Category: Innovation
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Phoenix Startup Gravitrex Beats Wins Global Innovation Prize at Venture Café’s Pitch2Tokyo Grand Final
Pitch2Tokyo Phoenix-based startup Gravitrex has secured a major victory on the global stage, bringing home the Japan Prize from the Venture Café Pitch2Tokyo Grand Final. Representing Venture Café Phoenix, Gravitrex co-founder Kira Burns triumphed over international competition at Venture Café Global Institute’s flagship Global Gathering 2026, held in Tokyo on February 19. The gathering attracted…
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Center for Transitional Neuro-Rehabilitation Celebrates 40 Years
The Center for Transitional Neuro-Rehabilitation (CTN) at Barrow Neurological Institute is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. This one-of-a-kind, holistic, milieu program serves as the last step in the continuum of care at Barrow, enabling patients with acquired brain injuries to return to optimal functioning—whether their goal is independence in the home or community or productivity at work or school.…
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How NAU is addressing health at a community level
A grant from a regional First Things First program aims to streamline how families with young children receive help in the Coconino region. Photo credit: Doreen Holtje Research scientists Kelly Nation and Mark Remiker at the Center for Community Health and Engaged Research (CHER) are co-principal investigators on a project focusing on four towns—Williams, Fredonia, Page and Winslow—and their adoption and use of the CommunityCares portal. This statewide system integrates healthcare…
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ACA and U of A Launch $35.5 Million Semiconductor Nano Fabrication Center
TUCSON, AZ (February 17, 2026) – As the state is anticipated to add over 25,000 new jobs in the semiconductor industry in the coming years, the Arizona Commerce Authority and the University of Arizona are strengthening the workforce pipeline with a $35.5 million facility expansion. University, government and industry leaders unveiled the Office of Research and Partnerships’ Nano Fabrication…
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Banner – University Medicine Physician and College Faculty Member Leads U.S. Early Feasibility Efforts in Treating Complex Heart Rhythm Disorders
Peter Weiss, MD, is an associate clinical professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix. Dr. Peter Weiss’ research uses ultra-cold cryoablation for complex ventricular arrhythmias. Ventricular arrhythmia is an abnormal heart rhythm that affects the lower chambers of the heart, which are responsible for pumping blood throughout the…
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ASU construction projects for 2026 will include 2 iconic buildings
Improvements to student buildings, new residence halls also in store The Student Union on the Polytechnic campus as seen from a drone on April 8, 2025. The building will start undergoing renovations this year. Photo by Samantha Chow/Arizona State University Work on one of Arizona State University’s most significant construction projects is scheduled to start…
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ACA Launches Event Calendar For Inaugural Arizona Tech Week
Statewide innovation showcase to feature hundreds of events PHOENIX, AZ (February 13, 2026) – Tech talks at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff. STEM pitches in Yuma. A sunrise hike at Phoenix Mountain preserve. An AI discussion in Cottonwood’s wine country; patient-centered health discussions in Tucson. These experiences—and more—are being featured at the inaugural Arizona Tech Week,…
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Using AI to map rural walkability — and reduce cancer risk
An Arizona State University researcher is harnessing artificial intelligence to uncover how pedestrian environments in rural communities influence physical activity and cancer prevention An example of the AI tool developed for the Pedestrian Environment and Physical Activity in Rural Landscapes project in action, successfully identifying pedestrian features. The project trains artificial intelligence using omnidirectional images like…
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Kathleen Brite Hillis, MD, Named Interim Vice Dean of Medical Education for Yuma Regional Campus
Dr. Brite Hillis (second from left) at the announcement of the regional campus alongside Jonathan Cartsonis, MD, assistant dean of Rural Health, Dean Fred Wondisford, MD, MS, MBA, Ken Knox, MD, vice dean of Academic and Faculty Affairs, Ranita Sharma, MD, executive vice dean of the college, and Patricia A. Prelock, PhD, provost and chief…
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ASU students produce winning video showing dangers of fentanyl use
Competition sponsored by Arizona attorney general’s office ASU graduate students (clockwise from left) Nichole Escobedo, Emma Eckert, Leela Udupa and Jocelyn Romero celebrate their winning entry in the Arizona attorney general’s contest focused on raising fentanyl awareness. Photo by Charlie Leight/ASU News The message appears one second into the 26-second video: “Fentanyl is 50x stronger…
