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Most of ARCS Scholar Mariana Lanzarini-Lopes’s life has been impacted by water. When she was young, Mariana lived in Brazil, and water was delivered to her house in big blue canisters. Mariana wondered how people who could not afford it got their clean water. Now a fourth-year doctoral candidate in the...

ARCS Foundation has supported the future of science by providing financial awards to more than 10,500 of our nation’s brightest up and coming scientists. According to the Washington Post, science in America needs more help than ever. Click here to read the article. 

NASA astronaut recognized for historic all-female spacewalk and research on International Space Station.

LaGrange, GA. February 10, 2020 – At the National Board Meeting in Tempe, Arizona, ARCS® Foundation announced that Dr. Jessica Meir, NASA Astronaut and researcher, has been selected for membership into the respected ARCS Alumni Hall of Fame. At...

Victoria Cooley’s cutting-edge research on tooth enamel lies at the intersection between materials science and molecular biology. A third-year graduate student in Materials Science and Engineering at Northwestern University, Victoria uses genetically engineered mice to study how gene deletions or mutations in genetic enamel disorders create small-scale defects in...

Year-end giving for ARCS Foundation National is vital. From chapter operations to the National Endowment, funds raised from Halloween to New Year’s Day enable the organization to fulfill its mission and support the work of America’s top STEM scholars. ARCS Foundation National is pleased to announce that the 2019 year-end campaign generated 13%...

ARCS member and past president of ARCS Honolulu Chapter, Patty Lee wanted to avoid a big party for her eightieth birthday. So instead of cake, balloons, and confetti, Patty spent her milestone birthday hiking along the remains of the world’s largest Roman artifact, Hadrian’s Wall, surrounded by the magnificent English countryside...

ARCS National social media channels had a different look the week of November 18, 2019, when scholars Connor Morozumi and Kendra Marr took over posts on ARCS National’s Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram channels to give ARCS National social media audiences a glimpse into their everyday lives.

On Monday and Tuesday...