Third year NACS student Clare Sengupta was named a 2015-2016 Advancing Science in America (ARCS) scholar. The ARCS Foundation is a national organization that provides scholarships to U.S. graduates and undergraduates who study in the fields of science, engineering, and medicine. Clare is currently studying the mechanisms of synaptic loss and recovery in the aging visual system, and develops novel tools for experimental tracking of functionally active synapses. Clare’s mentor is Dr. Elizabeth Quinlan.