Tag: for students
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Arizona Startups Awarded Over $50,000 At IDEA Funding 2025 Pitch Competition
April 4, 2025 (Tucson, Ariz,)— IdeaFunding, co-led by Startup Tucson and the University of Arizona Center for Innovation (UACI), has played a significant role in the entrepreneurial landscape for over twenty-seven years and is Southern Arizona’s largest and longest running pitch competition. The IdeaFunding finals took place on March 27 at the Rialto Theater where 25…
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A new university prototype for a thriving world
ASU’s Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory tackles some of the most important, complex problems of our time Editor’s note: This story was originally featured in a special edition of ASU Thrive magazine. The challenges for our world’s health and the future of humanity and other life-forms command urgency — and the university is accelerating its wide-reaching collaborative…
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Graduate students shine at annual 3-Minute Research Presentation finals
Brewing a cup of tea. Listening to a pop song. Doing 180 jumping jacks.What do these activities have in common? They each take roughly three minutes to complete. Typically, explaining the results of one’s in-depth research and their implications doesn’t fall into this category of short-term pursuits, but for most disciplines, honing the ability to…
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$5 million gift to provide scholarships for new ASU medical school students
Longtime donor Annette Beus: ‘Scholarships always have my heart’ A $5 million gift from longtime Arizona State University donor Annette Beus and her family will help provide scholarships for 72 students in the new School of Medicine and Advanced Medical Engineering, part of ASU Health. The gift will be leveraged to solicit an additional $15 million…
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Biomedical Research Day: Bridging Science and Health Tuesday,
Biomedical Research Day: Bridging Science and Health Tuesday, taking place during Research Week, will showcase the latest discoveries by featured faculty speakers as well as undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral trainees at the U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix. All trainees have been invited to prepare posters to present their research findings, and top…
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Exact Sciences Launches the Cologuard™ Plus Test, Transforming Colorectal Cancer Screening
The Cologuard Plus test demonstrated 95% sensitivity for colorectal cancer detection at 94% specificity, making it the most accurate noninvasive CRC screening test reported in studies to date Madison, Wis., March 31, 2025 — Exact Sciences Corp. (Nasdaq: EXAS), a leading provider of cancer screening and diagnostic tests, today announced the launch of Cologuard Plus™, the…
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Tyler Gallo, PharmD, Receives ABRC Grant on Heparin-induced Thrombocytopenia
Study seeks to detect people at risk for immune reactions to heparin products Tyler Gallo, PharmD, an assistant research professor at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, received a research grant from the Arizona Biomedical Research Centre (ABRC). The ABRC grant, which is worth $220,000 over the course of three years, will…
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New initiative aims to make nursing degrees more accessible
Danielle Sebbens, associate director of ASU’s Doctor of Nursing Practice program, gives tours of the interior of the mobile simulation unit during the ribbon-cutting event on the ASU West Valley campus on March 26. The unit will allow students on the West Valley and Polytechnic campuses to complete their required simulations without having to drive…
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New study seeks to combat national kidney shortage, improve availability for organ transplants
Chronic kidney disease affects one in seven adults in the United States. For two in 1,000 Americans, this disease will advance to kidney failure. End-stage renal failure has two primary treatments — dialysis and transplantation. Studies show that, overwhelmingly, kidney transplants offer increased quality of life and lower mortality rates than dialysis. Transplant recipients have a five-year…
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Innovative Therapy Shows Promise in Reversing Lung Scarring in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Ken Knox, MD, and Timothy Marlowe, PhD, are innovating therapies to better treat IPF. Researchers develop FN-2012, a novel treatment that could transform the management of IPF and other fibrotic diseases Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a lung disease that progressively scars the lungs, making it harder to breathe. According to the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation,…
