Julie Drinkward has been an ARCS Oregon member for 16 years. She and her husband Wayne have funded multiple scholar awards and hosted events at their home. Julie has served on the Board and several committees and has been honored with the chapter’s ARCS Light award. But Julie says that her...
ARCS National President Caron Ogg is pleased to announce that the Danaher Foundation has approved a grant for ARCS Foundation, Inc. in the amount of $100,000. This funding will support the Danaher National Impact Awards to five ARCS Chapters for implementation between January 1, 2023 – June 30, 2024.
From creating art pieces about lizards as a child to now working to conserve those same environments for wildlife, Alejandro Grajal-Puche is making his mark in agriculture. Alejandro Grajal-Puche, Phoenix Chapter Scholar (2021-23), is using his PhD in Biology at Northern Arizona University to improve farming habitats with the data he...
Noelle Brown, a second-year PhD student and Utah chapter ARCS Scholar, studies how people can best integrate ethical components into technical courses at University of Utah. Her first year led her to write a paper about how students think about an ethical problem when technical solutions make ethical consequences. The results led...
Ryan O’Hara, a Metro Washington Chapter ARCS Scholar, originally dreamt of becoming a medical doctor. Instead, he’s using a PhD in Biomedical Engineering to build models of the heart.
Ryan explains he studied Biomedical Engineering in preparation for medical school and its intensive curriculum, but his time as a research assistant...
ARCS Scholar Alumna 2013-14 and new Colorado Chapter member Erin Griggs is shooting for the Moon, figuratively and literally.
As a Senior Modeling and Simulation Engineer with Trusted Space, Inc., Erin designs missions to space. “I get to build space missions for all these different customers and analyze them and figure...
ARCS recognizes alum for significant contributions to astronomy that enhanced our understanding of planetary science and the frontier of space.
“People would say to me, ‘I thought only smart people got into MIT.’” That comment echoed through the zoom meeting as Heidi B. Hammel, PhD, and nationally renowned astrophysicist recalled her...
ARCS recognizes alum for significant contributions to astronomy that enhanced our understanding of planetary science and the frontier of space.
LaGrange, Georgia (February 7, 2023) - At the January National Board Meeting, ARCS® Foundation Inc. announced planetary astronomer Heidi B. Hammel, PhD, is the 2023 inductee into the prestigious ARCS Alumni...
Last summer, the ARCS Colorado Chapter received the honor of being recognized as the Mines Foundation Partner of the Year. The award was presented by the Colorado School of Mines Foundation.
This is the first time the Mines Foundation award has been opened to an organization rather than an individual. According...
ARCS Foundation Orange County President and Scholar Alumni Dr. Nan Hultgren has an especially unique connection to ARCS. Beginning as a scholar with a passion for basic research and now Chapter President who wants to continue sharing her passion for ARCS.
She began her journey with the organization as an...
