The University Relations Committee and ARCS Members visited Northern Arizona University on October 5, 2016. They informally met with scholars and professors over lunch while the President of NAU, Dr. Rita Hatung Cheng, enthusiastically talked about her plans for the University. Dean Maribeth Watwood mentioned that the NAU Graduate College would...
Patrick McGurrin, a 2016/2017 ARCS scholar, was recently awarded with a prestigious opportunity to participate in the Science Outside the Lab program. This workshop, coordinated through the School for the Future of Innovation in Society, took students on a trip to Washington, D.C. Here, Patrick and other students explored the relationship between...
Thank you for your beautiful note! ARCS helped me financially when I needed it and I want to pay that forward as I become more financially capable. As mentioned in your note, here's an update about what I've been up to and...
ARCS Foundation Phoenix NAU scholar alums are on the move around the world. The following NAU Scholar Alum updates submitted on October 9, 2012 are courtesy of Dr. James Allen, Professor and Executive Director, School of Forestry, College of Engineering, Forestry and Natural Sciences, Northern Arizona University
At the ARCS Awards Dinner attendees receive a great overview of how our scholars intend to push the frontiers of human knowledge. However, if you have the honor of attending a scholar’s dissertation defense, you understand how far they pushed the frontier. My husband and I had the honor of supporting Daniel...
Within the last month, the first publication from my graduate research work, “Interacting Noise Sources Shape Patters of Arm Movement Variability in Three-Dimensional Space” was accepted to The Journal of Neurophysiology. Indeed, this was a great day for both me and my advisor/mentor, as we had been working on this project...
ARCS NAU Scholar Alumni, J. Judson “Jut” Wynne, recently completed his Ph.D. in the biological sciences. As a conservation biologist with the Colorado Plateau Research Station, he published “Reign of the Red Queen” in The Explorers Journal. Wynne discusses the crisis of white-nose syndrome affecting bat populations around North America...
Gray F. Moore, Ph.D. and ARCS Scholar Alum, recently accepted a faculty position at Arizona State University in Tempe. His new position as Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry represents advancement in his scientific career and research direction. Dr. Moore says, "I remain thankful for the early support I received...
ARCS Foundation Phoenix Scholar, Mac Gifford, was recently honored with a prestigious research fellowship from the US
Environmental Protection Agency called the EPA STAR. Mac noted that the Fellowship and ARCS Scholar Award enable him to pursue research recently featured in ASU's online newspaper available at http://fullcircle.asu.edu/2014/09/10972/. Mac said, "The...
ASU ARCS Scholar, Keith Morrison, noted that NSF recently published a highlight of his research on natural clay deposits with antibacterial properties on their website. For more information click on:
Gray F. Moore, Ph.D. and ARCS Scholar Alum, recently accepted a faculty position at Arizona State University in Tempe. His new position as Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry represents advancement in his scientific career and research direction. Dr. Moore says, "I remain thankful for the early support I received...
ASU ARCS Scholar, Keith Morrison, noted that NSF recently published a highlight of his research on natural clay deposits with antibacterial properties on their website.