Live Blog: Arizona's Bioscience Roadmap
Welcome to the Flinn Foundation Bio Blog where you will receive the latest news throughout 2025 (and beyond) on the next iteration of Arizona’s Bioscience Roadmap.
The Roadmap is the nation’s longest-running, statewide bioscience strategic plan. Bookmark this page for regular updates on the biosciences in Arizona and the development of the new Roadmap coming this fall.
Live Blog: Arizona's Bioscience Roadmap
News and Updates
UA announces appointments at College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
June 26, 2007
The University of Arizona announced several administrative appointments of members of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences executive council. Eugene G. Sander will assume responsibility as acting executive vice president and provost May 28-June 30, 2007, while current provost…
New at the Arizona Science Center in downtown Phoenix
June 26, 2007
New at the Arizona Science Center: Deep Sea 3D in the IMAX
Sports, science a winning combination
June 26, 2007
[Source: eSchool News Today] — Bobby Cook always thought of snowboarding as a weekend pleasure. He never dreamed he could parlay his love for the outdoors into a lucrative career. “I had no clue I could take my physics degree…
Roche attempts hostile takeover of Ventana
June 26, 2007
Pharmaceutical giant Roche Holding AG, the world’s largest maker of diagnostic tests, has made an unsolicited $3 billion bid to buy Oro Valley-based Ventana Medical Systems Inc. Roche has tried to negotiate with Ventana for several months, but Ventana officials…
Boosting math & science education goal of Philanthropy Roundtable
June 25, 2007
Here is the summary of the Philanthropy Roundtable’s spring K-12 education meeting entitled,
Congress schooled on STEM teaching crisis
June 25, 2007
[Source: Laura Devaney, Associate Editor, eSchool News] — At a June 21 briefing on Capitol Hill, federal legislators and policy makers got a lesson in why schools have a hard time recruiting and retaining teachers in science, technology, engineering, and…
Basha science teacher gains a biotech edge
June 22, 2007
[Source: Ray Parker, Arizona Republic] — In the sprawling complex of high-tech labs, researchers diligently tamper with DNA. Others apply precise computer programs to reconfigure the tiny, complicated strands. New Basha High science teacher Sharon New is spending her summer…
