#GivingTuesday is an international campaign to inspire giving for nonprofit and charitable organizations. ARCS Foundation National participated in the campaign for 2024 and exceeded the goal of $120,000.
ARCS Members, current ARCS Scholars, ARCS Scholar Alumni, and Friends of ARCS all gave to help the national organization reach a grand... Read more
Samantha Harker has many descriptors, including as an ARCS Scholar and PhD candidate in neuroscience at Arizona State University (ASU). She is also a recipient of two recent predoctoral fellowships – from the National Institute of Mental Health and the other from the Autism Science Foundation.
Western democracies are losing the technology competition and U.S. leadership is being challenged scientifically on the global stage, warns an editorial in Science, the journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The article, shared by Honolulu ARCS Scholar alumna and ScienceAdvisor... Read more
LaGrange, Georgia (December 4, 2024) – ARCS Foundation has released its 2024 Annual Report titled, “Impact Unleashed.” ARCS Foundation has greatly impacted science and technological innovation in the US over the past 65 years, and the report highlights several achievements that empower ARCS to meet its mission to propel scientific innovation... Read more
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... Read more
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... Read more
LaGrange Georgia, November 11, 2024 –ARCS Foundation, Inc. a nonprofit dedicated to advancing U.S. scientific progress through scholar awards, and Roche Diagnostics Corporation, a global leader in diagnostics, have joined forces to address the critical shortage of professionals in clinical laboratories. This pioneering program... Read more
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... Read more
Roche Diagnostics Corporation, the global leader in in-vitro diagnostics, has partnered with ARCS Foundation on a new pilot program to tackle one of the most pressing challenges in healthcare: the severe staffing shortages currently experienced in clinical laboratories. These talent shortages, especially in top clinical roles that require special... Read more
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... Read more
