The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has named Carnegie Mellon University's Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) Professor Jeanne VanBriesen the 2015 recipient of the Margaret Petersen Award, in recognition of her exemplary service to the environmental and water resources community. "Jeanne is an outstanding educator and researcher, and... Read more
I read this article (link below) in today's Wall Street Journal citing the ARCS Foundation as a model foundation for advancing American research in the STEM fields (attached as well as the link below). It served as a great reminder of how thankful I am for my ARCS Fellowship... Read more
Washington, DC and Little Falls, NJ (June 3, 2014): The Roche Foundation and ARCS Foundation (Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Foundation, Inc.)announced today a unique program to support outstanding graduate life science... Read more
Last February, ARCS Pittsburgh notified our three university partners: Carnegie Mellon, Pitt, and Penn State that we would fund ten new students for three years beginning with the academic year 2012-2013, making a total of thirty two ARCS Scholars in western Pennsylvania. Five of the new students will... Read more