In 1974, ARCS Foundation Los Angeles charter member Barbara Pauley invited prominent Honolulu women to the family's Honolulu property on the interior of Coconut Island in Kane‘ohe Bay to encourage establshment of a chapter in the islands. In keeping with ARCS' mission of advancine science, the family maintained close ties with...
Special guest speaker is ARCS Scholar alumna and University of Hawai‘i at Manoa visiting marine scientist Dr. Philoméne Verlaan, speaking on "The Crucial Role of Scientists in Environmental Protection at Global Scale: Examples from Seabed Mining and Marine Geoengineering." An oceanographer specializing in the biogeochemistry and ecology of deep-sea...
No worries! You can watch the recorded program at your leisure. The 1980s Honolulu ARCS Scholar and 2023 ARCS Scholar Hall of Fame inductee talks about how she got interested in astronomy, why a high school chorus class was critical to her success, and the emotions accompanying the James Webb Space...
Congratulations to Dr. Patrick Drupp on his promotion to director of climate policy for Sierra Club. The 2014 Honolulu ARCS Scholar joined the environmental non-profit in 2021 as deputy legislative director for climate and clean air. He studied marine geochemistry—focusing on the effects of climate change and ocean acidification on coral reef...
We are relieved to report that ARCS Honolulu member and Maui resident Alanna Bodenstab and her husband are safe in the wake of devastating wildfies on Maui Island. Two homes in Alanna's Kula neighborhood burned in the Upcountry Maui fire (over an hour's drive from the horrific blaze that leveled much...
Congratulations to the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa for a second consecutive year of record-setting research funding. The UH System received $516 million in extramural funding during FY2023—a $10 million jump over the previous year. The largest portion, nearly $343 million, was secured by the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, flagship...
Dr. Nicholas Krueger received the 2023 University of Hawai‘i at Hilo Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching. The 2018 Honolulu ARCS Scholar (pictured with UH Hilo Chancellor Bonnie Irwin) is an instructor in the university's College of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resource Management, with experiise in tropical agronomy, tropical soils, and animal...
Honolulu ARCS Scholar and 2023 ARCS Alumni Hall of Fame inductee Heidi Hammel was among the scientists interviewed for a PBS NewsHour story marking the first anniversary of observations by the James Webb Space Telescope. View the interview on YouTube.
The telescope sees farther — by a few hundred million years...
Congratulations to the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa's Dr. Ryuzo Yanagimachi, who received the prestigious 2023 Kyoto prize for biotechnology and medical technology. The professor emeritus of anatomy and reproductive deveoped pioneering invitro fertilization techniques that have enabled millions of people worldwide to bear children and directed the laboraory that produced...
2023 Scholar of the Year Sefa Muñoz was on Guam to do her research on green sea turtles when Typhoon Mawar struck. She has no power and extremely spotty internet after the strongest storm to hit the U.S. territory in two decades, but is thankful to have running water and minimal...
In 1974, ARCS Foundation Los Angeles charter member Barbara Pauley invited prominent Honolulu women to the family's Honolulu property on the interior of Coconut Island in Kane‘ohe Bay to encourage establshment of a chapter in the islands. In keeping with ARCS' mission of advancine science, the family maintained close ties with...
Special guest speaker is ARCS Scholar alumna and University of Hawai‘i at Manoa visiting marine scientist Dr. Philoméne Verlaan, speaking on "The Crucial Role of Scientists in Environmental Protection at Global Scale: Examples from Seabed Mining and Marine Geoengineering." An oceanographer specializing in the biogeochemistry and ecology of deep-sea...
The telescope sees farther — by a few hundred million years...
