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ARCS Foundation continually looks to outside sources to understand attitudes toward science. 3M is a company that started as a small-scale mining venture in 1902 in Northern Minnesota and is now a global powerhouse where its products improve the daily lives of people around the world.
 
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The Washington Post and Abbott Laboratories presented a 90-minute virtual program recently on Diversity in STEM Education.  What could be more timely as ARCS takes a hard look at this topic through the lens of the new Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Standing Committee?  Linda Burke, DEI Committee Chair, and other national...

LaGrange, Georgia (December 13, 2022) – ARCS Foundation recently released its 2022 Annual Report titled, “Reimagining the Future”. Considering the future of scientific discovery, the report highlighted several achievements that empower ARCS to meet its mission to propel scientific innovation in the US. Specifically, they celebrated these milestones in the 2021-2022...

ARCS Utah board member Ruth Novak has gravitas as a woman whose career and life have exemplified success and the importance of STEM. Novak was recently honored by the Women Tech Council with its first ever Lifetime Achievement Award. Fellow Utah ARCS member Janene Muller was emotional presenting the award to...

The Silver Family Foundation, an Oregon-based non-profit led by Philip and Barbara Silver, recently donated $2 million to the national Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Foundation.

The $2 million donation marks the largest single gift in ARCS Foundation's 64-year history.  It will fund programs that advance the sustainability...

ARCS scholar Sarah Neshat experienced her first thrill of science in an after-school program at her Oakland middle school. “I distinctly recall learning about nanotechnology and electric circuits as a 13-year old while soldering things together,” she says.

She credits Techbridge, the nonprofit program that focuses on getting young, underrepresented girls...

On a Mission to Beat Cancer

As a child, Austin Blackmon was always curious. This affinity to ask questions naturally led him to an interest in science. Then when he was 7 years old, Blackmon’s grandmother died from cancer.

“I hated that feeling of feeling so helpless,” Blackmon said. “That set...

ARCS Atlanta Members, our much anticipated 2022 Scholar Awards Celebration is just around the corner on November 17, 2022 from 4-6PM.  We continue to navigate to the newly re-imagined in-person event themed “Focus on the Future”.  It will be a fun time and a true treat to see everyone.  

The invitation...

"Viruses are absolutely everywhere," says ARCS Scholar Alum and Associate Professor Dr. Mya Breitbart. "They are throughout every environment you can think of."

Dr. Breitbart is an associate professor at the University of South Florida's College of Marine Science and head of the Breitbart Lab. She uses molecular techniques to...

ARCS Scholar Tyler Sypherd from Arizona State University was found being “properly improper” as he presented his research at the International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) - the leading international academic conference in machine learning, hosted in Baltimore this past July.

Sypherd’s paper titled “Being Properly Improper” explores how to make...