An ARCS Member is leading NSF’s Polar Programs, overseeing a wide range of research projects, including melting ice sheets that confirm a warming planet. The polar regions hold a vast array of science – even inside the ice itself.
The two poles of Earth – the Arctic and Antarctica –... Read more
Significant and extreme weather events linked to global warming in 2021 took climate scientists, like ARCS Alumnus Daniel Swain, by surprise—not because they occurred, but because scientists predicted it would be decades before the US would see those devastating effects.
ARCS® Foundation added the University of California Merced to its growing list of approved academic partners, plus the Biomedical Informatics program at Arizona State University.
LaGrange, Georgia (March 29, 2022) —The University of California Merced is the 50th and latest institution added to ARCS Foundation’s list of approved academic partners.... Read more
Cece Foxley and Kathie Miller of the ARCS Foundation Utah Chapter have been recognized by the Women United - United Way of Salt Lake for their contributions to the community. During Women's History Month the Women United - United Way of Salt Lake organization is highlighting their members who are making waves... Read more
Becoming a mother in the mid-1980’s was an exciting time for Dr. Nancy Haigwood. But the time also highlighted a huge health crisis—infants born HIV positive from mothers who knowingly or unknowingly carried the virus.
Not all software is created the same—nor is it easily adaptable for professionals studying and working in academic fields.
According to ARCS Scholar Samuel Grayson, modern science uses custom-built software, which is written and produced by trained engineers to ensure a specific set of outcomes and incentives are achieved. These... Read more
David Dixon, PhD and renowned computational chemist, is a Porsche enthusiast. It comes as no surprise then that as he tells the story of how he helped to save the stratospheric ozone layer, he talked about how to stay cool in a car in the summer in Alabama.
A bicycle country road tour in France was an opportunity for ARCS member Sheila Grinell to practice her French, a language learned decades earlier while she taught in Toulon on a Fulbright grant. More than that, the trip and the 125 miles she pedaled in five days were about “celebrating... Read more
Alum is recognized for work in computational chemistry and for leadership in developing alternatives to chlorofluorocarbons that have restored and saved the stratospheric ozone layers.
LaGrange, Georgia (January 25, 2022) - At the January National Board Meeting, ARCS® Foundation Inc. announced computational chemist David Dixon, PhD has been selected as... Read more
