News articles – SkySong Center

AI firm calls Skysong innovative place to grow

Tom Evans — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 23:59:25 +0000

Fresh off rebrand, Lumifi Cyber looks to expand within SkySong with new hires

Tom Evans — Mon, 18 Sep 2023 19:10:00 +0000

Fresh off rebrand, Lumifi Cyber looks to expand within SkySong with new hires

Defense giant Raytheon sets up engineering-design hub at ASU’s SkySong center

Tom Evans — Sat, 05 Aug 2023 17:06:45 +0000

Aerospace and defense giant Raytheon said it will open a new engineering-design hub at Arizona State University, adding to a growing list of companies partnering with the school. Raytheon will occupy 28,000 square feet of digital design space at SkySong, the school’s Scottsdale Innovation Center north of the main Tempe campus. The engineering-design hub will …

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Cancer research company, insurance agency lease at SkySong

Tom Evans — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 05:28:36 +0000

Skysong startups surpass $1 billion in external funding

Tom Evans — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 06:31:04 +0000

East Coast medical device startup Anuncia relocates to Scottsdale

Tom Evans — Wed, 30 Jun 2021 17:32:08 +0000

Cigna to open health care center at SkySong in Scottsdale

Tom Evans — Mon, 22 Mar 2021 15:32:08 +0000

Cigna to open health care center at SkySong in Scottsdale

Tom Evans — Thu, 18 Mar 2021 21:43:54 +0000

COVID-19 Saliva Testing Site at Skysong

Tom Evans — Wed, 10 Feb 2021 22:33:00 +0000

Tempe, Ariz., February 10, 2021 – Arizona State University, in partnership with the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS), is opening a new COVID-19 saliva testing site in south Scottsdale. SkySong, The ASU Scottsdale Innovation Center, will open a free, drive-thru public testing site beginning Tuesday, February 16.

The SkySong site replaces a previous ASU and ADHS testing site at Phoenix Municipal Stadium that has been converted to a high-volume point of distribution for vaccinations.

SkySong, located at 1465 N. Scottsdale Road in Scottsdale, will be open Tuesday through Saturday each week from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. The site will provide 500 saliva tests per day, up to 2500 each week.

“Testing for the virus continues to be a very important tool in managing public health,” said David Thomas director of site operations for ASU, who also serves as CEO of ASURE. “We’re pleased to get SkySong into our family of sites and to continue offering this critical service to Valley residents and to citizens throughout Arizona. We encourage anyone who has a forward-facing job, or who regularly interacts with people outside of their own home, to be tested for COVID-19 frequently.”

A recent study published in JAMA has shown that 59% of COVID-19 transmission is occurs by people who are asymptomatic. 35% of those people are pre-symptomatic, and 24% are those who never develop symptoms.

“In Arizona, the virus is wide-spread, and it continues to infect thousands of people every day,” said Dr. Joshua LaBaer, Executive Director of ASU Biodesign Institute and leader of ASU’s COVID-19 research efforts. “The ASU developed saliva tests are easy to do, completed quickly, and you’ll have your results typically in 48 hours or less. These tests help stop the spread of COVID-19 and they are free of charge.”

To sign up for a COVID-19 saliva test, visit the ADHS website and pre-register using the code: SALIVATEST.https://azdhs.gov/preparedness/epidemiology-disease-control/infectious-disease-epidemiology/index.php#novel-coronavirus-saliva-testing

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SkySong economic impact projected at $58.2B over 30 years

Tom Evans — Fri, 22 Jan 2021 17:09:00 +0000

SkySong, The ASU Scottsdale Innovation Center “is a job creator with outsized ripple effects” on economic development in the region, with an estimated impact of $58.2 billion over the next 30 years and with even more value as a brand representing innovation and entrepreneurship.

The estimate is part of a comprehensive new Market Analysis and Economic & Fiscal Impact Study conducted by Elliott D. Pollack and Company to gauge the project’s effect on regional economic growth. The study found that the SkySong public-private-university partnership was a catalyst in making SkySong a major part of Arizona’s economic development picture.