Successful ventures are built by visionaries who are willing to take risks. That’s one of many things I’ve learned by listening to NPR’s program, “How I Built This”. I’ve also witnessed this in ARCS. Twenty years ago, five determined women with a passion for science took a big risk when... Read more
Marlys Amundson Senior Director of Development, OSU College of Science
Marlys has more than 26 years of higher education advancement experience in major gifts fundraising and development communications. She joined the OSU Foundation in 2007 and has served as a development officer for... Read more
NOTE: Logan Berner earned a PhD in the College of Forestry at Oregon State University. His ARCS Scholar Award donors, Jean and Rich Josepson, share an update on Logan’s career. Be sure to watch Berner’s video below!
Rich and I have had the pleasure of knowing Logan and his partner,... Read more
Hello, I’m Sarah Caballero and I’m a 1st year PhD student in Food Science at Oregon State University. This past summer, I road tripped from Southern California, where I grew up and completed my B.S. and M.S. at Cal Poly Pomona. When I applied to OSU, I wanted to work... Read more
Sunni Patton and Caroline Hernández entered the OSU Microbiology program as PhD students and recipients of notable awards from Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Foundation. Now, they have both recently received prestigious Graduate Research Fellowships from the National Science Foundation.
The NSF selects approximately 2,000 awardees... Read more
I have great news. January 1, we launched a pilot program to attract new members. (For more specifics, click here) I am excited to share that in the first two months, we have eleven new members! Three are current scholars and two are alumni. We all... Read more
Oregon is the only state with a law designed to return taxpayer dollars every two years when there is a surplus of revenue. This year, Oregon’s kicker will send back over $5.6 billion to individual taxpayers. It is estimated that the median taxpayer will receive a credit of... Read more
I recently spent a lovely evening at the offices of Vernier Science Education, where founders Christine and David Vernier hosted an evening with Ira Flatow, the host of NPR’s popular "Science Friday" program. Ira interviews scientists, authors, and experts about their latest research and discoveries in a... Read more
ARCS Alum Tracks Human Social Science to Inform Change.
Scientific advances depend on more than research in a lab. Innovation also depends on people and their behaviors. Gretchen Engbring PhD is a Sustainability Social Scientist for Stanford University. “While we often think about scientific advancements as biophysical and technological, (such... Read more
Hola, My name is Ana Lucia Fonseca, and in this piece, I open my heart to tell who I am and what drives me.
Introducing myself through this narrative, I aim to unfold the layers of my identity, beliefs, and passions that drive me. My journey is not just... Read more