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  • OHSU Lab

    ARCS Foundation Oregon

    Advancing science in Oregon . . . 

  • UO Inorganic Chemistry

    Basic Science Research 

    ARCS SCholars explore key questions in their research

  • OSU Engineering

    Discovery

    ARCS scholars discover solutions that impact global challenge

  • OHSU Microbial Pathogenicity

    Discovery

    ARCS Scholars discover new solutions that impact health

  • OSU Nuclear Engineering

    Discovery

    ARCS Scholars discover new solutions that impact technology

Our Mission. . .

ARCS Foundation Oregon Chapter advances science and technology in the United States by providing financial awards to academically outstanding students who are U.S. citizens studying to complete PhD degrees in science, engineering, math, technology and medical research at Oregon Health & Science University, Oregon State University and the University of Oregon.

Our Impact. . .

Since 2004 the Oregon Chapter has raised over $4.5 million to support 274 scholars at OHSU, OSU and UO.

Join ARCS Oregon. . .

Learn more about becoming a member and member benefits.

 

Join us for the Annual Scholar Awards Luncheon
October 22, 2019 

We Thank Our Einstein Presenting Sponsors   

Julie and Wayne Drinkward
Oregon Chapter Celebrates 15th Anniversary
ARCS Oregon celebrated 15 years of advancing science in Oregon on May 14th. It was a party to remember! Annual meeting business preceded the festivities at Waverley Country Club. Chapter Founders, past presidents, our university partner presidents, and members and spouses joined in on the celebration. Click HERE to read more.

Oregon Celebrates Third-Year Scholars
Celebrate the Scholars is a traditional scholar donor event for the Oregon Chapter. Third-year scholars, their donors, and university VIPs were invited to the Emmerson's lovely home and garden. Scholars shared their research and they were presented with a crystal paperweight engraved with the ARCS logo. Read more.

Oregon State University Uses NASA Centrifuge to Simulate Tsunami

Posted on Tuesday, August 20, 2019

A centrifuge that was used to spin astronauts around and test gravitational force on them, is now being used to simulate the effects of a large tsunami on the Oregon coast. The centrifuge is helping Oregon State University ARCS Scholar, Maggie Exton, to better understand the risks of a tsunami.... Read more

Oregon Scholars Recognized at OHSU Graduate Studies Awards Ceremony

Posted on Saturday, June 15, 2019

The 2019 OHSU Honors and Awards Ceremony for undergraduate medical education and graduate studies was held on Sunday June 2nd.  ARCS scholars and scholar alumni were well represented among awardees.  Congratulations to all ARCS awardees!

Graduate Student Organization Award (peer nominated)
Exemplary Future Scientist
Alexandra Quackenbush... Read more

  • Taylor Mighell Presented with C.W. Cotterman Award
    Taylor Mighell, NGP Graduate Student, Presented with C.W. Cotterman Award
    Taylor Mighell, NGP graduate student in Brian O'Roak's lab, was presented with C.W. Cotterman Award at the American Society of Human Genetics meeting in October. His donors are Susan and George Swindells.
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  • Nate Yoder's Paper Published in Nature
    Nate Yoder's Paper Published in Nature, International Journal of Science
    Congratulations to NGP student, Nate Yoder on his new paper in Nature! For the first time, researchers in the Vollum Institute have determined the atomic structure of an acid-sensing ion channel (ASIC) in a resting state at high pH. His donor is the Bechen Family Foundation.
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  • Elizabeth Holzenthal Receives Prestigious NSF Graduate Fellowship
    Congratulations to OSU College of Engineering, ARCS scholar Elizabeth Holzenthal, School of Civil and Construction Engineering, coastal and ocean engineering. Elizabeth was recently named a recipient of an NSF Graduate Fellowship, (GRFP). Elizabeth, a first year scholar, is working on a project aimed at contributing to the development of a new generation of natural hazard engineering. Her donors are Diane and Dick Alexander.
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  • Kevin Watanabe-Smith Wins Statewide 3MT Competition
    ARCS Scholar Kevin Watanabe-Smith, who studies cancer biology in Dr. Brian Druker's lab, took first place at the state's Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition. Kevin was sponsored by the Allan Price Memorial ARCS Award.
  • ARCS Scholar Danielle Robinson Awarded 2016 Mozilla Fellowship for Science
    Danielle Robinson, Ph.D. candidate in the OHSU School of Medicine Neuroscience Graduate Program, is one of four fellows selected worldwide to receive the Mozilla Fellowship for Science. Her donors are Ellen and Mark Richardson.