Congratulations to 2021 Maybelle F. Roth ARCS Scholar in Conservation Biology Manya Singh, who successfully defended her Botany PhD dissertation on Mechanisms and Mitigation of Soil Legacies in May. She has accepted a position with the US Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District as a biologist/study manager in the... Read more
The University of Hawai‘i at Manoa's John A. Burns School of Medicine was ranked 16th in the nation by U.S. News and World Report for primary care. ARCS Honolulu Chapter supports the medical school with ARCS Awards for PhD students in Biomedical Sciences, Developmental and Reproductive Biology, and Tropical Medicine.... Read more
University of Hawai‘i at Manoa PhD students in atmospheric sciences and marine biology were named 2023 ARCS Scholars of the Year at the Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Award Banquet this month. Katherine Ackerman received the physical sciences honor for her studies of sea salt aerosols. Josefa Muñoz received he... Read more
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
1987 ARCS Scholar Dr. Paul Lucey is a recipient of the Eugene Shoemaker Distinguished Scientist Medal by NASA. The organization's lifetime achievement award for contributions to understanding the Moon, Mars, and other rocky planets, it includes a certificate and medal with the apt Shakespearian quote: “And he will make the... Read more
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
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
