As a major food staple throughout the Pacific Islands and around the Pacific Rim, breadfruit an essential agrosecurity crop. Its biggest advocate may well be ARCS Scholar alumna Diane Ragone, who is credited with creating and curating the largest and most diverse breadfruit conservation collection in the world. On Nov. 14...

ARCS Foundation’s statistics are impressive. In sixty-five years, our women-led nonprofit has awarded $142 million in funding to more than 12,000 college and graduate students working towards degrees in science-related fields. These students represent fifty US research universities. 

Our scholars and university partners have demonstrated that growth and innovation are achieved...

When it rains in cities, where does all the water go?

 For Kian Bagheri, an ARCS Foundation Scholar supported by the San Diego ARCS Chapter, that question has become the focus of his doctoral research at San Diego State University and UC San Diego.

“In the broadest terms, my research investigates...