There are an estimated 31,000 individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a disease causing nerve cells to die. An unfortunate side effect is paralysis in the body, ranging from the inability to move limbs to not speaking. However, Tyler Singer-Clark, a Northern California Chapter... Read more
Did you know when there are massive explosions in space, such as stars shredded apart by black holes, they make tiny subatomic particles called neutrinos? ARCS Illinois Scholar Scott Mackey is researching neutrinos in his Physics PhD to learn how the universe evolves.
An ARCS membership is a long-lasting reward throughout the generations. Atlanta Chapter Members, Patricia Leake and Pace Parsons, demonstrate their ARCS loyalty as mother and daughter.
Who Is Pace Parsons?
Pace Parsons was named as ARCS’s National first “ARCS Spark” in March... Read more
The world needs to reach net zero carbon emissions by the year 2050 for the global temperature to stop increasing. According to the World Resources Institute, the UN found that current climate policies will raise the temperature by 2.8 degrees Celsius by the end of the... Read more
What happens above ground in agroecosystem management impacts what transpires below ground. ARCS Scholar Suzanne Lipton is focusing her PhD research on agroecology, which she explains is “how you could make agricultural systems more sustainable by relying on ecological processes rather than industrializing them.” Lipton is... Read more
Naseeha (Nas) Cardwell plans to defend her PhD thesis in Chemical Engineering at Washington State University this fall. She is the first woman in her family to be college-educated, and the first to earn a PhD. She says every opportunity along her STEM path made a difference.
ARCS Metro Washington Scholar Sheila Iyer has always been fascinated with puzzles since she was a child, and to her, studying DNA is like piecing together a complicated puzzle with great ramifications for public health. She engages in research as a way to creatively unpack the hidden secrets... Read more
We’re highlighting our female keynote speakers for the All ARCS Conference this summer in Chicago to keep with the March theme of Women Making History and celebrating International Women’s Day. As a women driven organization in STEM, our members and scholars know how hard it can... Read more
Scientific advances depend on more than just research in a lab. Innovation also depends on people and their behaviors. ARCS Scholar Alum Gretchen Engbring, PhD, is a Sustainability Social Scientist at Stanford University. “While we often think about scientific advancements as biophysical and technological (such as driverless cars... Read more
Christine Wilcox has always had an unbounded curiosity. At five years old, a teacher asked her what she liked to do for fun. Wilcox told her teacher, “I like to open the mouths of dead geckos to look at their tongues.”
