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  • Honolulu ARCS Scholar Sarah Tucker with Dr. Shimi Rii

    The Best and Brightest

    Meet the current scholars
  • Dr. Heidi Hammel and first JWST image

    Universal Knowledge

    Hall of Fame inductee ushers in new era of astronomy with James Webb Space Telescope

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  • 2022 Honolulu ARCS Scholars

    More than $2.7 million awarded

    Support promising young scientists
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  • ARCS Scholar Benjy Strauss

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    Benjy Strauss computes protein structure and function

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  • Black-footed and Laysan Albatross

    Awards Make an Impact

    Scholar couple's nonprofit protects Pacific ecosystems.

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  • ARCS Scholar TJ Corrigan atop storm chase car

    Taking Science by Storm

    Awards support programs from astronomy to zoology

    Excessive rain explained
Trista McKenzie with backpack
Video Conversations Highlight Scholar Research
Hydrogeology scholar Trista McKenzie meets the donor who made her ARCS Award possible and describes techniques she uses to monitor isle water quality.
Ruthsenne Perron at computer
Supporting Science for More than 40 Years
A video marking the Honolulu Chapter’s 40th anniversary highlights ARCS Scholar work to engineer a better stethoscope and sequence coral genetics.
Emily Levesque giving Tedx talk with glass photographic plate and inset of her book The Last Stargazers
Honolulu Scholar Alum Stars in Book Talks
Honolulu ARCS Scholar and University of Washington astronomer shares both science and behind-the-scenes stories of astronomy in her book for everyday readers.
Patty Lee, Philomene Verlaan and Sui-Lan Ellsworth in Waikiki
Membership Brings Good Company Together for a Good Cause
Gain access to events both social and educational, such as our Heart of Gold luncheon featuring returning Scholar Alum Dr. Philomene Verlaan, center.
Dr. Heidi Hammel with icy giants

Honolulu Scholar Inducted in Hall of Fame

Posted on Tuesday, February 14, 2023
Honolulu ARCS Scholar and University of Hawai‘i alumna Heidi Hammel has been inducted into the national ARCS Alumni Hall of Fame. Vice President for Science at the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA), a consortium that operates NASA and National Science Foundation observatories, Dr. Hammel served as Interdisciplinary... Read more
Eric VanderWerf holding bird

Honolulu Alum Relocates Birds to Dodge Rising Sea Levels

Posted on Monday, January 30, 2023

1996 ARCS Scholar Eric VanderWerf is relocating seabirds whose habitat lies just six feet above current sea level in a race against climate change. "Tern Island is washing away" as sea levels rise, the biologist told the Associated Press. Pacific Rim Conservation, the non-profit VanderWerf founded with his wife and... Read more

2000 ARCS Scientist of the Year Isabella Abbott

University of Hawai‘i Names Building for ARCS Scientist of the Year

Posted on Sunday, January 29, 2023

The University of Hawai‘i at Manoa's Life Sciences Building has been named in honor of 2000 ARCS Scientist of the Year Dr. Isabella Abbott. The late "Izzy" Abbott is known as "first lady of limu" for her pioneering work not only in identifying 200 species of limu (marine... Read more

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