Arizona excellence: The 2019 Flinn Scholars have been named
April 16, 2019
Twenty of Arizona’s highest-achieving high-school seniors have been named Flinn Scholars and will receive scholarships to Arizona’s three public research universities valued at more than $120,000. The merit-based award—which recipients accept in many instances over admission to the nation’s most…
Arizona’s robust bioscience ecosystem on display at statewide events
April 05, 2019
The Flinn Foundation hosted its three annual Arizona’s Bioscience Roadmap Progress Report Update luncheons this week to dialogue about Arizona’s latest advancements in bioscience research and industry with leaders in Flagstaff, Tucson, and Phoenix. The Latest Progress of the Biosciences…
Flinn Foundation to fund in-depth bioscience reporting by The Arizona Republic
April 01, 2019
The Flinn Foundation and The Arizona Republic have entered into a grant-based partnership that will enable the state’s largest media platform to pursue a multimedia initiative to deepen public understanding of the biosciences in Arizona, including research, industry development, and…
Flinn Foundation program tops $1M in funding support with selection of six Arizona bioscience startup firms
March 01, 2019
The Flinn Foundation has surpassed $1 million in funding support to benefit Arizona bioscience startup companies with the selection of six firms to participate in the foundation’s 2019 Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program. The Flinn Foundation has selected 34 Arizona bioscience firms…
Arizona bioscience executives named leaders of statewide committee
February 12, 2019
The HonorHealth vice president of research and a retired executive at W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. have assumed new leadership roles with a statewide committee charged with advancing the biosciences in Arizona. Mark Slater has been named chair and Eve…
Arizona Center for Civic Leadership names 30 Fellows for 2019 Flinn-Brown Academy
January 31, 2019
Thirty Arizonans have been selected for the 2019 Flinn-Brown Civic Leadership Academy by the Arizona Center for Civic Leadership at the Flinn Foundation. In addition to representatives from the Phoenix metro area, eight of the Flinn-Brown Fellows are from northern,…
Celgene, with strong Phoenix presence, acquired by Bristol-Myers Squibb
January 03, 2019
Celgene, which has operated a biopharmaceutical manufacturing plant in Phoenix for nearly a decade, has been acquired by Bristol-Myers Squibb for about $74 billion, a merger that creates a global biopharma company with a focus on patients with cancer, inflammatory…