The latest edition of the Chicago Newsletter is available now.
Check out the many articles, including ones about our Person of the Year, Ms. Mel Cooney-Higgins, highlights of our Annual Scholar Awards Luncheon and details about the upcoming Race for Research and Annual Meeting events.
It is with great pride that we welcome you to our new website - the result of the incredible commitment of many ARCS members across the nation but especially Jennifer Edstrom of the Minnesota chapter and Chicago's own Lynda Birkelbach. The website is "user friendly" with a wealth of information... Read more
Chicago chapter of national ARCS® Foundation, Inc. marks 30 years of scholarship support to University of Chicago students in the sciences.
Pritzker School of Medicine fourth-year Emily Bethea wants to improve preventative care. She’s focused on colon cancer. To ensure that more patients are diagnosed before the disease has progressed to... Read more
On July 8, 2011, Angela Diaz and her husband, Al, had the privilege of experiencing the final launch of the Space Shuttle, Atlantis, from Kennedy Space Center and to be part of history. This was an especially significant to Angela and Al as they had also been present at the... Read more
ARCS Foundation Chicago has collaborated with our academic partner, the University of Chicago, since 1980 to provide designated ARCS Scholars with Awards totaling $774,000 to date.
On April 5, 2011, the University of Chicago, at a special reception held on campus in the Gordon Center for Integrative Sciences, marked the 30th... Read more
On August 5 2011, Juno, the Jupiter Probe was launched from Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Ruth Anne Unik, an ARCS Chicago Chapter member and 2010 ARCS Light honoree, and her husband attended the launch along with fellow ARCS members and families from around the country.
Members of ARCS Foundation Chicago traveled to the Museum of Science & Industry on January 10, 2011, to experience the newly revitalized Science Storms exhibit. We had a good crowd including six new member prospects – all of whom were delighted with the entire program. We met with several members... Read more
Welcome to our new ARCS Foundation website and scholar database! The website project has been three years in the making and has taken many hours of time and commitment from our all-volunteer members. The process of migrating your scholar profile information to our new database has been... Read more
