Jayathi Y. Murthy, a national leader in higher education engineering teaching, research and service, began her service as Oregon State University’s 16th president on Sept. 9, 2022. She is the first female to lead the university, and the ARCS Chapter’s first university President as a member.
Someone once said, “It takes a village,” and I have definitely felt the truth of that statement over the weeks since I assumed the presidency of ARCS Foundation Oregon on July 1.
I have so many people to thank for enabling a smooth transition for me from... Read more
John Karl Scholz is the 19th president of the University of Oregon. He began his tenure on July 1, 2023, after the UO Board of Trustees unanimously selected him as president on March 13, 2023.
Prior to joining the UO, Scholz was the provost at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a... Read more
Eric Walkingshaw, an ARCS alum who earned his PhD at Oregon State University, is cautiouslyexcited about AI (Artificial Intelligence) and very excited about his current role at Elemental Cognition. The company offers a way to make AI more accurate.
“The thing people are most excited about right now are... Read more
Katie Stelling has been awarded a National Science Foundation fellowship that provides graduate students with three years of funding over five years. The fellowship is awarded directly to the recipient so they can independently fund their own PhD, rather than being tied to funding from a specific grant/project led by... Read more
Michelle Ozaki is an ARCS scholar alum and ARCS Oregon member. Work to finalize her PhD in cancer biology at OHSU continues with a big boost, via a fellowship from the National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health. Ozaki has been awarded a F99/KOO fellowship that will... Read more
Julie Branford has contributed her energy, leadership and organizational experience to the Oregon ARCS chapter since she joined in 2014. Julie became a member after attending an annual scholar luncheon and being wowed by the scholar speaker. (That scholar speaker was Julie Maxon, who now has her own lab at... Read more
Sunil Joshi, M.D., Ph.D. Class of 2023, celebrated his graduation from the OHSU School of Medicine M.D./Ph.D. Program with his parents and family.
He received the Undergraduate Medical Education School of Medicine Diversity Equity and Inclusion Leadership Award for this award because of his passion and scholarly work in diversity in... Read more
The northern spotted owl is well-known in the Pacific Northwest for being listed by the Endangered Species Act, creating conflict with their territory in an equally well-known lumber producing region.
“In the Pacific Northwest, forest management is heavily influenced by the status of the northern spotted owls, which have been... Read more
It’s Women’s History Month and I can’t help thinking about the ladies who created ARCS Foundation Oregon. What inspired our five founders to invest all that time, talent and treasure in creating an organization that supports STEM education in Oregon and provides opportunities for like-minded women to network, further our... Read more
