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  • More than $2.7 million in grants to date

    Support promising young scientists
  • Emily First on lava field

    Nurture New Knowledge

    Geology Scholar Emily First made rocks in the lab to understand eruptive volcanoes in the field and on Mars.

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  • People on dock watching dolphin leap

    Dive in and Discover

    Share our members' commitment to science and enjoy fellowship with friends.

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  • Black-footed and Laysan Albatross

    Make a Difference

    Husband and wife scholars formed a nonprofit to protect Pacific ecosystems.

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  • Kelly Benoit-Bird on hill overlooking bay

    Encourage the Best and Brightest

    Ocean Acoustic Researcher Kelly Benoit-Bird became a MacArthur Fellow after receiving her ARCS Scholar award.

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  • B.J. Fulton inside observatory

    Support Innovation

    Astronomy Scholar B.J. Fulton's automated search for exoplanets freed astronomers from manual telescope operations.

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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.
Honolulu ARCS Scholars of the Year Miles Lucas and Nicholas Kawasaki

Honolulu Awards 20 ARCS Scholar Grants in 2022

Posted on Saturday, May 21, 2022

University of Hawai‘i at Manoa Institute for Astronomy doctoral candidate Miles Lucas and John A. Burns School of Medicine PhD student Nicholas Kawasaki were named 2022 ARCS Scholars of the Year at ARCS Foundation Honolulu Chapter’s 2022 Scholar Awards Banquet on May 5. Lucas received the Jacquie Maly ARCS Scholar... Read more

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Honolulu Scholar Awards Banquet and Heart of Gold Fundraiser

Posted on Monday, May 2, 2022

Meet the 20 remarkable UH graduate students who have been named ARCS Scholars and find out who will be named ARCS Honolulu Scholar of the Year at the 2022 Heart of Gold Fundraiser and
Scholar Awards Banquet on Monday, May 2 at Outrigger Canoe Club in Waikiki.

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Honolulu's McFall-Ngai is Named New Carnegie Science Division Director

Posted on Friday, March 11, 2022
Honolulu ARCS member Dr. Margaret McFall-Ngai has joined the Carnegie Institution for Sciences as inaugural director of a newly created research division focusing on life and environmental sciences. The division, which includes the Department of Embryology in Baltimore and Departments of Global Ecology and Plant Biology in Stanford, will deploy... Read more