The Next Steps After SBIR/STTR Reauthorization

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

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

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.

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