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LaGrange, Georgia (December 23, 2021) – ARCS Foundation highlighted the successes of the organization in “Opening Doors to Scientific Achievements,” its Annual Report of the 2020-2021 academic year. In a year overshadowed by a global pandemic, the organization’s mission to empower innovation and scientific discoveries was bolstered by these ARCS milestones...

We will be faced with the Coronavirus and its variants for some time to come. Over the past two years, we all have learned to adjust our daily lives by working either part-time or full-time from home, limiting time with friends and family, and learning to tackle important new scientific research...

ARCS National highlights the successes of the organization in “Opening Doors to Scientific Achievements,” its Annual Report of the 2020-2021 academic year. In a year overshadowed by a global pandemic, our mission to empower innovation and scientific discoveries was bolstered by these ARCS milestones:

• 10-years of continuous growth in dollars awarded...

Meteorites, and what they can tell us about the formation and early evolution of the solar system are the focus of Dr. Gregory Brennecka's research at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. As a staff scientist, he studies their isotopic signatures using mass spectrometry.

“Meteorites are by far the most influential rocks on Earth. No...

The high-performance computing (HPC) resources within the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LBL) are an invaluable tool used to address global warming, develop renewable energy sources, and understand astrophysical phenomena like a supernova.  

However, those scientific advancements wouldn’t take place without the skills and contributions of ARCS Alumna Dr. Hai Ah...

Fittingly for a self-confessed “nerd from an early age,” Dr. Barbara Jacak is now a senior scientist in the Nuclear Science Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) after serving as director of the division for six years. Also a physics professor at University of California Berkeley, Jacak says, “The most...

One of NASA’s goals is to explore galaxies light years away, plus the planets and moons within our solar system. It’s up to ARCS 2016 Hall of Fame Honoree Dr. Stephen Lichten and hundreds of scientists to keep track of those missions and collect data.

Lichten is the system manager for...

In the Gilad Lab of Genetic Research at the University of Chicago, ARCS Scholar Anthony Hung carefully places tiny cells containing DNA fragments into a petri dish.

Hung is researching osteoarthritis, a degenerative joint disease. Specifically, he’s examining how genetics and environmental factors, such as mechanical stress on joints...

Dr. Jeffrey Drazen feels right at home onboard a vessel in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Huddled over a camera screen attached to special equipment pulled up the ocean floor, he watches as sea creatures living on the sea surface to 5,000 meters deep pulse through the open waters. His mission...

When asked about having “hope,” Jane Gray, and her husband, Dr. Joe Gray, both fall silent. The word hangs in the air like a thick perfume. A few seconds later, the couple responds. It’s a loaded question with a complex answer—an explanation that begins with a phone call on January 24...