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Highest honor for volunteer work given annually to a member from each ARCS Foundation chapter

LaGrange, Georgia (July 2, 2020) — ARCS^® Foundation is pleased to announce that it is honoring 15 ARCS volunteers for their work in promoting science, engineering, and medical research. The annual ARCS Light Award is...

LaGrange, GA—May 12, 2020. ARCS® Foundation is pleased to announce the addition of University of Oregon’s Department of Human Physiology to its approved departments for funding.

During ARCS January 2020 National Board Meeting in Tempe, Arizona, the National University Relations Committee approved adding this cutting-edge graduate program to the departments already...

LaGrange, GA—April 14, 2020. ARCS® Foundation is pleased to announce it has approved adding the Department of Neuroscience within the University of Minnesota Medical School to its approved departments for funding. U.S. News & World Report ranked the University of Minnesota’s Neuroscience program tenth among those of other US public...

University of California, Davis Graduate Group Approved for Funding from ARCS Foundation

LaGrange, GA—March 10, 2020. ARCS is pleased to announce it has approved a new interdisciplinary program of study within the University of California, Davis (UC Davis): The Soils and Biogeochemistry Graduate Group (SBG). This program marks the 612th...

NASA astronaut recognized for historic all-female spacewalk and research on International Space Station.

LaGrange, GA. February 10, 2020 – At the National Board Meeting in Tempe, Arizona, ARCS® Foundation announced that Dr. Jessica Meir, NASA Astronaut and researcher, has been selected for membership into the respected ARCS Alumni Hall of Fame. At...

LAGRANGE, Georgia, November 22, 2019 – Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Foundation, Inc. (ARCS® Foundation) San Diego is pleased to announce that Holly Heaton of Del Mar, California, has assumed the presidency of the chapter as of July 1, 2019.

Heaton became a member of the San Diego chapter in 2012...

LAGRANGE, Georgia, November 20, 2019 -  Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Foundation, Inc. (ARCS® Foundation) Metropolitan Washington Chapter (MWC) is pleased to announce that Danielle Robinson of Haymarket, Virginia has assumed a co-president role in the chapter as of July 1, 2019.

With a 20- year career in engineering at Lockheed...

LAGRANGE, Georgia, November 22, 2019 – Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Foundation, Inc. (ARCS® Foundation) Seattle Chapter is pleased to announce that Sarah Watts of Seattle, Washington, has assumed the presidency of the chapter as of July 1, 2019.

Watts became involved in the Seattle Chapter in 2013 after being recruited...

LAGRANGE, GA. November 20, 2019 – Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Foundation, Inc. (ARCS® Foundation) is pleased to announce that Mary Jo Whitehouse has assumed the co-presidency of the Northern California chapter as of July 1, 2019, alongside Christine Simpson Brent.

Whitehouse is a UCSF-trained physician and is board certified in...

LAGRANGE, Georgia, November 20, 2019 – Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Foundation, Inc. (ARCS® Foundation) Colorado Chapter is pleased to announce that Sue Zoby of Denver, Colorado, has assumed the presidency of the chapter as of July 1, 2019.

Zoby has been involved for decades in education, serving as the Directress...