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ARCS Foundation has recently released its 2023 Annual Report titled, “Igniting Innovation for 65 Years.” Honoring the work ARCS has been doing for 65 years, the report highlights several achievements that empower ARCS to meet its mission to propel scientific innovation in the United States. Specifically, the organization celebrated these milestones...

University of Virginia PhD student Gigi Pavur uses hydrological data collected from satellites to evaluate the consequences of natural disasters on Earth -- and hopes to use that information someday to improve outcomes. It was a thrill that the ARCS Scholar Award allowed her the opportunity to recently attend an internship...

Have you shared a fake news story before? You and twenty-three percent of Americans in a 2016 survey have that in common. And in a separate study from 2021, ninety-one percent blame social media companies for the spread of misinformation. Michael Feffer, ARCS Pittsburgh Chapter Scholar and PhD candidate in social...

There’s more to lightning than the quick flashes of light we see in the sky, just like there’s more to Mouayid Yessoufou, ARCS Colorado Chapter Scholar, who created a smart software tool to automatically detect special radio waves called spherics.

While studying to receive his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering at...

Danielle Sawyer’s relationship with cancer started personally as her grandmother and mother were diagnosed with cancer around the same time. But now it’s professional as she is an MD-PhD candidate with the University of Arizona’s Cancer Biology Graduate Interdisciplinary Group. She’s researching genetic mutations in a protein responsible for repairing DNA...

More than half of all cancer drugs and antibiotics originate from a chemical compound discovered in a natural product, according to the National Cancer Institute. Nolan Barrett, an ARCS Atlanta Scholar, knows this. He is a PhD candidate at the Georgia Institute of Technology studying Ocean Science and Engineering. His...

Abby Niesen’s PhD research at the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) focused on improving outcomes for knee replacement surgeries. Her research took her into operating rooms, to patient follow-up exams, and to international conferences to report on her findings.

Knee replacement surgery is not new. The ARCS Alumna from the...

New members are essential for the long-term health and success of ARCS Foundation as they bring original ideas and a new perspective. They also ignite new friendships and spur a passion for STEM to support scientific advancement in the United States.

This year, all fifteen of ARCS Foundation’s regional chapters were...

There are chemicals in California’s groundwater, and while cities have systems to treat the water, small rural communities and households using domestic wells must fund their own cleanup. One such chemical is 1,2,3 trichloropropanes (TCP). It is a suspected carcinogen present in hundreds of wells in California. Water treatment for TCP...

Patrick Drupp earned his PhD in Geochemical Oceanography at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. His time there served as a catalyst to make climate policy his career. He now works as the Director of Climate Policy and Advocacy for the Sierra Club.

While a graduate student, Drupp taught a course...