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Media Release
May 20, 2010
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(Tucson, Arizona) The University of Arizona is releasing a report detailing the performance of the UA Tech Park and its significant contribution to Tucson and Pima County’s economy. The report, Economic Impacts of the University of Arizona Science and Technology Park - Calendar Year 2008, is available at www.uatechpark.org.
The UA Tech Park contributes $3.0 billion annually to Pima County’s economy. Total dollar impact is estimated based on output, wages and tax revenue. UA Tech Park tenants paid $593.3 million in direct wages to their employees.
The average wage for a UA Tech Park worker was $85,500 in 2008, more than twice the Pima County average of $39,900. Employment at the UA Tech Park has steadily increased since 1997. On average, the UA Tech Park has added 250 new jobs every year, over the past eleven year period. Most of the annual growth is the result of additional high wage jobs for skilled workers. UA Tech Park employment growth has outperformed the Tucson Metro Region, State of Arizona and the United States.
“The UA Tech Park is a critical component of the Southern Arizona high technology economy. The employment growth at the Park demonstrates the importance of a knowledge-based economy especially during periods of economic recession,” said Bruce Wright, Associate Vice President for University Research Parks.
Media Release
March 24, 2010
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(Tucson, Arizona) The University of Arizona (UA) honored faculty and students as outstanding innovators at the seventh annual Innovation Day at UA on Tuesday, March 24.
UA at the Leading Edge identified cutting edge researchers and their work to make our world a better place. Four faculty members and a UA Center were recognized for their leadership in technology innovation at the session. UA Leading Edge researchers included:
- Roger Angel, Ph.D. is developing new ways to make telescopes and their mirrors, and of making solar power by concentrating sunlight
- Michael Gehm, Ph.D. invention, design and construction of new optical sensor systems with unprecedented performance.
- Rainer Gruessner, M.D. research focused on all types of abdominal organ transplants as well as pancreas islet cell transplants to restore insulin production in patients who have had their pancreas removed, reducing or eliminating their risk for acquiring severe diabetes.
- Hong Hua, Ph.D. is developing new ways of visualization by merging augmented and virtual reality environments.
- Controlled Environment Agriculture Center (CEAC) for innovative interdisciplinary research programs including high value transplant production, crop nutritional quality enhancement, new lighting technology for plant production, plant health sensing, food production in extreme climates and computerized environmental control of greenhouse.
Media Release
March 15, 2010
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(Tucson, Arizona) On Tuesday, March 23, the University of Arizona (UA) will host its seventh annual Innovation Day at the UA. The event celebrates the UA’s success in technology development and innovation by highlighting the research achievements of students, staff, and faculty.
Innovation Day will open with a session titled Funding Your Innovation. This panel discussion will explore how to secure capital investment in the current economic climate. The session will take place in the Gallagher Theater at the UA Student Union Memorial Center from 9:00am-10:00am.
UA at the Leading Edge will showcase UA researchers, who have demonstrated excellence in the areas of technology and innovation. UA Leading Edge researchers include:
- Roger Angel, Ph.D. is developing new ways to make telescopes and their mirrors, and of making solar power by concentrating sunlight
- Michael Gehm, Ph.D. invention, design and construction of new optical sensor systems with unprecedented performance.
- Rainer Gruessner, M.D. research focused on all types of abdominal organ transplants as well as pancreas islet cell transplants to restore insulin production in patients who have had their pancreas removed, reducing or eliminating their risk for acquiring severe diabetes.
- Hong Hua, Ph.D. is developing new ways of visualization by merging augmented and virtual reality environments.
- Controlled Environment Agriculture Center (CEAC) for innovative interdisciplinary research programs including high value transplant production, crop nutritional quality enhancement, new lighting technology for plant production, plant health sensing, food production in extreme climates and computerized environmental control of greenhouse.
For Immediate Release
February 3, 2010
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(Tucson, Arizona) Today, the Vail School District broke ground on the Vail Academy & High School, the district’s first K-12 school and the nation’s first K-12 school located at a university research park.
Vail High School began offering classes at the Tech Park in July 1997. Vail Academy (K-8) will join the already established Vail High School at a new site in the Tech Park. The 34,000 square foot facility is scheduled to open in July 2010.
The K-12 school will house 225 K-8 students and 225 high school students. Each grade level will accommodate approximately 25 students. The small class size provides an interactive environment where students receive personal attention. The K-12 model allows the curriculum to build on the previous grades' teaching, which provides a consistent educational foundation and the development of vast knowledge around important concepts.
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Laura Shaw, Sr. Vice President, Marketing and Communications
Contact Bell Independent Power Corp.:
Joseph Bell Jr., President
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Jessa Turner, Media & Public Relations Coordinator
Tucson, AZ (January 19, 2010) – Bell Independent Power Corp., Rochester, New York, is a developer of Thermal Storage Technology for Concentrated Solar Power (CSP). Bell has chosen the UA Tech Park as the site of a new state of the art 5-MW solar plant with a Thermal Storage System that will be the first of its kind in the world.
The new Biodesign Impact Accelerator is going to be opening up for its initial tenants soon at the Arizona State University (ASU) Biodesign Institute in Tempe, Arizona. This venture advances a new model for technology transfer in collaboration with regional initiatives to bring innovation to the global marketplace.
The new model for commercializing research at the Biodesign Institute includes Arizona Technology Enterprises (AzTE) and SkySong, the ASU Scottsdale Innovation Center. The Impact Accelerator will act like a venture fund to support incubated companies with the inclusion of ASU Technopolis and local partners to continue along Arizona’s Bio Roadmap for building a bioscience infrastructure of international significance.1
(Tucson, Arizona) As part of the University of Arizona’s transformational efforts, the Office of Economic Development has been reorganized and renamed as the Office of University Research Parks (OURP).
