With the help of an exoskeleton developed by his mom and a UA Engineering Design team, Jeffrey Bristol stood on May 11 to receive his diploma. With the help of Tech Launch Arizona, the UA is pursuing a patent for the exoskeleton and working to bring it to the world.

World Intellectual Property Day recognizes the importance of IP rights and how they contribute to an innovative society. To the theme, check out these UA inventions to help people reach peak performance.

EARDG Photonics, Inc., has adopted technologies invented at the UA College of Optical Sciences that represent a leap forward in augmented reality display glasses using 3-D holographic video.

At its 6th Annual I-Squared Expo & Awards, Tech Launch Arizona recognized the greatest contributors to the local ecosystem of invention and commercialization from both inside and outside the university.

Inventors at the UA Libraries have developed a new e-learning platform for creating easy-to-build tutorials, teaching users how to use web-based tools. The University has licensed the software to startup Sidecar Learning.

Did you know that the UA is Water Resources Program is ranked #1 by the Shanghai Rankings of World Universities? UA inventors have developed a number of promising solutions that are ready for companies to adopt. Check them out.

Startup GenetiRate – founded on an invention out of the College of Agriculture & Life Sciences – is one of two companies honored with the Seafood Innovation Award at the North Atlantic Seafood Forum (NASF) 2019.

At its 32nd Annual IMPACT Awards, the Phoenix GPC awarded the honor to the startup founded on inventions developed at the College of Optical Sciences.

As rats have been nibbling at the edges of society, UA researchers were developing a non-reproductive rodent model for studying menopause. That work yielded a humane, non-lethal rodent infertility formulation, now being commercialized by startup SenesTech.

In the lab of Louise Hecker, PhD, researchers have invented the first highly selective Nox4 small molecule inhibitors for the treatment of fibrotic disorders. The UA has licensed the technology to startup Fibronox to bring the invention to the public.

Six teams went head-to-head during a shark tank-style competition hosted by the College of Medicine – Tucson. For their work to reduce asthma attacks, Monica Kraft, MD, and Julie Ledford, PhD, were named the competition winners.

Last year, the drivers behind startup SinfoniaRx announced the launch of UAVenture Capital to support commercialization at the UA. Now, they are announcing a second fund targeting $100 million to further the advance of UA innovations.