Courtney Victor graduated with her PhD in Environmental Health Sciences from Emory University in December 2024. The Atlanta ARCS Scholar is now a postdoctoral fellow at Emory University. During her graduate program, Victor’s research focused on understanding water quality's impact on children's health in low-resource settings.
LaGrange, Georgia (February 11, 2025) - At the February National Board Meeting, ARCS® Foundation Inc. announced Anurag Agrawal, PhD has been selected as the 2025 inductee into the prestigious ARCS Alumni Hall of Fame.
Dr. Anurag Agrawal is the James Perkins Professor of Environmental Studies in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Cornell University. His work, which unites ecology, genetics, and chemical evolution, informs sustainable agriculture and has implications for infectious disease management.
Agrawal has been selected as the 2025 inductee into... Read more
Sharon Ponce, newly named Phoenix ARCS Light, has been a member of the Chapter since 2017. She joined after attending a few events at the invitation of Adele Ponce, her daughter-in-law. She has served as the Website Administrator for most of her time with the Chapter and has been instrumental... Read more
Arielle Koshkin grew up in Northern California, where she loved playing in the snow. As she grew up and decided to pursue higher education, Koshkin learned how important snow was to water resources in the arid western United States. She is a Colorado Scholar studying Hydrological Science and Engineering at... Read more
Colleen Sedney is an ARCS Scholar in the third year of her PhD program at the University of Georgia studying infectious diseases. She was introduced to this area of science as a high school student.
“My high school had a biomedical exploration program that introduced students to different research topics,”... Read more
ARCS Foundation has supported 12,156 students nationwide pursuing degrees in science over the past 65 years. How do you stay in touch with them all and keep them connected?
How do you share their collective research success, plus use their experiences to encourage the current students navigating a... Read more
#GivingTuesday is an international campaign to inspire giving for nonprofit and charitable organizations. ARCS Foundation National participated in the campaign for 2024 and exceeded the goal of $120,000.
ARCS Members, current ARCS Scholars, ARCS Scholar Alumni, and Friends of ARCS all gave to help the national organization reach a grand... Read more
