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Flinn Foundation Selects 20 Excelling Arizona Students as 2021 Flinn Scholars
April 21, 2021 GMT
PHOENIX (BUSINESS WIRE) Apr 21, 2021
Twenty of Arizona’s highest-achieving high-school seniors have been awarded the prestigious Flinn Scholarship and will receive a full ride at one of the state’s public universities.
Now in its 36 th year, the Flinn Scholars Program is supported by the Phoenix-based Flinn Foundation in partnership with Arizona’s three state universities. The merit-based scholarship covers the full cost of tuition, mandatory fees, housing, meals, study abroad, and many other exclusive opportunities a package valued at more than $120,000.
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Seven Arizona Bio Startups Earn $30K Through Flinn Foundation Entrepreneurship Program
Artificial intelligence to assist Alzheimer s disease caregivers, rapid virus screeners, a headband to monitor for concussions, and new technologies for surgeries and drug discovery are some of the innovations of the participants in the 2021 Flinn Foundation Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program.
Seven Arizona-based firms will each receive $30,000 in funding support through a nonprofit partner, a personalized learning plan to help advance the company, and connections with the state s bioscience leaders in business, research, and policy.
The
Flinn Foundationhas competitively selected 47 bioscience firms in Arizona since 2014 to participate and provided nearly $1.4 million in support for the program.
Broadly Accomplished Private-Sector Executive and Community Leader Brings Over Two Decades of Experience at Arizona’s Largest Public Utility to Advisory Role
Phoenix, AZ (PRUnderground) December 15th, 2020
Poised to apply a broad level of private-sector executive and community leadership experience that includes nearly 23 years at Arizona Public Service, Arizona’s largest public utility, Flinn Foundation President and CEO Tammy McLeod, Ph.D., has accepted the position of Board Advisor of The Utility Customer Research Consortium (UCRC). Comprised of a blue-ribbon panel of senior executives working together to identify opportunities for improvement and innovation in customer service and customer care, UCRC guides the research agenda of the consortium with a particular focus on customer-facing issues.
Enjoy More ‘Eureka!’ Moments With Jigsaw Puzzles
Whether made of cardboard or sculpted out of wood, jigsaw puzzles test skills like spatial reasoning and can help to stave off anxiety. They can also be works of art in their own right.
Credit.Joe Lingeman for The New York Times
Dec. 12, 2020
Back in March, when hand sanitizer evaporated, toilet paper shortages loomed and in parts of New York City, cans of Lysol couldn’t be had for love or any reasonable amount of money, another commodity flew from shelves and warehouse pallets: jigsaw puzzles.
What explains the craze? “Life is full of puzzles,” Nick Baxter, who chairs a puzzle design competition, said. “Those real-life puzzles aren’t very fun. They aren’t elegant.” But a jigsaw puzzle, he said, is designed to have a satisfying conclusion. “It’s there to make you feel good.”