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West Lafayette, Indiana (March 30, 2026) — Purdue University and the Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS®) Foundation have signed a memorandum of understanding establishing Purdue as a member of the ARCS National Scholar Award Program, which provides support to domestic doctoral scholars in high-impact scientific fields vital to U.S. innovation...

ARCS Foundation announced the launch of its National Scholar Award Program, a new initiative designed to expand support for exceptional U.S. STEM Scholars at universities in regions not currently served by ARCS chapters while investing in high-impact scientific fields critical to U.S. competitiveness.

America's global leadership in science and technology depends...

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 for...

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 neutrinos...

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. Their...

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 of...

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 remember...

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.

Hall of Fame Inductees are ARCS Scholar Alumni whose work has made an extraordinary...

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 connected...

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 have...