March is Brain Injury Awareness Month, a time dedicated to raising awareness about the causes, consequences, and ongoing research surrounding brain injury. At the University of Georgia, ARCS Atlanta Scholar Moira Taber is working to address one of the most pressing challenges in the field: the lack of effective treatments... Read more
ARCS Scholar Scott Mackey joined a NASA project in 2022, when he arrived in Chicago to pursue a PhD in Physics. This past fall, Mackey went to Antarctica as a team member on project PUEO – a NASA long-duration balloon mission looking for subatomic particles from space called neutrinos. These... Read more
Sandra Matteucci, a longtime, influential member of ARCS Phoenix Chapter and National leadership, passed away on February 18, 2026. She was 87 years old and surrounded by those who loved her.
Sandra was very involved with ARCS at the local and national levels, along with her daughter Anna Maria Matteucci.... Read more
Proposed changes to student financial aid provisions are part of the federal government’s One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act. Nursing leaders are prepared to comment and oppose a change that could lower the borrowing ability of post-baccalaureate nursing students.
According to Susan Bakewell-Sachs, PhD, RN, professor and Dean of the School... Read more
Benjamin Lesch’s path into science began with a moment of curiosity that never left him. As a middle school student, he first learned about genetic engineering and realized that the building blocks of life could be studied.
“The moment that kick-started my journey into science was in middle school. I... Read more
ARCS® Foundation is proud to announce Albert G. Greenberg, PhD, as the 2026 ARCS Alumni Hall of Fame Inductee, recognizing a career that has helped shape the digital infrastructure powering today’s Internet, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence.
Leadership, service, and a shared commitment to education have brought three generations of one family together within the Utah Chapter of the ARCS Foundation.
Kim Hood’s professional journey has long bridged research, public service, and higher education. While a graduate student at the University of Utah, her research in healthcare... Read more
As Kim Hood became president of ARCS Utah in 2025, the chapter’s partner university was also experiencing significant change.
“All of us are new. There’s a new president of the University of Utah. I’m the new ARCS president. We have a new dean of the College of Engineering, and we... Read more
ARCS Foundation is sad to report the passing of David Dixon, a well-known and well-regarded chemist who was honored by ARCS as a Hall of Fame inductee. We join in praising his scientific achievements.
Dixon was an ARCS Scholar in 1968 while attending the California Institute of Technology, where he... Read more
LaGrange, Ga. (January 31, 2026) – At its January National Board Meeting, ARCS® Foundation Inc. announced Albert G. Greenberg, PhD, as the 2026 inductee into the prestigious ARCS Alumni Hall of Fame.
Hall of Fame Inductees are ARCS Scholar Alumni who have made extraordinary contributions to the advancement of science... Read more
