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Recent ARCS Events

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  • Jan and Dan Katayama ARCS Scholar of the Year Mason Russo, ARCS Honolulu Co-President Wendy Lagareta, George and Mona Elmore ARCS Scholar of the Year Nicholas Saunders

  • Honolulu ARCS Scholars at 2024 Scholar Research Presentation Symposium at University of Hawai‘i at Manoa

  • College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources scholars Jordie Ho, Ben Wiseman and Mason Russo

  • College of Engineering scholars, faculty and families

  • John A. Burns School of Medicine scholars with family and advisors

  • College of Natural Sciences scholars

  • School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology scholars

  • Scholar of the Year Nicholas Saunders with ARCS member Joan Yanagihara

  • Nicholas Saunders

  • Scholar of the Year Mason Russo

  • ARCS Scholars and Scientist of the Year and their moms

  • Julia Douglas and her mother

  • Ku‘i and Puna Keliipuleole

  • Jordie and Bryson Ho

  • Patty Lee with Lucas Ellison and Camille Welcome Chamberlain

  • Hongwen Wu and Arec Freibott

     

  • Cheryl Ernst, Alika Maunakea, Jane Schoonmaker

  • Scientist of the Year Alika Maunakea

  • Wendy Lagareta and ARCS Light Roz Pearson

  • Wendhy Lagareta and ARCS Angel Jacquie Maly

  • New members Carol Stratford and Merilyn Gray

Scholar Matsuda Wins Prestigious Coral Conservation Fellowship

Shayle Matsuda at ocean overlook“The increasing frequency and severity of global coral bleaching events, the devastation to reef ecosystems and the communities who rely on them led to my dedication to coral reef conservation.”

As a University of Hawai‘i at Manoa doctoral candidate, 2019 Honolulu ARCS Scholar Shayle Matsuda pioneered new molecular techniques to study symbioses between coral, algae and bacteria. He continues that work as part of an international coral reef restoration project under a 2021 David H. Smith Conservation Research Fellowship—a premier postdoctoral program in conservation science that supports early-career scientists and seeks solutions to the most pressing conservation challenges.

Dr. Mark Hixon on ARCS Scientist Honor

Dr. Mark Hixon, Photo by Chris Pala

"I am especially grateful that ARCS Honolulu appreciates the mentoring of graduate students, who are society’s future scientists during an era when science is increasingly under attack."

ARCS Honolulu Chapter named marine ecologist Dr. Mark Hixon its 2021 ARCS Scientist of the Year for his remarkable record of research, mentorship and public outreach. He is the Sidney and Erika Hsiao Endowed Chair in Marine Biology and chairs the Zoology Graduate Program at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa. Photo by Chris Pala

Science Communicator Christie Wilcox

Christie Wilcox, PhDChristie Wilcox, PhD, on her Honolulu ARCS Scholar Award: "The life of a graduate student is not enviable… For me, it was essential. It was what I needed, the kind of funding to pursue these curiosities that I had. And I was grateful for it.” Read more about the the award winning science communicator.