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
Flagstaff Mayor Donaldson nurtures bioscience up north
December 19, 2006
Flagstaff Mayor Joe Donaldson knows a good thing when he sees it. It comes as no surprise, then, that he has been a strong supporter of the state's bioscience industry from the very start. Since that time, Donaldson has set…
New math: Educating the 21st century workforce
December 18, 2006
[Source: W.P Carey School of Business, Arizona State University] — The global marketplace is a single, level playing field where competition has become a matter of survival of the fittest, according to Thomas L. Friedman in his best-selling book “The…
Panel recommends radical reform of American education
December 15, 2006
[Source: Lori Olszewski and Diane Rado, Chicago Tribune] — Frustrated with piecemeal school reform across the nation, a prestigious panel Thursday endorsed a radical overhaul of U.S. education, including a chance for most students to cut short their high school…
Rodel Foundation names Exemplary Teachers in Maricopa County
December 14, 2006
Seventeen teachers in Maricopa County’s neediest schools were finalists in the Rodel Exemplary Teacher Initiative award competition. Nine teachers received the award and were profiled in the Arizona Republic. Click here to view a slide show of the winning teachers.…
Teens get a taste of medical, science careers
December 13, 2006
[Source: Charles Kelly, Arizona Republic] — No, the sliced brains weren’t all that icky. Actually, they were fascinating for many of the 25 Dysart Unified School District students who toured Sun Health Research Institute last week in connection with the…
Bioscience teacher added to Arizona P-20 Council
December 13, 2006
At the November 13, 2006 meeting of the Governor’s P-20 Council, Dr. Rufus Glasper, Council Chair, announced that Xan Simonson, Biotechnology Academy Coordinator for Mesa Public Schools, would join the Council as a teacher representative.
