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The UA has launched a new Defense and Security Research Institute that aims to expand the University's strengths in those areas while helping the UA to reach its goal of doubling research expenditures from $600 million to $1.2 billion by 2023. The interdisciplinary institute will help pave the way for new, mutually beneficial partnerships between the UA and industry, which is one of the key goals of the University's Never Settle plan.

Professor Bill McCallum has started a new company dedicated to transforming mathematics education across the U.S.

A bacterial disease called early mortality syndrome is killing off the stocks of the world’s largest shrimp producers. At the University of Arizona, Professor Don Lightner has a solution for detecting the bacteria in the stocks, allowing infected populations to be separated from healthy ones.

The UA's Tech Launch Arizona has facilitated the licensing of a medication management software and business model that was developed by College of Pharmacy faculty and researchers.

"When I first began synthesizing green, biodegradable surfactants for my PhD at the University of Arizona, I would never have guessed that it would evolve into patented technology."

The Office of University Research Parks, which directs the UA Tech Park, UA Bio Park and the Arizona Center for Innovation has changed its name to Tech Parks Arizona.

A new technology that makes databases perform faster -- developed at the UA and called micro-specialization -- is about to become available to the business world.

The Commercialization Network Alliance will work with the UA's Tech Launch Arizona to further build and expand Wheelhouse Arizona, a growing network of business and product experts from a variety of industries.

Tech Launch Arizona (TLA) is proud to announce that we have recently received an updated look. The logo has been revised to further acknowledge TLA as a key unit of the University of Arizona.

The Office of University Research Parks is pleased to announce that four technology start-up companies have recently graduated from the Mentored Launch Program at the Arizona Center for Innovation (AzCI).

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade, the old saying goes. That’s what University of Arizona College of Engineering is doing with mountains of copper mine tailings and steel waste products

This summer a team from the University of Arizona visited Seattle to host an event called “Northwest Meets Southwest”, an evening of networking and presentations by University leaders.