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You'll find the Flinn Scholars community in every nook and cranny of the Internet.

For starters, visit the Flinn Foundation page on Facebook, follow @flinnscholars on Twitter, and--if you're a Scholar yourself--join the Scholars group on LinkedIn.

Want a quick answer to a burning question? You can reach me via email at mellsworth@flinn.org.

And who is this writing, anyway?

Since 2007, I've been a part of the Flinn Foundation's communications team, writing about all of the Foundation's initiatives, including the Flinn Scholars.

I'm also a Flinn Scholar alum myself, from the class of 1993. After my undergraduate years in Arizona, I completed an MFA in creative writing at George Mason University in Virginia. Now and then, I do type things not entirely true.

Mar 06, 2008
Matt_badge-author Matt Ellsworth

Make your very own galaxy

Tags: 04, astronomy, david hernandez

David Hernandez ('04), at UA's Undergraduate Research Forum, explains how to combine a few ingredients--stars, dark matter, swiss cheese--to create a galaxy. And he spills the beans on his possible destinations for doctoral work, MIT and Cambridge: