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Dear ARCS Pittsburgh Chapter Members,

U.S News and World Report recently published its annual Graduate School Rankings for 2016.  We are fortunate to have 3 of the top-ranked universities in the science and technology fields to educate our ARCS scholars right in our backyards. Penn State University, The University of Pittsburgh...

Dear ARCS Pittsburgh Chapter members,

We thought you might be interested in the experiences of the ARCS Pittsburgh chapter members who attended the tour of Inventionland last week.  Thanks to chapter member Judith Evans Thomas for her write-up!

JOURNEY TO INVENTIONLAND

On February 25th members who had signed up for a...

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 - PPG...

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 highly committed...