Social networks can be a phenomenal tool to stay connected with friends, family, and peers, but have you considered its growing importance to major world problems? ARCS Pittsburgh Scholar Tom Magelinski, PhD candidate at Carnegie Mellon University, has and he hopes to adapt existing tools of network science to gain... Read more
It can be difficult in the competitive, fast paced 24-hour news cycle to find ways to grab the attention of people in order to get the word out about ARCS Foundation. ARCS Northern California Chapter (NCC) has recently gained traction in the Bay Area this past year using a number of... Read more
Many ARCS Scholars pursue research that has a far-reaching impact on the daily lives of everyday people. One such scholar is Adam Caccavano. A doctoral candidate at Georgetown University, Caccavano is researching memory dysfunction in neurodegeneration and aging. Specifically, he is investigating a disruption to the hippocampal network in a... Read more
Steven Monfort, ARCS Northern California Chapter Scholar Alum, is the newly named John and Adrienne Mars Director of the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Washington, D.C. Long before becoming Director, Dr. Monfort received funding from ARCS Foundation while pursuing a veterinary degree at the University... Read more
Since 1958, ARCS Foundation (Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Foundation, Inc.) has provided Science, Technology, Engineering and Medical research (STEM) funding for more than 10,000 men and women at top-ranked universities throughout the nation. On November 27, ARCS Foundation participated in #GivingTuesday to raise funds for ARCS Foundation National Operating... Read more
ARCS Scholar Alum and 2017 Hall of Fame Inductee Christopher Stubbs has recently been appointed Dean of Science at Harvard University after years of serving on Harvard’s faculty as a professor and chair of the Physics Department.
Dr. Stubbs is an experimental physicist whose research interests lie at the intersection... Read more
ARCS Utah Chapter President and ARCS National IS Committee Chair Sue Dintelman’s leadership and philanthropic spirit gives back to ARCS Foundation in myriad ways. Dintelman has been a member of ARCS Foundation for almost ten years, and she looks back fondly at her first involvement with the organization, “In 2009,... Read more
Science fiction can inspire the future, becoming the basis for many scientific and technological advances. For one ARCS Scholar, it ignited a passion.
ARCS Scholar Ashley Kroll credits the world of science fiction with starting her passion for Nanoengineering. “I learned about this field when I started reading science... Read more
Many ARCS members spend time serving their chapters, providing support to scholars, or volunteering at a national level — but very few go to the lengths that longtime devoted member Sandra Matteucci has in serving the mission of ARCS Foundation. Since she first became involved with ARCS Foundation in 1991,... Read more
