Flinn Scholars honor teachers and counselors who helped shape their success
May 19, 2022
Arizona educators who have had substantial impacts on the educations and lives of the Flinn Scholars were recognized by their students during the program’s annual Recognition Luncheon at the Arizona Biltmore. The Class of 2022 Flinn Scholars spoke about the impact…
Barbra Barnes, first Flinn Scholars Program director, passes away at 90
May 18, 2022
Barbra Barnes, a Midwesterner who fell in love with Arizona and taught 200 Flinn Scholars to do the same, passed away at age 90 on May 8—Mother’s Day—at her Phoenix home. Barnes came from Illinois to Arizona in 1984 and…
Arizona Center for Civic Leadership chooses statewide leaders for Flinn-Brown Fellowship
May 16, 2022
The Arizona Center for Civic Leadership at the Flinn Foundation has selected the 2022 Flinn-Brown Fellows, 27 leaders who will participate in Arizona’s most prestigious leadership program on state policy and politics. Members of the 14th cohort of Flinn-Brown Fellows,…
Flinn Scholars pursuing graduate study, career opportunities
May 09, 2022
The Flinn Scholars graduating from Arizona’s public universities this year will be entering graduate and medical schools from Arizona to Oxford and joining the workforce in areas including science communications, consulting, nonprofits, and supply-chain management. The 20 graduating Scholars are…
Top Arizona students chosen for state’s most competitive and prestigious scholarship
April 27, 2022
Twenty Flinn Scholars to attend an Arizona university The 2022 Flinn Scholarship, which provides a full ride for college at one of Arizona’s public universities, has been awarded to 20 of Arizona’s highest-achieving students. The Flinn Scholars Program, supported by…
‘A catalyst of trailblazers’: Life Hack Day brings together Flinn Scholars to talk careers
April 26, 2022
Life Hack Day brought the Flinn Scholars community together April 16 at the Arizona Opera, next door to the Flinn Foundation, for the annual career-development event. About 60 Flinn Scholars currently attending Arizona’s public universities had the opportunity to meet…
Flinn awards $5.5M grant to UArizona medical school in Phoenix to support cardiovascular, mental illness research
April 07, 2022
The University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix will receive $5.5 million over five years from the Flinn Foundation to support translational research in cardiovascular diseases, neurosciences, and serious mental illnesses. The grant, which will help advance research in these areas…