Andrew was worried. It was 2 a.m., and a storm had just cut electricity to the home he shared with his parents and brother, Henry, in Export, Pennsylvania.
Both young men are affected by spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a progressive neuromuscular disease similar to Stephen Hawking’s. Electricity powers not... Read more
A year into the COVID-19 pandemic, and patient race/ethnicity is still largely unaccounted for in the data of many states and cities across the nation.
ARCS Scholar Katie Labgold says Atlanta is no different. Labgold, an Emory UniversityPhD student in epidemiology, is currently immersed in a study... Read more
San Diego State University (SDSU) postgraduate Dr. Joi Weeks dreamed of becoming a professor at her alma mater and mentoring young scientists to their fullest potential. But those dreams were cut short three months after she successfully defended her PhD in molecular biology. Joi passed away in September 2020... Read more
A winter hike through the icy Canadian mountains provided Dr. Jesse Salk the clarity he needed to crack the code in catching mutating cancer cells in their earliest stages. According to Salk, those frigid hikes gave him the space and time he needed to ponder ideas and theories.
ARCS Member Cecelia (“Cece”) Foxley’s face is now immortalized in a mural alongside a building in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. Foxley was one of 268 women honored as Utah’s most influential women—past and present.
The 5,000-square-foot, five-story art piece titled “Utah Women 2020” was created by artist Jann... Read more
Radio Astronomer F. Peter Schloerb, PhD, has earned his place in ARCS Foundation history. In February 2021, Dr. Schloerb became the twelfth member of ARCS AlumniHall of Fame. “I am excited and humbled by this nomination,” Dr. Schloerb says. “I feel very proud to have been recognized... Read more
“I’ve wanted to be an astronaut since I was five years old,” recalls ARCS Scholar Alumna Jessica Meir. “In first grade, my teacher asked us to draw a picture of what we wanted to be when we grew up. I drew an astronaut wearing a spacesuit, standing on the Moon... Read more
ARCS Northern California Chapter(NCC) reached a grand milestone in 2020—50 years of blood, sweat, laughter, and joy as members celebrated their “golden anniversary” on October 22.
It’s a milestone that almost didn’t occur, NCC Past President Donna Miller Casey remembers.
In 1970, ARCS Los Angeles Chapter members scheduled a meeting... Read more
According to family lore, two-year-old Emily Levesque insisted on tagging along when her older brother went outside for a school assignment to watch Halley’s Comet pass near Earth. She grew fussy, as toddlers do, until her parents pointed her toward the night sky. She was mesmerized—and still is.
Being able to control one’s environment through thought may seem like science fiction, but the advance of technology has brought a new reality to people with paralysis.
ARCS Scholar Nathan Brantly and his research team at University of Pittsburgh are studying neural stimuli in two participants with tetraplegia. Also... Read more
