Dan Miller’s first interest in neuroscience came in high school after he read a book about theories of consciousness by a prominent neuropsychologist.
“I was fascinated that there were so many different psychological, neural, and philosophical approaches for explaining how the brain works, and was particularly drawn to theories that... Read more
ARCS® Foundation (Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Foundation, Inc.) has released its fiscal year 2018 Annual Report. The report presents the nationwide public report of investments and achievements by 15 regional ARCS chapters during the 2017-18 academic year.
Among the key facts and accomplishments noted in the report are:
Growing up, University of Pittsburgh bioengineering student and ARCS Scholar Alexis Nolfi always considered herself to be a little different. And she never thought of that as a negative.
“My family members excelled in the fields of arts and music, but I was more content to be outside exploring in... Read more
ARCS® Foundation (Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Foundation, Inc.) has released its fiscal year 2018 Annual Report. The report presents the nationwide public report of investments and achievements by 15 regional ARCS chapters during the 2017-18 academic year.
Among the key facts and accomplishments noted in the report... Read more
If you’re going to study the uncharted depths of the world’s oceans, what better base of operations than Hawaii, which is literally in the middle of it all? It has been said that humans know more about Mars and the Moon than they know of the deep-sea ecosystems right here... Read more
It has been nearly four decades since Shannon Brownlee was an ARCS Scholar at the University of California, Santa Cruz, in 1979. But the ensuing years have done nothing to diminish her passion for her industry. In 2015 Brownlee was inducted into the ARCS Alumni Hall of Fame for scientific writing... Read more
At the 2018 All Members Conference an interdisciplinary panel noted that mentoring and supporting scholars does not end after they obtain their degrees. Each year Lockheed Martin, a longtime supporter of ARCS Foundation, hires over 150 technical PhD and master’s graduates and it expects that to increase in the future. ... Read more
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics recently recognized ARCS MWC Member Mary L. Snitch with the AIAA Distinguished Service Award for her distinguished service to the Institute over a period of years ranging from tireless advocacy for funding to national and international influence on aerospace policy. Mary L. Snitch currently holds... Read more
Thanks to decades of research, HIV/AIDS is no longer a death sentence, and people with the virus are living longer. But that increased longevity presents its own challenges, as people with HIV experience more health complications. Brooks Mitchell, a scientist at the University of Hawaii, has been studying those complications... Read more
When she was an first-year student at the College of William and Mary, Ellen Stofan got her first dream job, as an intern in the Center for Earth and Planetary Studies at the Smithsonian’s popular National Air and Space Museum on the Mall in Washington, D.C. A few decades later,... Read more