kart they built themselves.
New in Town
April 27, 2014Arizona Daily Star
Luis Carrasco
Universal Bio Mining is applying synthetic biology to the mining industry.
Read more ›March 2014
U.S. Rep. Ron Barber works to bring 6,500 jobs to Southern Arizona
March 19, 2014Explorer News
U.S. Rep. Ron Barber has urged Tesla Motors to build its new 6,500-job battery factory in Southern Arizona, citing the UA Tech Park as one of the advantages.
Read more ›UA Bio Park getting updated mission to spur development
March 07, 2014Inside Tucson Business
By Kayla Samoy
The UA is looking to broaden its focus for the Bio Park beyond just the bioscience to include other research areas where the UA excels.
Read more ›February 2014
Tucson Tech: UA launch pad getting more startups, patent applications off the ground
February 26, 2014The Arizona Daily Star
Tech Launch Arizona is making an impact, as its chief, UA Vice President David Allen, had hoped and predicted.
Read more ›Sonora and Arizona: Two Deserts with a Thirst for Business
February 26, 2014Milenio.com
Cd. De Mexico
The Spanish article titled “ Sonora and Arizona: Two Deserts with a Thirst for Business” was developed after the governor of Arizona, Jan Brewer, and her Sonoran counterpart, Guillermo Padrés, announced a project together to start new businesses and to search for investments in other areas that are similar in environments such as Israel.
Read more ›Joint trip can open doors
February 16, 2014The Arizona Republic
When it comes to international relations, business savvy is better than political sass. That hasn't always been Gov. Jan Brewer's approach to Mexico, but she's doing the state a favor now by working with her Mexican counterpart on economic development.
Read more ›UA Tech Park wants to add retail and residences as part of makeover plan
February 14, 2014Inside Tucson Business
UA Tech Park is planning changes to the Eastside tech-biz incubator, including attracting international business, increasing community access and adding residential and retail facilities.
Read more ›Hit 'on' switch; may best robot win
February 13, 2014The Arizona Daily Star
Vail students combine electrical, engineering know-how to create a device designed for competition.
Read more ›Sonora, AZ govenors to recruit in Israel
February 08, 2014Arizona Daily Star
The governors of Arizona and Sonora announced Friday that they will jointly travel to Israel to support an effort to recruit technology companies to the region with complementary resources on both sides of the border. The effort, called Global Advantage, is a partnership between the University of Arizona Tech Parks and The Offshore Group.
Read more ›January 2014
New plans in the works for UA tech parks
January 29, 2014Changes are underway at both parks as the UA continues to retool its technology commercialization efforts under Tech Launch Arizona.
Read more ›Education-tech firm wins NSF grant
January 15, 2014Arizona Daily Star
The National Science Foundation has awarded a $150,000 Phase 1 Small Business Innovative Research grant to Tucson-based YourLabs LLC, an e-learning software firm, to develop its Knowledge Evaluation System, a Webbased platform for student learning and assessment.
Read more ›Mayors promote cross-border business directory
January 11, 2014Arizona Daily Star
Mayors from throughout the state shared a stage Friday to tell Arizona businesses about a new effort to encourage cross-border manufacturing opportunities.
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Generation
January 01, 2014Public Utilities Fortnightly
Vienna, VA
Washington Gas Energy Systems signed a contract with Tucson Electric Power (TEP) to build, own and operate a 1-MW Cogenra Solar array.
Read more ›EC&R Solar Dedicates Projects
January 01, 2014Business Xpansion Journal
E.ON Climate & Renewables Solar recently dedicated two solar photovoltaic projects in Tucson.
Read more ›December 2013
Tucson firms nab national clean-tech honors
December 11, 2013Arizona Daily Star
A Tucson company that makes special composite wrapping and a local startup developing a new process to make fertilizer were honored nationally for their green technologies in the most recent Cleantech Open awards. The technology was developed by James “Kelly” Merritt Jr., a Houston power-plant engineer and Grannus’ chief development officer. Grannus has hired Corey Smith, entrepreneur-in-residence at the Arizona Center for Innovation at the UA Tech Park, as its vice president of capital development.
Read more ›Lawrence Hecker: Creating a balanced economic development strategy
December 01, 2013Arizona Daily Star
When an out-of-state job prognosticator forecasts a dim, low-paying job future for Tucson (“High-pay jobs not in Tucson forecast,” Arizona Daily Star, Nov. 12), however, we don’t have to sit around and bemoan the incoming clouds — we can do something about it. The UA’s Tech Launch Arizona (techlaunch.arizona.edu) represents a prioritization, restructuring and resource enhancement of UA’s technology commercialization efforts.
Read more ›November 2013
Port of Guaymas set to double its capacity, seeks Arizona ties
November 24, 2013Arizona Daily Star
Read more ›New type of solar array planned for UA tech park
November 20, 2013Arizona Daily Star
The University of Arizona Tech Park will add a new solar-farm design to its solar-technology demonstration area next year, with the addition of a one-megawatt concentrating photovoltaic array.
Read more ›Tucson's Strongwatch looking to ride border-security wave
November 20, 2013Arizona Daily Star
Read more ›Washington Gas Energy Systems to Build, Own and Operate Cogenra Solar Project for Tucson Electric Power in Tucson, Arizona
November 19, 2013Wall Street Journal
Read more ›October 2013
Grand Canyon Trust, 16 Others Win Environmental Awards
October 15, 2013Arizona Builder's Exchange (AZBEX)
Read more ›Drivers part of traffic-congestion solution with UA's prof's app
October 13, 2013Arizona Daily Star
Read more ›$457,000 Grant Awarded to Consortium for Border Technology Manufacturing
October 04, 2013Startup Tucson
Read more ›September 2013
Federal grant aims to improve manufacturing along border
September 26, 2013Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ)
Arizona Center for Innovation startup graduates gain national recognition
September 23, 2013AZ Tech Beat
Read more ›Startup Weekend brings ideas to the marketplace
September 20, 2013Inside Tucson Business (Tucson, AZ)
Read more ›Adult-education program puts out feelers on SE side
September 19, 2013Arizona Daily Star (Tucson, AZ)
Read more ›Adult-education program putting out feelers on the southeast side
September 19, 2013Arizona Daily Star (Tucson, AZ)
Read more ›UA-Developed Moblie App to Help Drivers Steer Clear of Traffic Headaches
September 19, 2013UANow
Read more ›TEP Receives Environmental Stewardship Award for Investment in Solar Energy
September 18, 2013TEP News
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Startup Weekend gives boost to local entrepreneurs
September 17, 2013Arizona Daily Star (Tucson, AZ)
Read more ›UA Blog: Successful Startup Companies Graduate From Business Incubator
September 16, 2013UANow
Read more ›UA-Developed Moblie App to Help Drivers Steer Clear of Traffic Headaches
September 13, 2013UANow
Read more ›UA-Developed Moblie App to Help Drivers Steer Clear of Traffic Headaches
September 12, 2013UANews
Read more ›TEP Prepares to Diversify Generation Portfolio with Planned Purchases
September 05, 2013Arizona Daily Star (Tucson, AZ)
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August 2013
IBMers taking Tucson's sun and concentrating it for power
August 30, 2013Inside Tucson Business (Tucson, AZ)
Read more ›Tucson is test site for new IBM solar technology
August 30, 2013Arizona Builder's Exchange (Phoenix, AZ)
Read more ›Tech Launch Arizona: Taking Ideas to Market
August 19, 2013The University of Arizona Alumni Association
Read more ›Rep. Ron Barber: Israel trip is 'a life-changing experience'
August 16, 2013Arizona Jewish Post
Read more ›University of Arizona joins push for better understanding of photonics
August 15, 2013Arizona Daily Star (Tucson, AZ)
Read more ›IBM's US hardware workers will get one-week furloughs
August 07, 2013Arizona Daily Star (Tucson, AZ)
Read more ›Tucson recognized as one of five emerging hubs for entrepreneurs
August 02, 2013Inside Tucson Business (Tucson, AZ)
Read more ›June 2013
KOLD and FOX news coverage of Pitch Day
June 10, 2013KOLD News 13 and FOX 11 News
It all starts with an idea, and then the big pitch! News converage from KOLD and FOX of Pitch Day at AzCI.
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