ARCS Scholar Katie Schneider is a mechanical engineering graduate student at theColorado School of Mines. From leading her university’s Solar Decathlon team in the construction of the Mines Tiny House to managing over seventy collegiate students in the design of the winning house model in the... Read more
Most of ARCS Scholar Mariana Lanzarini-Lopes’s life has been impacted by water. When she was young, Mariana lived in Brazil, and water was delivered to her house in big blue canisters. Mariana wondered how people who could not afford it got their clean water. Now a fourth-year doctoral candidate in... Read more
Victoria Cooley’s cutting-edge research on tooth enamel lies at the intersection between materials science and molecular biology. A third-year graduate student in Materials Science and Engineering atNorthwestern University, Victoria uses genetically engineered mice to study how gene deletions or mutations in genetic enamel disorders create small-scale... Read more
The brain is not only unique; it is also mysterious. Will there ever come a time when all the inner workings of the brain are revealed, and we can truly unravel its mysteries? ARCS scholar Sydney Boutros is moving us closer to that day.
“There’s just so much going on inside the glass. It’s like a microscopic universe, living, breathing, and constantly changing.” You might think ARCS Scholar Thi Nguyen is describing his experience mixing chemical compounds in a lab. He is, instead, detailing his appreciation for the chemistry behind a glass of wine... Read more
ARCS® Scholar Sunil Joshi has been chosen from a pool of more than 1,700 applicants to be a Paul & Daisy Soros Fellow. The rigorous selection process is focused on identifying the most promising New Americans who are poised to make significant contributions to US society, culture, or their... Read more
Chantell Balaan, ARCS Honolulu Scholar who has been recently recognized by her chapter for her high potential to advance science in Medicine, can hardly believe where she is today. A first generation college student, Balaan received the 2019 Koenig ARCS Award in Medicine on May 6 at the Outrigger... Read more
Artificial intelligence (AI) robots have gained wide popularity in the last few years, becoming more common in everyday life. While some praise the benefits that these devices provide, others worry they may hold too much power. Jennifer Leaf, ARCS Oregon Scholar, will discuss these issues and more during ... Read more
Jocelyn Todd, an ARCS Foundation Utah Chapter Scholar from 2015-16, is pursuing her PhD in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Utah. In addition to her work analyzing mechanics of cartilage in the hip to shed light on risk factors of osteoarthritis progression, she is an elite runner and has... Read more
