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Events Highlights

Recent ARCS Events

  • Tour of ALCOSAN

    Last week, thirty enthusiastic ARCS women toured the ALCOSAN facility in an event organized by Jennifer Martin.
    Engineer and guide John Findley explained that, until 1959 when ALCOSAN began cleaning wastewater, all Pittsburgh sewage went directly into our rivers.  Today, ALCOSAN covers 300 square miles and serves approximately 900,000 people. “Due to the topography of Allegheny County, if the marble rolls one way,” said Findley, “the wastewater stream comes to us.  If it rolls the other way, it goes into a municipal or other wastewater cleaning facility.”
    As we walked through the plant, Findley noted that ALCOSAN maintains 90 miles of pipeline along the rivers and processes up to 250 million gallons of wastewater a day.  Below, Debbie Scully and Linda Ban gaze over the river where the processed wastewater spills back into the Ohio River – at that spot, approximately 120,000 gallons a minute.

  • Doris Calian and Marilyn Bruschi
  • Carol Heppner and Fredrica Cryan
  • Debbie Scully and Linda Ban

Anny Caceres, 2010-2013 ARCS Scholar

Words cannot describe how grateful I am for the generosity of each and every ARCS member. Your support has helped give me confidence as I start on the path to my Ph.D.

--Anny Caceres, recipient of the Joy-Linhart Award

Chase Butler, 2008-2011 Scholar

My ARCS award has allowed me to make connections with professionals in my field. It has given me a chance to learn about the roles of conservation scientists in institutions, as well as tell them about the research I've been doing.

--Chase Butler, 2008-2011 recipient of the Hans and Leslie Fleischner Award 

Prince Awuah- Pittsburgh Chapter Award

I truly want to thank all the donors who made the ARCS fellowship possible.  This scholarship has given me the opportunity to travel to conferences to present my work and learn from colleagues. It has also allowed me to purchase laboratory equipment to help perform my work effectively and efficiently.  Without ARCS, these tasks would have been extremely difficult, so I am very grateful for the excellent opportunity to be an ARCS scholar.