If California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo were to need a Marketing or Admissions Director, they need look no further than ARCS Scholar Susan Cooper, whose description of the school as “the perfect place” for an aspiring chemist was as convincing as it was emphatic.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has named 2,000 individuals as this year's recipients of awards from its Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). These prestigious, highly competitive fellowships are selected nation-wide.
OHSU received a record six National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Fellowships and two honorable mentions. Of... Read more
Is there any surprise in learning that the first word spoken by scholar Erin Peck was “dirt”?
Dirt has figured heavily in this scholar’s rise to her current status as a scientist/researcher. The focus of her research is “quantifying and comparing the carbon and sediment accumulation rates in tidal salt... Read more
Dr. Louis Picker's research is closer to realizing a vaccine for HIV that would both prevent and treat HIV. Dr. Picker, from OHSU, was the keynote speaker for Oregon Chapter's 2015 Scholar Awards Luncheon. More information is written in the Oregonian.... Read more
I’m writing to thank each and every one of you for your generous support in the form of the ARCS Foundation Oregon Chapter Scholar Award. This amazing award has already helped me through my first quarter at the University of Oregon, not only through... Read more
On December 18, 2015, Congress voted to make the IRA Charitable Rollover benefit permanent. This legislation includes a provision allowing direct gifts from individual retirement accounts (IRAs) to the charity.
If you are required to take a minimum distribution (RMD) from your IRA, you have the option to make... Read more
As a college freshman majoring in business, Kali Brandt called her parents to announce that she was switiching her major to biology. "I was wondering when you were going to come to your senses," quipped her father, a zoologist.
The way she tells it, many of her classmates talked excitedly... Read more
The Wheeler Foundation has given ARCS Oregon and its supporters a big opportunity – it will match up to $10,000 in new underwriting or donations to the Scholar Awards Luncheon to be held in October. New underwriters have already come forward for the chapter’s signature event, the largest event of... Read more
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, whose donors are Diane and Dick Alexander, is working on a project aimed at... Read more
The date is set for the ARCS Oregon Chapter's Scholar Awards Luncheon at the Portland Art Museum. Don’t miss the Chapter’s signature event and the opportunity to celebrate our ARCS scholars. Dr. Jose Reyes, co-founder of NuScale Power and co-designer of the NuScale passively-cooled small nuclear reactor will be the... Read more