25th Anniverary Scholar Awards Luncheon
The Atlanta Chapter of ARCS® Foundation celebrated its 25th Anniversary Scholar Awards Luncheon on November 17, 2016. We awarded $340,000 to 50 Scholars. Deborah Kilpatrick, Ph.D., a member of our first class of scholars from Georgia Tech, and Michael Zwick, Ph.D., a 1998 Scholar from UC Davis, were our speakers. Dr. Kilpatrick is CEO of Evidation Health, and has been named by Business Insider as one of the most powerfull women engineers in the world. Dr. Zwick, is Assistant Dean of Research and Asscoiate Professor of Human Genetics and Pediatrics at Emory University Scool of Medicine. Bill Liss moderated a conversation with these two distinguished scientist.
Thanks from Alum Tim Sampson, Postdoctoral Scholar at Caltech
I am immensely grateful to the ARCS Foundation and Turner Enterprises for making my award possible. I am honored to have been part of the talented and promising group of young researchers from the Atlanta-area!
Thanks from Scholar Laura Redmond
"I want to thank you again for supporting my career development, and I look forward to encouraging the development of future scientists as an ARCS Scholar Alum."
Thanks from Scholar Kevin Yehl
"I was very fortunate to be selected as one of this year's ARCS scholars... I plan to pursue an academic career in chemistry... Your support will allow me to continue my biomedical research in developing novel strateigies to treat drug resistant cancers and cardiovascular diseases... Again, thank you so much for your support of the sciences and post graduate education, both of which are very important in keeping America competitive..."