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On Wednesday, November 12th, the 2025 ARCS Atlanta Scholar Awards Celebration (SAC) showcased the best of scientific scholarship in the beautiful ballroom of the Piedmont Driving Club.  The 2025 SAC was a networking reception and light lunch at which members, donors, and guests chatted informally with the scholars.  All scholars exhibited poster displays and guests were eager to learn about their research.  

ARCS Atlanta President Frances Swensson welcomed the scholars and guests and recognized Georgia-Pacific and Northside Hospital for their many years of support to ARCS Atlanta and our scholars.  Georgia Pacific has supported ARCS Atlanta and our scholars for 20 years and Northside Hospital has supported us 10 years.  A scholar representing each of our schools spoke briefly about what the ARCS Awards have meant to them, after which Vice Provost for Graduate Affairs and Dean of the James T. Laney School of Graduate Studies at Emory University, Dr. Kimberly Jacob Arriola spoke to donors and scholars thanking them for their support of science.  

In 2025, ARCS Atlanta gave awards to 53 scholars in many different science disciplines from Emory, Georgia Tech, Morehouse, and UGA.  

Over 100 spectacular photos from the 2025 Scholar Awards Celebration are rotating below.  To see all the photos from the 2025 Scholar Awards Celebration, you may use this link: 
https://www.photosbydamonpeebles.com/EVENTPHOTOGRAPHY/2025-ARCS-Scholars-Awards
You can also purchase any photos from the photographer at the link above.

 

Thanks from Alum Eliot Quon, Postdoctoral Researcher at National Renewable Energy Laboratory

ARCS Foundation has been a highlight of my academic career thus far, thank you for the support!

Thanks from Scholar Kira Newman

"I can only begin to express how grateful I am for the freedom to pursue an independent line of research without having to worry about how I will pay for the necessary lab supplies or training. This award is allowing me to answer broader and more valuable questions than I had previously thought possible... Thank you so much for your kindness, generosity, and belief in my potential as a scientist."

Thanks from ARCS Atlanta Scholar Alum Deborah Kilpatrick, CEO Evidation Health

The work you (ARCS Foundation Atlanta members) have all done is tremendous, and I am so proud to be a part of that legacy.  I hope that my work is making you all feel that there has been a good return on your investment.