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Kathryn Miller has a passion for working with young people and loves helping to launch scholars into their college and professional careers. With a degree in Speech and Speech Education from Northwestern University she served on Northwestern’s Alumni Admissions Council for over 20 years. As a sales and marketing professional she...

The return of our in-person ARCS Gala, “Celebrating Science” 2022, was a huge success.  Over $100,000 was raised to support our scholars thanks to the hard work of the Gala Chair, Sonnie Talley, her committee and Joan Obert, V.P. Programs.  120 members, guests, and scholars enjoyed a wonderful evening May 13th at...

On December 11, 2020, long-time Colorado Chapter ARCS’ advocate Laura Shepard Churchley continued her family’s legacy of creating history in space. As she climbed aboard Blue Origin’s “New Shepard” rocket, she, and her father before her, became the first father and daughter to experience space flight.  Blue Origin named the rocket...

Colorado State University is working to address the health impacts of wildfire smoke, one of the many challenges of the devastating wildfires occurring in our state and around the country.  CSU researchers will receive nearly $1 million from the Environmental Protection Agency to expand air quality monitoring in communities impacted by wildfires...

My three years as ARCS Colorado President will end at our June meeting when Susan Howard takes over the reins as president.  When I started in 2019, I had little idea of the details of the job, so I started learning more about the workings of our chapter and how we interact...

My cheerful optimism has returned as we look forward to ARCS activities to come in 2022.  While many of our larger board meetings are still being held on Zoom; smaller, in-person meetings have begun as we begin to plan for the return of our annual ARCS Gala on May 13th at...

University Spotlight
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
State of Research Address Highlights Strong Growth, Breadth of Research and Talent on the CU Anschutz Campus 

Growth, collaboration and COVID-19 marked the second annual State of Research Address on Dec. 7, 2021 given by Thomas Flaig, MD, vice chancellor for research, highlighting some...

Wanda Newman
June 25, 1942 - December 6, 2021

In December 2020 the ARCS Colorado Chapter lost a devoted friend and dedicated 23 year member, Wanda Newman. Wanda joined ARCS in 1998 and served in many roles including VP of Finance and Bylaws Chairman. She was devoted to UCD and served as ARCS...

Tiffany Talley is the Director of Operations for Blue Sky Neurology, a division of CarePoint Healthcare, but a lover of science in all its forms.  Tiffany is a Colorado native and grew up in and around the Denver Museum of Nature and Science (called the Denver Museum of Natural History at that...

Emily Shupe Talley grew up in the northwest and attended the University of Puget Sound where she graduated with a degree in biology and a minor in chemistry.  She relocated to Denver where she began her medical education, becoming a Paramedic through the Denver Health EMS system.  Shortly thereafter, she enrolled...