Briana Ondatje, a PhD student and neuroscience trainee at Barrow, received the 2024-2025 ARCS Scholar Award from the ARCS Foundation, Phoenix Chapter, to support her education. Briana is researching amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) under the mentorship of Barrow professor, Rita Sattler, MSc, PhD. ... Read more
The Field Trip to the Amazon Fullfillment Center for small items in Goodyear, AZ, was extremely interesing. We used headsets in order to hear and ask questions due to the noise level inside the center. Our tour guides, Paloma, Brianna and Charles took us to three floors of the 875,000 sq ft... Read more
Summer is winding down and the Board is getting ready to start the fall season with an evening meeting on September 11 at the home of Sydney Fox. At that time we will be voting on the proposed attached budget.... Read more
Judy Flowers was one of 18 founding members in the Phoenix ARCS Chapter in 1975 and is the only living founder. She was born in Joliet, Illinois. She went to live with her Aunt because her mother contracted Tuberculosis and was placed in... Read more
Jill has been an ARCS Phoenix Chapter member since 2016. She is the Immediate Past President of the Phoenix Chapter and served as Vice President of University Relations prior to that. Jill was recently elected to the Nominating Committee and currently serves on the National Board in several capacities including... Read more
Spring is here and we have been busy at the Phoenix Chapter preparing for our Awards Dinner.
The National January Board Meeting was held in Tempe with great scholar presentations and tours and a productive strategic planning session. It was great to soak up the... Read more
Our fall was a busy time for ARCS. We had a successful scholar social that was enjoyed by both the scholars and the members. Thanks go to Sydney Fox for coordinating at PVCC. We had a fun field trip to Creighton... Read more
Dr. Joshua Daymude joins the Biodesign Center for Biocomputing, Security, and Society, and shares an appointment with ASU's School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence. He completed his PhD in 2021 at the School of Computing, Informatics, and Decision Systems Engineering (CIDSE) at ASU. Prior to his professorship, he was... Read more