Meet ARCS Northern California Scholar Sophie Ruehr from the University of California, Berkeley. Some of you might recognize Ruehr from our ARCS Forward event, "Carbon Emissions and Offsets: Global and Local Research." Since this program, Ruehr has continued to focus on ecosystem-scale dynamics of water cycling. She studies the links between the...
In the complex world of neurology, where the mysteries of the central nervous system are unraveled, ARCS Scholar Nathan Anderson's MS research at the University of Oregon stands out as a unique blend of scientific inquiry and personal mission. Anderson’s work focuses on a protein called Vnd, a key player in...
Nnana Amakiri, a Utah ARCS Scholar, is part of a family of medical professionals. His parents, immigrants from Nigeria, overcame significant challenges to establish successful careers in healthcare. His father started as a handyman before becoming a nurse and then later a doctor. His mother was also a nurse and became...
Honolulu ARCS Scholar Lindsay Young is vice president for research for the National Geographic Society's Pristine Seas Program. She heads an eight-member research team that works with conservationists, filmmakers, and communication and policy experts to help protect the world’s oceans. Young is also an affiliate graduate faculty member at the...
Growing up under a pristine night sky far from city lights, one scholar’s fascination with the cosmos began early. Surrounded by stars and the Milky Way, Nicholas Saunders was captivated by the sheer magnitude of the universe. But his interest in exoplanets—planets orbiting stars outside our solar system—was sparked by a...
Having learned some chemistry growing up – her father was a pharmacist – Benham began working towards her PhD at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, when there were just...
Congratulations to the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa's Dr. Tomoaki Miura, inducted as an American Association for the Advancement of Sciences Fellow in September. Dr. Miura is professor and chair of Natural Resources and Environmental Management, one of five College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources departments supported with Honolulu ARCS...
Honolulu ARCS Scholar Katie C.Y. Lee has demonstrated the importance of an energy regulating enzyme in heart health. “We discovered that your heart can't really be healthy without PKM2,” she says.
Building on research that Pyruvate kinase M2 plays a key role in glucose metabolism and energy expenditure, Katie demonstrated that...
Everyone, including ARCS Foundation National leaders, knows the phrase, “A chain is no stronger than its weakest link.” The words were published in 1786 in Thomas Reid’s “Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man.”
ARCS National leaders are focusing this year on strengthening the leadership and effectiveness of the organization’s 15...
With a punk rock metalhead background, ARCS Minnesota Scholar Daniel Mendez didn’t have the typical STEM background as he grew up surrounded by gang activity. He never planned on studying neuroscience. But after quitting his punk rock band before they toured and later learning about his brother’s kidney failure diagnosis, Mendez...
