Last month, the NAU site visit was held on Zoom. Four Scholars, three administrators, and the head of the Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science talked with 10 Chapter members gathered at the home of Lynn Sonntag, along with several other members online. Beatrice Bock, a Woodrow Endowment and...
On October 15, members toured the Arizona Science Center, the "hands-on" science museum in downtown Phoenix that Phoenix Chapter members Sheila Grinell and Dr. Laura Martin helped establish. (Thanks to Penny Papadopoulos and Vianne Kucera for arranging the visit.) Sheila and Laura had originally met while working at Children's Television Workshop...
Welcome to another wonderful year for the ARCS Phoenix Chapter making an impact on STEM through our support of talented scholars. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Judy LeMarr and her Board for leading our Chapter so successfully these past two years. She collaborated diligently with our members...
Marina Mancuso, the Ralph and Sandra Matteucci scholar for two years, graduated in December from Arizona State University. Her PhD dissertation was titled, "Climate and Infection-Age on West Nile Virus Transmission." As an applied mathematician, Marina bridges the knowledge obtained from other fields of science, such as biology and climate science, with...
This has been a busy “semester” for the Phoenix Chapter of ARCS.
January was busy reviewing scholar applications then matching with donors. That is always the best part of the year. It feels as if you really get to know the scholars, or at least their names, by the time the...
The Phoenix Chapter of the ARCS Foundation celebrated its 48th annual Awards Dinner honoring the 53 Scholars selected for 2024-2025 from the three Arizona universities. There was a lively and informative presentation of the posters of the Scholar’s work prior to dinner. The keynote address was given by Dr. Rita...
The Phoenix Chapter is proud to announce Sydney Fox as our 2024 ARCS Light recipient. The ARCS Light is a distinctive honor that is awarded annually to a member who has given the highest quality of long-term service to the chapter. Sydney has been a member of ARCS Phoenix Chapter since 2015...
Briana Ondatje, a PhD student and neuroscience trainee at Barrow, received the 2024-2025 ARCS Scholar Award from the ARCS Foundation, Phoenix Chapter, to support her education. Briana is researching amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) under the mentorship of Barrow professor, Rita Sattler, MSc, PhD.
"I would like to...
The Field Trip to the Amazon Fullfillment Center for small items in Goodyear, AZ, was extremely interesing. We used headsets in order to hear and ask questions due to the noise level inside the center. Our tour guides, Paloma, Brianna and Charles took us to three floors of the 875,000 sq ft facility...
