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Devin Palmer’s path to the focus of his PhD research was step by step, as he discovered the science that holds the most intense interest to him – epilepsy research. About a third of individuals with epilepsy “have seizures that go untreated, thus there is still a need for novel treatment interventions,”...

ARCS member Patty Jones had no role models of women in science when she was growing up, but her desire to learn was unstoppable and mirrored by her twin sister Cathy. The twins were the first ones in their family to go to college, and they have continued careers in science...

When you register for the All Members Conference in October, please select the tours you’d like to take so group transportation can be ready for you.

Tuesday, October 11

The Civil Rights Movement and the work of Martin Luther King Jr. are embedded in the history of the United States and...

Two ARCS Scholars will showcase their research at the 2022 AMC during an ARCS Panel Presentation titled, "Scholars Advancing Science on Climate Change."

Hannah Holmes, at Georgia Tech, focuses her PhD research in chemical engineering.

ARCS Scholar Hannah Holmes
(Courtesy: Hannah Holmes)

Her research is aimed at strategies for climate...

ARCS Scholar Tony Wang and a team of students may change the future of neurosurgery and cancer treatment with a device barely visible to the naked eye.  

A fourth-year PhD student at Georgia Tech, Wang is studying electrical and computer engineering with a focus on creating micro-robotics systems or...

A top-notch gymnast as a young girl, it was the athletic art of pole vaulting that captured Michelle Karabin’s attention as a teenager—and helped her become a sports champion while an undergraduate at Carnegie Mellon University.

“It was the best feeling ever when you clear the bar, especially during an...

Astronomers are excited about the James Webb Space Telescope. “The Webb in its first five days already made discoveries that people have been waiting three decades for,” says Ori Fox PhD, an Instrument Scientist at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, MD.

Fox says astronomers expect a few big...

ARCS Chapter Atlanta members planning the October All Members Conference in their city had one immediate goal – to show fellow ARCS members firsthand “Southern hospitality.”

According to Debbie Liss, ARCS Chapter Atlanta member and AMC committee member, “We wanted to foster a way for members to get to know each...

In a nail-biting race to the very end, but when the clock struck midnight on June 1, 2022, the annual ARCS Chapter Challenge came to a close with ARCS Phoenix Chapter pulling out the victory and winning top prizes in two separate categories.

The chapter received a $2,500 Scholar Award Champion...

The Washington Research Foundation (WRF) recently donated $1.65 million to support ARCS Foundation Seattle Chapter endowments held at University of Washington (UW) and Washington State University (WSU), with the intention to fund annual ARCS scholar awards at both universities in perpetuity. The foundation’s gift will support emerging scientists at two universities...