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ARCS MWC is pleased to welcome our newest member, Lauri Rustand! Lauri is sponsored by Patty Sparrell, who has been a friend and neighbor for 18 years.

Lauri has a wide-ranging background in health care management with over 40+ years of experience in health systems, health industry associations, and...

Sandra Boek Werness (Sandy) became an ARCS MWC member in 2008. She was sponsored by her mother, Jean Boek, who herself had become a member in 1992. We thank Sandy for her long-time commitment to our chapter and her ongoing support of our ARCS MWC Scholars! 

Sandy said that she...

Shanjida Khan’s PhD research at Oregon Health & Science University focused on building imagining systems that “allow us to see the front part of the human eye. The imaging systems use a noninvasive imaging technique, optical conference tomography, which is similar to ultrasound,” she explains. But instead of “using sound waves...

Emily and Jarvis Caffrey are ARCS Oregon scholar alums who both earned their PhDs at Oregon State University. Emily’s 2015 PhD focused on Radiation Health Physics, and Jarvis earned his PhD in nuclear engineering in 2016.

Emily was funded by the Wills Family and Jarvis received a Chapter Award. They now...

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign hosted an event for ARCS Foundation Illinois Chapter on Saturday, May 6, 2023.  Members gathered at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology for an interactive presentation by Dr. Nadya Mason, Director of the Beckman Institute and the Rosalyn Sussman Yalow Professor of Physics...