ARCS Scholar alum Taryn Imamura is a 5th year PhD student in mechanical engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. Her PhD research focuses on creating microscopic robots, using DNA as structural building material. She aims to use these microrobots for biomedical applications and minimally invasive medical therapies.
Becoming president of a national philanthropic organization is achieved in many steps -- evaluating experiences, people, and the mission along the way -- until it becomes the right fit.
That’s how it evolved for Jill Bray, the new president of ARCS Foundation National for the next two years. She admits... Read more
LaGrange, Georgia (July 8, 2025) - Each year, all fifteen regional chapters of ARCS Foundation are invited to participate in the annual Chapter Challenge, a friendly competition to raise funds for ARCS National. Members, their families, and friends rally together to contribute to ARCS National’s Operations and Endowment Funds, supporting their... Read more
ARCS Oregon Scholar Derek Lilienthal knows “the field of AI moves quickly, and being able to generate and refine impactful ideas at speed is a crucial skill.” He’s pushed himself in the first year of his PhD program examining Artificial Intelligence while simultaneously working part-time at the Pacific... Read more
As a dual-degree student pursuing both a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and a PhD in Pathology at Colorado State University, Jesse Cole is tackling one of the most perplexing scientific challenges of our time: understanding how neurodegenerative brain diseases develop and spread.
Cole’s research focuses on chronic wasting disease (CWD),... Read more
Claire Mock, a PhD student in the Department of Geology and Environmental Science at the University of Pittsburgh, is shedding new light on how Earth’s rocks may play a bigger role in climate regulation than previously understood.
Mock’s research focuses on rock-derived organic carbon, which is carbon stored in rock... Read more
Nancy Wright was a lifelong volunteer, involved with a wide range of non-profits. For nearly 30 years, the Colorado ARCS Chapter was her focus. Her work and belief in the ARCS mission were contagious with other members, scholars, and her husband, Earl Wright. When Nancy passed away in 2019, she... Read more
The Council on Competitiveness has called on President Trump and Members of Congress to back A Renewed Call to Action to ignite a new Golden Age of American innovation. (ARCS Foundation is a member of the Council; more on how ARCS Stands with Science.)
With global food demand expected to rise by seventy percent by 2050, researchers across the world are searching for innovative ways to increase food production. For Phoenix ARCS Scholar Xaimarie Hernandez Cruz, the answer lies in empowering small and novice farmers through better access to data-driven decision-making tools.
