{"670120":{"#nid":"670120","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Emmy Hughes Chosen for ARCS Scholar Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEmmy Hughes, a Ph.D. candidate in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E at Georgia Tech has been selected as a recipient of the Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Scholar Foundation award. Hughes, who specializes in planetary science, will join 11 returning scholars from Tech who were previously recognized by ARCS as outstanding doctoral students.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EScholars are selected annually by qualifying departments of science, engineering, and medical research within the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.arcsfoundation.org\/national-homepage\u0022\u003EARCS Foundation\u003C\/a\u003E\u2019s 51 academic partner universities. Hughes was nominated by her advisor, Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/wray.eas.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EJames Wray\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt is a tremendous honor,\u201d said Hughes. \u201cIt is an amazing thing to have your advisor nominate you for something like this because it\u2019s a great vote of confidence in your ability.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cEmmy is a truly exceptional young scientist,\u201d said Wray. \u201cShe has a broad scientific skillset that she capably applies to a range of projects, driven by innate curiosity and immense enthusiasm. Her talent, passion, and positivity have hugely reinvigorated my research group; I am so proud to be her advisor. She is an outstanding representative for our School and College within Georgia Tech and for the Institute as a whole.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHughes is a planetary geologist primarily focused on the history and surface of Mars. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of things that tell geologists today that there was once water on Mars,\u201d said Hughes. \u201cI\u2019m particularly interested in the geologic history of Mars and the surface of Mars and what that can tell us about the ancient history of water on the Martian surface.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHughes\u2019 work is focused on using salts and other materials like amorphous silica to learn about the temperature of the water that was present and how long it was there. This involves using data from the surface of Mars. The ARCS award provides scholars $7,500 in unrestricted funding. These funds will support Hughes in conducting experiments required for her thesis.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis is something that I have been wanting to do,\u201d said Hughes. \u201cI proposed it in my thesis proposal draft, and we hadn\u2019t figured out a way to fund it, and I\u2019m totally going to be able to do it now. I am appreciative of the fact that it doesn\u2019t have strings attached. I think that gives people great flexibility.\u201d \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA scholars\u2019 award ceremony will be held in November to honor the Atlanta chapter\u2019s recipients.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe ARCS fellowship is made possible each year by way of the fundraising and continuous generous support of the ARCS Foundation Atlanta Chapter.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEmmy Hughes, a Ph.D. candidate in the \u0026nbsp;School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Georgia Tech has been selected as a recipient of the Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Scholar Foundation award.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Emmy Hughes, a Ph.D. candidate in the  School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Georgia Tech has been selected as a recipient of the Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Scholar Foundation award."}],"uid":"36249","created_gmt":"2023-10-02 19:50:44","changed_gmt":"2023-11-15 18:26:58","author":"Sara Franc","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-10-02T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-10-02T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"671935":{"id":"671935","type":"image","title":"emmyHughes3.jpg","body":null,"created":"1696428473","gmt_created":"2023-10-04 14:07:53","changed":"1696428473","gmt_changed":"2023-10-04 14:07:53","alt":"Emmy Hughes","file":{"fid":"255095","name":"emmyHughes3.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/10\/04\/emmyHughes3.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/10\/04\/emmyHughes3.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":166728,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/10\/04\/emmyHughes3.jpg?itok=gory_VGl"}}},"media_ids":["671935"],"groups":[{"id":"221981","name":"Graduate Studies"}],"categories":[{"id":"193234","name":"Campaign Stories"},{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"193157","name":"Student Honors and Achievements"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1808","name":"graduate students"},{"id":"192254","name":"cos-climate"},{"id":"192259","name":"cos-students"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto: sara.franc@gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESara Franc\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCommunications Officer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nOffice of Graduate and Postdoctoral Education\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}