UArizona has been recoginzed for excellence in how effectively it creates impact from the products of research. Through the NSF Accelerating Research Translation (ART) program Tech Launch Arizona has been selected to mentor the University of Southern Mississippi in developing its own more impactful innovation ecosystem.

At IdeaFunding, Tucson's premier entrepreneurship event held on November 9, UArizona startup Fringe Metrology and TLA's own Doug Hockstad took home honors.

Adam Grant, while a UArizona doctoral student, developed a system that, based on a patient's set of symptoms, can be used to figure out the probability that they have a given disease, and even determine the ideal treatment option. The technology is now the foundation of a startup that is taking it forward.

A startup that grew out of innovations developed at the NSF Center for Cloud and Autonomic Computing has been acquired by LOCH Technologies. Avirtek’s autonomic cybersecurity technology has benefitted from over $10 million in SBIR and STTR funding.

With help from TLA, Aspen Publishing has secured an exclusive license to a new law school admissions test that took the College of Law five years to develop. The project has participation from more than 40 law schools, colleges and universities and thousands of students across the country.

A team of faculty and students developed a set of new medical instruments to address common challenges faced by orthopedic surgeons. Now, those innovations are on their way to market via startup Ancerix.