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Drinkwards Three Generations of ARCS Members

Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2022

Julie Drinkward has been an ARCS Oregon member for 16 years. She and her husband Wayne have funded multiple scholar awards and hosted events at their home. She has served on the Board and several committees and has made many friends. She’s been honored with the chapter’s ARCS Light award.... Read more

Scholar Jordan Rodriguez Honored for Poster

Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2022

ARCS Oregon first-year scholar Jordan Rodriguez was honored recently with a student presentation award at the 2022 National Diversity in STEM Conference put on by SACNAS – Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in STEM.  A PhD candidate in the Department of Biology at the University of... Read more

Sally Drinkward Great Mentor to ARCS Scholar Alum Dylan Anderson

Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2022

ARCS scholar alum Dylan Anderson came back to Corvallis this fall to help celebrate the Oregon State University’s O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Lab.  He was happy to meet ARCS Oregon president Elizabeth Bell.  When Dylan was pursuing his PhD in engineering at OSU, Sally and Cecil Drinkward funded his ARCS scholar... Read more

Oregon Scholar Winner of ABIM Essay Contest

Posted on Friday, November 18, 2022

The American Medical Student Association (AMSA)  and the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Foundation partnered to launch the Building Trust Essay Contest. Medical students were asked to reflect on a time where they built, lost, or restored trust in a... Read more

Meet New Member Linda Wallmark

Posted on Friday, November 18, 2022

My husband and I have always had a strong interest in science, and so we enjoyed the annual ARCS fund-raiser immensely. We also have a son who just recently was granted tenure at the U of O. He teaches musicology and has a science-based approach. He studies timbre in music... Read more

Dr. Krista Chronister New Member from Eugene

Posted on Friday, November 18, 2022

Dr. Krista Chronister, Professor and Vice Provost for Graduate Studies is a new member of ARCS Oregon Chapter.

I’ve been a UO faculty mentor of PhD students for 20 years. I believe in supporting the next generation of science leaders and am so inspired by ARCS, uniquely giving to this grad... Read more

Together Again After 2 Long Years

Posted on Friday, October 28, 2022

On October 18, ARCS Oregon hosted its first in-person fundraising event in two years. Guests reconnected with friends and colleagues, donors enjoyed visiting with their scholars, and of course, everyone engaged with promising scientists from Oregon’s top research universities – OHSU, OSU, and UO. 

In keeping with this event’s history,... Read more

Meet New Member Margot Leonard

Posted on Friday, October 28, 2022

Margot brings a wealth of experience with ARCS to the Oregon Chapter. She was a member of the Northern California and Houston Texas Chapters in the 80s and 90s. Like many women in ARCS, Margot enjoys the informative lectures and university tours.  

During the 70s and 80s, Margot owned and... Read more

Meet Scholar Brooklyne Thompson

Posted on Friday, October 28, 2022

Brooklyne (pronounced like the NYC borough) Thompson, a 3rd year Chapter Scholar, has had an unconventional PhD journey. She began her PhD (online because of the pandemic) in chemical engineering at Oregon State University, but midway into her 2nd year has been continuing OSU classes online, while living and doing... Read more

  • Sunil Joshi, ARCS Scholar at OHSU, Receives Soros Fellowship
    Sunil Joshi is the first at OHSU to receive the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship Award. The fellowship supports outstanding immigrants and children of immigrants who are pursuing a graduate education in the United States. Sunil's research interest covers intrinsic and extrinsic mechanisms of drug resistance in the setting of acute myeloid leukemia. He works with Brian J. Druker, MD, a world-recognized expert in cancer.
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