Benjamin Lesch’s path into science began with a moment of curiosity that never left him. As a middle school student, he first learned about genetic engineering and realized that the building blocks of life could be studied. “The moment that kick-started my journey into science was in middle school. I remember...
Disasters may come with some warning, but often not. That’s why Daniel Swain, PhD, keeps his schedule flexible. Swain is a science communicator who worked nonstop giving interviews and posting online during last winter’s widespread and disastrous fires in the Los Angeles area.
The Northern California Chapter held its Annual Membership Meeting on May 14 at the Presidio Golf and Concordia Club in San Francisco.
In addition to reporting on the events and accomplishments of the past year, we welcomed ten wonderful new members and installed our Board of Directors for the 2025-26 year. ...
ARCS congratulates UC Merced on being officially designated an R1 University by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education! This is a prestigious distinction which places UC Merced among the nation’s top-tier research universities, recognizing its unwavering commitment to discovery, innovation, and academic excellence.
The ARCS Northern California Chapter January 2025 newsletter is now available! This month's publication features highlights from the December 2024 meeting, NCC ARCS Sparks nominees, and important upcoming dates.
The ARCS Northern California Chapter October 2024 newsletter is now available! This month's publication features a scholar presentation from Frankie Gerraty (an Australian-American biologist, storyteller, and PhD student at UC Santa Cruz), committee reports, and important upcoming dates.
At our December 3, 2024 general membership meeting, we enjoyed a fascinating presentation from UCSF ARCS Scholar Christine Boutros, who talked about her research into San Joaquin Valley Fever, a disease that in a rare 1% of cases disseminates to the nervous system causing lifelong impacts. Christine, a California native, attended...
Arabi Seshappan is an ARCS Scholar in Physics at UC Merced whose current work in computational modeling could apply to solar cell construction and quantum computing. She is on her way to Paris this fall as one of only three U.S. students selected for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program's doctoral research awards...
There are an estimated 31,000 individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a disease that causes nerve cells to die. An unfortunate side effect is paralysis in the body, ranging from the inability to move limbs to not speaking. However, Tyler Singer-Clark, a Northern California Chapter Scholar at UC Davis, works...
What happens above ground in agroecosystem management impacts what transpires below ground. UC Santa Cruz ARCS Scholar Suzanne Lipton is focusing her PhD research on agroecology, which she explains is “how you could make agricultural systems more sustainable by relying on ecological processes rather than industrializing them.” “The biodiversity...
