Award-winning science communicator Dr. Christie Wilcox encourages fellow scientists to share their work with the general public, colleagues who might be doing similar experiments, and potential collaborators. “If you're not putting your science out there, how is anyone supposed to find it?" asks the 2012 Honolulu ARCS Scholar alumna, who has been...
Christine Wilcox has always had an unbounded curiosity. At five years old, a teacher asked her what she liked to do for fun. Wilcox told her teacher, “I like to open the mouths of dead geckos to look at their tongues.”
“That is quintessentially me—I have always been a biologist,”...
Just moments after the National Board approved a new ARCS Sparks Award at its January meeting in Honolulu, ARCS National President Beth Wainwright bestowed the first one on Honolulu President Cheryl Ernst for organizing meeting sites and field trips for attendees.
The ARCS Sparks Award honors an ARCS member who exhibits...
The University of Hawai‘i at Manoa's Marine Biology PhD Program is the latest addition to ARCS Scholar Award programs. At its January 2024 meeting in Honolulu, the National Board okayed Marine Biology as an ARCS-approved discipline and approved UH's interdisciplinary program for ARCS Awards. They program is run jointly by UH...
Honolulu's 2013 ARCS Scientist of the Year Dr. Angel Yanagihara is portrayed in the 2023 Netflix movie Nyad in her real-life role as advisor on the team supporting Diana Nyad's drive to complete the 110-mile open ocean swim from Cuba to Florida at age 60. She was the go-to expert on...
Just moments after the National Board approved a new ARCS Sparks Award at its January meeting in Honolulu, ARCS National President Beth Wainwright bestowed the first one on Honolulu President Cheryl Ernst for organizing meeting sites and field trips for attendees.
The University of Hawai‘i at Manoa's 