Chantell Balaan, ARCS Honolulu Scholar who has been recently recognized by her chapter for her high potential to advance science in Medicine, can hardly believe where she is today. A first generation college student, Balaan received the 2019 Koenig ARCS Award in Medicine on May 6 at the Outrigger... Read more
Artificial intelligence (AI) robots have gained wide popularity in the last few years, becoming more common in everyday life. While some praise the benefits that these devices provide, others worry they may hold too much power. Jennifer Leaf, ARCS Oregon Scholar, will discuss these issues and more during ... Read more
Jocelyn Todd, an ARCS Foundation Utah Chapter Scholar from 2015-16, is pursuing her PhD in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Utah. In addition to her work analyzing mechanics of cartilage in the hip to shed light on risk factors of osteoarthritis progression, she is an elite runner and has... Read more
Mind over matter—a phrase meant to draw out mental fortitude in a time of physical exhaustion. For University of Pittsburgh ARCS® Scholar Christopher Hughes, this phrase takes on new meaning as he works with a quadriplegic patient to use his brain to move a robotic arm from a few feet... Read more
Social networks can be a phenomenal tool to stay connected with friends, family, and peers, but have you considered its growing importance to major world problems? ARCS Pittsburgh Scholar Tom Magelinski, PhD candidate at Carnegie Mellon University, has and he hopes to adapt existing tools of network science to gain... Read more
Many ARCS Scholars pursue research that has a far-reaching impact on the daily lives of everyday people. One such scholar is Adam Caccavano. A doctoral candidate at Georgetown University, Caccavano is researching memory dysfunction in neurodegeneration and aging. Specifically, he is investigating a disruption to the hippocampal network in a... Read more
Steven Monfort, ARCS Northern California Chapter Scholar Alum, is the newly named John and Adrienne Mars Director of the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Washington, D.C. Long before becoming Director, Dr. Monfort received funding from ARCS Foundation while pursuing a veterinary degree at the University... Read more
ARCS Scholar Alum and 2017 Hall of Fame Inductee Christopher Stubbs has recently been appointed Dean of Science at Harvard University after years of serving on Harvard’s faculty as a professor and chair of the Physics Department.
Dr. Stubbs is an experimental physicist whose research interests lie at the intersection... Read more
Science fiction can inspire the future, becoming the basis for many scientific and technological advances. For one ARCS Scholar, it ignited a passion.
ARCS Scholar Ashley Kroll credits the world of science fiction with starting her passion for Nanoengineering. “I learned about this field when I started reading science... Read more
ARCS Alumni go on to make outstanding contributions to the advancement of science and to our nation’s competitiveness. As evidence of ARCS Foundation’s impact, alumni develop new therapies, secure patents for important technologies, start innovative companies, become national science leaders, and push discovery forward. In addition to making great contributions... Read more
