Christopher “Chris” Carlson is a fifth-year graduate student at UCSF. He grew up in the suburbs of Los Angeles and came to UCSF to study how cells divide. More specifically, he was interested in how our DNA (our genetic information) is accurately passed from one generation to the next. Chris’s project...
On November 4, Dr. Jared M. Diamond, Professor of Geography at UCLA, recipient of the National Science Medal, the Pulitzer Prize, the MacArthur Genius Award, and a long-time friend of ARCS NCC member Eve Masonek, spoke to ARCS members on the topic of “Global Solutions for Global Problems.”
ARCS NCC member Nancy Mueller “discovered” Elizabeth Hadly, Ph.D., Professor of Biology at Stanford, while watching a documentary by David Attenborough, and immediately contacted her about being a speaker for one of our monthly conversations on science. Dr. Hadly (“Liz”) is described as a global change scientist for the past four...
Our kick-off event on September 9 featured Michael S. Malone, MBA, American author, 4th generation journalist, editor, investor, businessman, television producer, and Distinguished Friend of Oxford. Malone, currently a columnist for the San Jose Mercury News and ABC News, an op-ed contributor for The Wall Street Journal, a ...
Victoria, a current ARCS Scholar and PhD candidate in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University, spoke to ARCS members at the General Meeting on September 15, 2021, via Zoom.
Victoria is investigating novel materials for thermoelectric energy harvesting. She explained briefly, though succinctly, what this is and why...
As the new president of the Northern California Chapter of ARCS Foundation (ARCS NCC), I would like to extend a warmwelcome to the 2021-2022 cohort of ARCS Scholars! These76 graduate students in STEM disciplines were selected for ARCS Awards by our partner universities (UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UCSF, UC...
The April Science Activities lecture was given by Dr. Daniel Swain, climate scientist at UCLA and an ARCS NCC Scholar Alum. His Professor at Stanford, Noah Diffenbaugh (also an NCC alum!) introduced him and moderated the Q&A. The title of his talk was “Increasing Hydroclimate Whiplash in California”.
I am so proud to be a part of this organization of amazing women. We do really important work as “Science Advocates” by providing recognition and unrestricted financial awards to young scientists in STEM disciplines at the seed-stage of their research. We help to keep the STEM pipeline full and the...
Amelia is a PhD candidate in the Animal Behavior Graduate Group at the University of California, Davis. She has forged numerous local and international collaborations to extend the reach of her research, which focuses on the effect of developmental experience on later responses to environmental change. She is currently working with...
On April 26, the Northern California Chapter of ARCS Foundation (ARCS NCC) sponsored the 2021 ARCS Scholar Symposium as a virtual, free event. The virtual format more than doubled the number of people who were introduced to ARCS NCC Scholars – “the Minds of the Future.” These brilliant young scientists inspire...
