This year, technology and business organizations, including AZBio worked together with Congress to reauthorize the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) program. Sean Greene, Associate Administrator for Investment and Special Advisor for Innovation at the U.S. Small Business Administration, has recently shared his thoughts on what comes next on the SBA Community Blog…Continue reading
Category Archives: AZBio News
NAU President Haeger agrees to two-year contract extension
NAU President John Haeger and the Arizona Board of Regents have announced a two-year extension to his contract, which will keep him as head of the university through June 2015.Continue reading
UA President calls on the Legislature to Support Medical Education
At a time when budgets are tight and decisions are hard, University of Arizona President Eugene Sander’s Op Ed in The Arizona Republic/AZ Central lays out the benefits of continuing to invest in our future and the U of A College of Medicine-Phoenix.Continue reading
Opportunity Alert: Resources and Support for Going Global
The Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA) has recently launched Arizona’s State Trade and Export Promotion (STEP) initiative funded by the US Small Business Administration and ACA.Continue reading
Arizona Board of Regents Names Ann Weaver Hart President of the University of Arizona
(Phoenix, Ariz.) – February 17, 2012
The Arizona Board of Regents voted today to approve the contract of Ann Weaver Hart, Ph.D., as the next president of the University of Arizona (UA). The vote follows an extensive nationwide search and the announcement last week of Hart’s selection as the sole finalist. Dr. Hart, who replaces President Gene Sander, will begin her term on July 1, 2012.Continue reading
ABOR, universities stand united against guns on campus
The Arizona Board of Regents unanimously passed a resolution against allowing guns on university campuses during the regularly scheduled meeting this week in Tempe.Continue reading
Ann Weaver Hart takes the stage at the University of Arizona
UA Presidential Candidate Begins Public Meetings: Temple University President Ann Weaver Hart, who is a candidate for the UA’s top administrative position, spoke on campus Monday in one of a series of events to introduce her to the community.Continue reading
FDA sets draft rules for biotech drug copies – Comments Requested
The Food and Drug Administration’s long-awaited guidelines for the sale of lower-cost versions of biotechnology drugs leave open the possibility that some products might not need to be tested in humans.Continue reading
Arizona’s Next 100 Years
On Valentine’s Day in 1912, Arizona became the 48th state and the last of the contiguous 48 states. Alaska and Hawaii would join The Union later, but for native Arizonans, it was a momentous day. Fast forward 100 years and now Arizona is in its centennial year. The celebrations have begun and more are to come. The question is, what lies ahead in our next 100 years.
Spending my days in the midst of Arizona’s bioscience community, I get little glimpses of the future. Artificial hearts, life saving technologies, truly green energy sources drawn from algae farms, and agricultural advancements that will allow us to feed the world.
So in honor of Arizona’s centennial, it might be fun to postulate on what it will be like to be an Arizonan 100 years from now at our bi-centennial.
2012 Arizona Bioscience Road Map Report
2012 marks year 10 in our progress along Arizona’s Bioscience Road Map. Leaders from across the state are moving us forward faster in the development of new research institutions, innovative companies, and high paying jobs.Continue reading