Flinn Scholars
“You are going to have fun”
The above promise from Sean Aiken (’02) appears in this article from the Daily Wildcat. Read the Tucson Citizen‘s article at your peril–Sean says he was a little sorta kinda misquoted. Although… that’s exactly what the rock stars in “Almost Famous” said, too, and we know they were just embarrassed by the publicity about their […]I say it’ll snow. Now give me a dollar.
Business Week has the scoop on Tony Kwasnica‘s (’90) current research into futures markets. Tony, an associate professor of economics at Penn State, has demonstrated that futures markets can be used to accurately predict the weather. Elsewhere in his professional life, Tony is studying auction design, and publishing papers with titles like (take a deep […]The prescription for prescribers
Kate Petersen (’00), who works for the Boston-based Prescription Project, produces the pharmaceutical-industry watchdog’s weekly newsletter, and has just taken on oversight of PostScript, the organization’s new blog. Meanwhile, one of Kate’s side projects has reached a major milestone. She provided editorial guidance to Marwan Sabbagh for his new book, The Alzheimer’s Answer: Reduce Your […]FlinnJobs.com
How about that? You visit this site looking for news about your old Ultimate Frisbee teammates, and the next thing you know, you’re getting a paycheck! From Bart Steiner (’87): I just received funding for a web startup. I am building a team and looking for a Chief Technology Officer, as well as any web-developer […]Direct from the Green Zone
As a career member of the U.S. Foreign Service, David Ng (’96) has been working on voluntary assignment in the economics section at the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, Iraq. Dave’s one-year stint in Baghdad began in June. On Sept. 25, during a visit back to the United States, he stopped by the Foundation with his […]Ah, those wild and crazy PoETs…
Rachel Wellhausen (’00), a Ph.D. candidate in political science in MIT’s Program on Emerging Technologies (PoET), was crowned the top new poli-sci student at the university last year. Now she’s working on a National Science Foundation project with SynBERC, the Synthetic Biology Engineering Research Center, a multi-institution research effort to lay the groundwork for synthetic […]Remember those Doublemint gum commercials?
The band DOUBLETOP is essentially the same thing, only with more clever lyrics. And more guitars, some of them played by Sean Aiken (’02). Okay. But its new album, “Firewater,” released Sept. 7, is cool and refreshing…Basically, she’s keeping the whole boat afloat
Logan Robertson (’94) is living in Visalia, Calif., and works for the Cutler-Orosi school district, for which she coordinates after-school programs, supervises other community services of the district, and does some grantwriting.Of course you use a fishing pole
Next quarter, Ammon Corl (’93) will wrap up his doctorate in ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. If you’ve always wondered how to catch lizards, check out the photos on his website.For information about Flinn Scholars, please contact:
flinnscholars@flinn.org or (602) 744-6802
