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Across the country, ARCS Foundation chapters are celebrating dedicated members, highlighting groundbreaking research and creating opportunities to connect. Here's a look at what's happening throughout our chapter network!

Metro Washington Chapter: Honoring Members Past and Present

The Metro Washington Chapter is celebrating the contributions of longtime member Lynn Dillon, who joined...

As climate change brings rising sea levels and intensifying droughts to Hawaii, ARCS Honolulu Scholar Kauanoe Greene is researching how native plants can survive changing environmental conditions.

A doctoral student in botany at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Greene studies aalii, a native Hawaiian plant commonly used in ecological restoration...

ARCS Scholar Nancy Leon-Rivera is pursuing her PhD in biomedical sciences, with a focus on cancer biology, at San Diego State University. Specifically, she is focused on the tumor environment in breast cancer. 

“There are so many cells and signals interacting with each other, and it’s so complex. We still don’t...

How important is keeping the water we use safe? Important enough that over 8,000 specialists met in Glasgow recently for the International Water Congress & Exhibition, the leading global event for water and allied professionals, covering the full water cycle. 

Adelle Holder, a third-year ARCS Pittsburgh Scholar, was more than...

For Nicole Quintus, the prevalence of treatment-resistant depression raises an important scientific question: What if there is more to the story?

Quintus, an ARCS Scholar supported by the ARCS Minnesota Chapter, is pursuing her PhD in neuroscience at the University of Minnesota. Her research examines the endogenous opioid system, the natural...

This summer, ARCS Foundation San Diego voted to add Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute to its family of educational partners. The ARCS Foundation will fund two ARCS Scholars at the Institute for the 2026-27 academic year, each receiving a $12,500 award to support their research.

“We are extremely grateful and...

Phil and Penny Knight have committed $1 billion—the largest gift ever given to a comprehensive public university—to the University of Oregon, with the intention of establishing a college of engineering located at the Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact.

The recent announcement is the latest philanthropic gift from...

Invite to Ignite Celebrates Membership Growth
ARCS Foundation’s Invite to Ignite challenge celebrated chapters making significant strides in growing their membership. The annual challenge recognizes the three chapters with the highest percentage increase in dues-paying members and awards funds to support future recruitment, retention, and member appreciation efforts.

This year, ARCS...

LaGrange, GA (Sept. 3, 2026) — ARCS® Foundation celebrated the inaugural class of ARCS Purdue Scholars today during the ARCS National Scholar Award Celebration at Purdue Memorial Union, marking the first Scholar celebration under the ARCS National Scholar Award Program and the launch of ARCS Foundation's inaugural National Academic Partnership with...

For ARCS Phoenix Scholar Laura Lee, preparing for the future of space exploration means thinking about everything from the cameras traveling to Mars to the food astronauts may one day grow there.

Lee, a Ph.D. candidate in Astronomy and Planetary Science at Northern Arizona University, focuses her research on preparing for...