National Achievements

ARCS members representing all 15 chapters gathered in Chicago June 5-9 to attend the All ARCS Conference (AAC), “Celebrating the Past; Empowering the Future”.  The conference focus originated on feedback received after the 2022 Atlanta conference.

As ARCS President Beth Wainwright stated, “This conference is like no other for ARCS!  In...

Did you know that female mosquitos are responsible for those itchy red bumps you get in the summertime? If you attended the May ARCS Forward on “He Cells, She Cells, and T Cells: How Sex Affects Immune Response,” you would’ve learned that scientific tidbit from Caroline Duncombe, a 2020-2023 ARCS Seattle...

Earning an MD/PhD is a long road with many variables contributing towards one's end goal. ARCS Illinois Scholar Bakare Awakoaiye says research is full of twists and turns, both expected and unexpected, good and bad.

Awakoaiye is in his fifth year of pursuing his MD/PhD in Microbiology and Immunology at Northwestern...

Written by ARCS Oregon Scholar Sarah Caballero

Hello, I’m Sarah, and I’m a 1^st year PhD student in Food Science at Oregon State University and an ARCS Scholar.  When I applied to OSU, I wanted to work on a project related to food engineering and agricultural sustainability. After admission, I found...

When do you listen to podcasts? On long drives, during your daily walk or treadmill session, slowing down in the evening, or relaxing at the beach? Relax this summer and learn something new with these science podcast recommendations.

1. June is "Ocean Month." The National Ocean and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) has...

An ARCS membership is a long-lasting reward throughout the generations. Atlanta Chapter Members, Patricia Leake and Pace Parsons, demonstrate their ARCS loyalty as mother and daughter.

Who Is Pace Parsons?

Pace Parsons was named as ARCS’s National first “ARCS Spark” in March 2024. ARCS Spark is a new initiative to...

There are an estimated 31,000 individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a disease causing nerve cells to die. An unfortunate side effect is paralysis in the body, ranging from the inability to move limbs to not speaking. However, Tyler Singer-Clark, a Northern California Chapter Scholar at UC Davis, works to give...

Did you know when there are massive explosions in space, such as stars shredded apart by black holes, they make tiny subatomic particles called neutrinos? ARCS Illinois Scholar Scott Mackey is researching neutrinos in his Physics PhD to learn how the universe evolves.

As a PhD student in The Vieregg Lab...

ARCS Metro Washington Scholar Sheila Iyer has always been fascinated with puzzles since she was a child, and to her, studying DNA is like piecing together a complicated puzzle with great ramifications for public health. She engages in research as a way to creatively unpack the hidden secrets of the human...

The world needs to reach net zero carbon emissions by the year 2050 for the global temperature to stop increasing. According to the World Resources Institute, the UN found that current climate policies will raise the temperature by 2.8 degrees Celsius by the end of the century. However, Northern California...