News and Updates

Northern Arizona launches regional roadmap

December 12, 2006

Northern Arizona leaders gathered in Flagstaff to kick off the Northern Arizona Bioscience Roadmap Steering Committee, which will drive a region-focused process to identify existing bioscience-related activity, opportunities, and challenges unique to Northern Arizona. The committee heard key findings and…


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Governor’s innovation awards honor members of bioscience community

December 12, 2006

Several members of the bioscience industry were among the innovators honored in the fourth-annual Governor’s Celebration of Innovation. The event, which attracted 1,200 people, honored Innovators of the Year and those who work to diversify the state’s technology economy. Among…


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Future jobs require some college education says CAC official

December 07, 2006

Doris Helmich, Central Arizona College’s associate vice president of student development, said that according to the U.S. Department of Labor, 80 percent of all future jobs will require some college education. But for every 100 ninth-graders across the United States,…


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Roadmap report cites bioscience growth in Arizona, areas of need

December 05, 2006

Arizona's developing bioscience industry is growing rapidly in leveraging federal grants, creating jobs, and stimulating new innovations and companies. But more work is needed to attract greater private capital to position the state as a major national competitor.


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UA BIO5 opening unveils new research buildings

December 05, 2006

The University of Arizona hosted a grand opening of the BIO5 Institute's Thomas W. Keating Bioresearch building and the UA College of Medicine Research Building.


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Seven columns I never got to (UA Wildcat student perspective)

December 05, 2006

From this University of Arizona Wildcat columnist comes this


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