Sunday evening at its annual Recognition Dinner, the Flinn Scholars Program will honor 17 dedicated, diversely talented graduating seniors. The latest additions to the Flinn Scholars' 400-strong alumni community are stepping into new roles in education, business, research, and the nonprofit…

Twenty of the most talented high-school seniors in Arizona have earned the 2011 Flinn Scholarship, one of the nation’s most prestigious awards for undergraduate studies. In August, the newest Flinn Scholars will arrive on the campuses of Arizona’s public universities…

Each year, current Flinn Scholars participate in exclusive seminars on important topics at the intersection of public policy and key related disciplines. Last month, the Scholars met to discuss the emergence of personalized medicine, and its implications in a variety of…

On March 2, Beryl Jones, Connor Mendenhall, and Mitch Turbenson were honored as the University of Arizona’s “Pillars of Excellence,” recognizing exceptional contributions to the campus and community. Congratulations to all three, with thanks for your scholarship, your civic engagement…

In the wake of the shooting of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Tucson, Arizona's medical community has received worldwide news media attention. Most recently, with Rep. Giffords transitioning into a new phase of her recovery, the focus has turned to…

... eventually, two of them will be cited, in consecutive paragraphs, in the New York Times. Here's "This is Your Brain on Metaphors," yesterday's column by Robert Sapolsky for the Opinionator blog, in its regular series on philosophy, the Stone.…

We talk a great deal about public policy in the Flinn Scholars Program, but how many of us understand how our state government really operates, and what led to some of its present practices? High-school civics class doesn’t begin to map…