Scholar News

ARCS Foundation Atlanta Chapter has been honored with the 2025 Golden Helix Award for Community Service by Georgia Life Sciences. The award was presented on August 26^th at the Georgia Life Sciences Summit and accepted by Frances Swensson, President of ARCS Atlanta. 

“We are deeply honored to receive the Golden...

The ARCS Atlanta Scholar Awards Celebration will be held at the Piedmont Driving Club, on November 12, 2025, 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM. It is a not-to-be-missed event as ARCS Atlanta will celebrate our outstanding scholars at Emory University, Georgia Tech, Morehouse College, and University of Georgia. 

Planning is well underway...

Anna Cole is an ARCS Atlanta Scholar Alum and recipient of the Glenn Award at Emory University. She continues to pursue her doctorate in Cancer Biology as a Laney Graduate School Fellow in the Paulos Lab at Emory. Anna was recently featured in Winship Magazine.

The Power of Immune Cell...

Morehouse recently announced that Dr. F DuBois Bowman will be the 13^th President of Morehouse College.  The current President and our featured speaker at the Scholar Award Celebration, Dr. David Thomas, announced last year his plan to retire this June.  Dr. Bowman was a 1992 graduate of Morehouse and is...

We are excited to officially announce our Scholars Awards Celebration for 2025. Continuing with the success of last year, the SAC will be held on November 12th from 11:30 -1:30 at the Piedmont Driving Club and will highlight our amazing 53 scholars for this year. Emory is our featured school for...

Life sciences is one of Georgia’s fastest-growing sectors, with nearly 4,000 allied companies driving job creation, economic development, and scientific breakthroughs. 

At the forefront is Georgia Life Sciences, the leading advocate for the state’s dynamic and diverse life sciences sector, promoting policy development, community programs, industry initiatives, and events, as well...

ARCS Foundation Atlanta proudly celebrates ten years of partnership with Northside Hospital, one of the top-ranked hospitals in Atlanta and the Southeast for quality outcomes and advanced clinical care. Since 2016, Northside has been a steadfast supporter of ARCS, providing critical funding for doctoral students conducting research in fields aligned with...

On Wednesday November 13^th, over 220 ARCS members, scholars, donors and guests came together to celebrate our fifty-three 2024 - 2025 ARCS Atlanta Scholars at our annual Scholar Awards Celebration.  This year we had a new time and venue - 11:30am to 1:30pm in the beautiful ballroom at the...

After the highly successful and well-attended Scholar Awards Celebration at Piedmont Driving Club, a follow-up email was sent to all final year scholars (those in their third year at UGA, Emory and GA Tech, and the second-year scholars at Morehouse). With sentiments of congratulations, we encouraged them to stay in touch...