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  • B.J. Fulton inside observatory

    Supporting Innovative Scholars

    B.J. Fulton automated the search for planets orbiting Sun-like stars, freeing astronomers from manual telescope operations.

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    Share the joy of discovery and fellowship of friends.

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  • Emily First on lava field

    The Recipe for Lava

    Honolulu ARCS Scholar Emily First makes rock at high temperature in the lab to understand the eruptive style of volcanoes in the field.

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  • Amy Hruska overlooking ocean

    Questions of Survival

    In the extinction capital of the world, Amy Hruska asks whether new birds can replace disappearing species in dispersing the seeds of native plants.

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  • Two people in white lab smocks with computer equipment

    Searching for WIMPS

    Deep in an Italian mountain, Erin Edkins uses the Darkside-50 detector to see if Weakly Interacting Massive Particles might constitute Dark Matter.

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  • Richard Ordonez in aloha shirt

    All Star Inventor

    Richard Ordonez designed technologies to boost astronomy observations and improve Space and Naval Warfare sensors.

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  • Kelly Benoit-Bird on hill overlooking bay

    MacArthur Fellow and More

    Ocean Acoustic Researcher Kelly Benoit-Bird keeps accumulating honors since receiving her ARCS Scholar award.

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ARCS Foundation Honolulu Chapter has awarded nearly $2 million in unrestricted awards to hundreds of fledgling scientists who seek to understand our world, improve our lives, protect our environment and create new technologies. From the inner workings of living cells to the composition of the farthest galaxies, their work continues to expand our horizons.

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.
Mona Elmore with boquet and friends
Member Donors Make a Difference
Inquisitive, committed, fun-loving Mrs. George (Mona) Elmore received a "Golden Heart" for longstanding support of Honolulu scholars and scientists.
Luke Flynn with model of rocket

Space Scientist is University’s Employee of the Year

Posted on Friday, August 4, 2017

1989 Honolulu ARCS Scholar Luke Flynn has been named the University of Hawai‘i System's Employee of the Year for 2017. As director of the univesity’s Hawai‘i Space Flight Laboratory and Hawai‘i Space Grant Consortium, he has overseen development and launch of the university of Hawai‘i at Manoa’s first rocket and... Read more

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ARCS Scholars Among Chancellor's Awardees

Posted on Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Two of the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa’s top three graduate student researchers for 2017 are ARCS Scholars. William Best and Glen Chew are the latest doctoral candidates recognized by ARCS Foundation Honolulu Chapter to also receive the UH Manoa Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence in Research. Five ARCS Scholars have won the Chancellor's Award in the four years since it was established.Read more

Kamehameha butterfly

Honolulu Scholar Returns for Valentine‘s

Posted on Thursday, February 16, 2017

The Honolulu Chapter’s annual Hearts of Gold fundraiser featured butterflies, damsels in distress and an ARCS Scholar alum who is coming to their aid. Dr. Will Haines, who received the 2006 Maybelle F. Roth Award in Conservation Biology, described his efforts to increase populations of rare and endangered Hawaiian insects... Read more