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
Arizona bioscience leaders, companies recognized at ABA awards dinner
June 01, 2006
Two individuals from the Phoenix area and three Tucson firms were honored at the second-annual Excellence in Bioscience Awards Dinner last night in Scottsdale, sponsored by the Arizona BioIndustry Association.
Gilbert schools hoping for more gifted funding (Arizona Republic article)
June 01, 2006
[Source: Ray Parker, Arizona Republic] — Gilbert educators look to double the state money their schools receive for gifted programs if legislators follow through and for the first time in 15 years increase funding. There is strong support from state…
Raytheon awards $500,000 in national scholarships and grants for math students
May 31, 2006
Raytheon Company seeks to show students, at an age when they begin to give up on math, that it can lead to rewarding, fun careers. Through its MathMovesU initiative, the company has awarded $500,000 in scholarships and grants to students…
Research institute built by “City of Volunteers” achieves international acclaim
May 30, 2006
In 1986 Dr. Joseph Rogers came to Sun City to build a research institute that studied age-related diseases. With little money and no buildings, Rogers reached out to the community for support and they responded, donating their money, time, and…
Preference, not scores, show teens’ career path
May 26, 2006
[Source: Bloomberg News] — Teenage career preferences are a more reliable indicator than mathematical aptitude for predicting which students become scientists, suggesting a flaw in federal education strategies, a University of Virginia (UVa) study found. The federally funded survey of…
Endowed chair for asthma research established at UA
May 24, 2006
University of Arizona has received a $1 million gift to create the Henry E. Dahlberg Chair in Asthma Research. The money will be used to recruit a top researcher in adult asthma for the Arizona Respiratory Center, a center of…
U.S. students show mixed progress in science
May 24, 2006
Science achievement in the U.S. has improved for elementary school students over the last decade, but has remained flat for middle school students and declined among high schoolers, according to The Nation
