Benjamin “B.J.” Fulton, ARCS Foundation Honolulu Chapter’s 2016 Scholar of the Year, is surveying 51 nearby Sun-like stars in a search for planets smaller than Neptune using Lick Observatory’s Automated Planet Finder (APF) Telescope in California, which he operates remotely from the University of Hawai‘i’s (UH) Institute for Astronomy. “We initially...
Chelsea Cook (Colorado Chapter scholar alum; Ph.D., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado – Boulder) is developing important information about crowd behaviors by studying bees. Individual bees act on available information such as temperature to optimize their colony’s conditions and protect their larvae. But Cook and her research team found that...
Dr. Ellen Stofan (ARCS Metro Washington Chapter (MWC) Member; Chief Scientist, NASA) has steadily expanded the frontiers of U.S. science through her current role as science advisor to NASA Administrator Charles Bolden; her leadership roles at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in missions that explored Venus, Mars, Saturn's moon Titan, and Earth; and...
Chelsea Cook (Colorado Chapter scholar alum; Ph.D., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado – Boulder) is developing important information about crowd behaviors by studying bees. Individual bees act on available information such as temperature to optimize their colony’s conditions and protect their larvae. But Cook and her research team found...
Achievement Rewards for College Scientists, Inc., Portland Chapter (ARCS Foundation Portland) announcedthat it will now be known as Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Foundation, Inc., Oregon Chapter (ARCS Foundation Oregon). The name change was effective May 11, 2016. Oregon chapter president Joan Foley commented about the name change: “The new name better...
The ARCS Alumni Hall of Fame honors ARCS Scholar Alumni who have made outstanding contributions to the advancement of science and U.S. competitiveness in STEM-based innovation. Members are selected based on demonstrated leadership in scientific innovation, awards and recognition by their peers, leadership of a significant STEM organization, inspiring and mentoring...
Sue Alexopoulos’ passionate support of ARCS and the UCI Henry Samueli School of Engineering converged with the school’s creation of a new endowed Presidential Chair in electrical engineering and computer science, named in honor of Sue and her husband Nicolaos, a former Samueli School dean. Sue not only comes from a long line of engineers...
Joy Lindsay (member ARCS Foundation Minnesota Chapter) was the Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal’s 2016 Titans of Technology Hall of Fame honoree, an award which “recognizes an individual's leadership in assisting and accelerating the performance of the tech industry.” Joy, President of StarTec Investments, a venture capital firm, is a member of the board of...
Congresswoman Barbara Comstock (VA-10), a strong supporter of STEM education, was awarded ARCS Metropolitan Washington Chapter’s (MWC) 2016 Eagle Award on April 19, 2016. Currently Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Research and Technology of the Science, Space, and Technology Committee, she continues the leadership role she demonstrated as Chairwoman of the Science and Technology Committee...
Dr. R. Brent Tully, ARCS Foundation Honolulu Chapter’s 2016 Scientist of the Year, is considered a father of modern observational cosmology for doing “cosmology up close” at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa’s Institute for Astronomy. The annual award recognizes the university’s researchers whose advancement of STEM knowledge and mentorship of...
Chelsea Cook (Colorado Chapter scholar alum; Ph.D., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado – Boulder) is developing important information about crowd behaviors by studying bees. Individual bees act on available information such as temperature to optimize their colony’s conditions and protect their larvae. But Cook and her research team found...
