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Sigma Xi
 President Joel Primack discusses how Sigma Xi researchers can help preserve a livable world for future generations.
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Sigma Xi
Sigma Xi welcomes your involvement in the nomination process for candidates who will run for leadership positions in Sigma Xi's 2019 online elections, which begin November 18. Please take a few minutes to think about who you know that can provide the leadership and vision to help Sigma Xi fulfill its mission of enhancing the research enterprise, fostering integrity in science and engineering, and promoting the public's understanding of science. Self-nominations are also welcome.
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Active members can save on their next business trip or vacation with two new member benefits: car rental discounts through Hertz and Thrifty. Hertz offers members up to 25% discounts with complimentary membership in the Hertz Gold Plus Rewards program. Thrifty offers members seven percent off base rates at participating locations. Members should login to the Members Only section of www.sigmaxi.org, located under the Members menu, to access these benefits.
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Sigma Xi Expeditions, hosted by Betchart Expeditions, offer members travel opportunities to the most exotic locations on the planet with other science enthusiasts. Upcoming trips are headed to Egypt, Nepal, and New Zealand.
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Have you checked if your dues are current for fiscal year 2019 (July 1, 2018–June 30, 2019)? You can easily renew online if your dues have expired. Members who renew dues will receive all issues of American Scientist that were missed since July 2018, including the special issue on big data, and their subscription will continue for their active period. Thank you to members, affiliates, and explorers who already renewed.
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Sigma Xi
Congratulations to the 27 Sigma Xi members who will be inducted into the National Academy of Engineering this October during the academy's annual meeting in Washington, DC.
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The Quinnipiac Chapter will host the Sigma Xi Northeast Regional Student Research Conference at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut, on April 24. The event will feature a student poster competition and a presentation about green chemistry from Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecturer Paul Anastas of Yale University. And, the Saint Louis University Chapter will host its annual Research Symposium, a poster session and student competition, on May 6. Members in the area are encouraged to volunteer as judges. Student abstract submissions are due by April 5 for both events.
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From your own computer and as your schedule permits, you can support future scientists and engineers in their research pursuits as Sigma Xi hosts its annual, online science communication competition, the Student Research Showcase. Qualified, nonstudent members, career researchers with an advanced degree, and science communicators are invited to volunteer to judge up to 10 presentations from April 15–29. Presenters compete in the high school, undergraduate, and graduate school divisions by submitting websites that contain an abstract, slideshow, and video about their research. Judges evaluate presentations on their scientific thought and method as well as how well presenters communicate enthusiasm for their projects; clearly state the significance of their work; effectively use text, charts, and diagrams; and clearly answer questions.
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Two keynote speakers were just announced for the Sigma Xi Annual Meeting and Student Research Conference this November in Madison, Wisconsin. Peter Hotez of Baylor College of Medicine is an internationally recognized pediatrician–scientist in neglected tropical diseases and vaccine development and will be featured in the meeting's Life/Health track. Past Sigma Xi President and former National Science Foundation Director Rita Colwell will be a speaker in the Water track.
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American Scientist
The first pharmaceutical specifically for postpartum depression is approved and a large, ongoing study may yield insight into depression generally. American Scientist's digital managing editor Robert Frederick talks with Samantha Meltzer-Brody, who was the academic principal investigator for the study of the pharmaceutical through its phase three clinical trials.
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American Scientist
In an excerpt from his book, Adventures in Archaeology, professor and researcher P. J. Capelotti recounts a project in "garbology" on a dump site in the mud banks below an 1850s riverfront mansion to show that "modern human waste disposal could be as revealing of human behavior as a prehistoric midden thousands of years old."
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National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation will consider supplemental funding requests and conference proposals that support efforts aimed at enhancing the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) knowledge base, skillset, leadership and management capacities, and/or contributions to the STEM enterprise of women following a career break. Requests and proposals are due by 5 p.m., submitter's local time, on April 15.
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New Jersey Institute of Technology Chapter
The New Jersey Institute of Technology Chapter invites attendees from colleges and universities in the Newark area to a one-day conference on April 14 hosted by the institute: Steps to a Nuclear Weapons-Free World. Nine experts will join the conference attendees to consider the many facets of this critical problem and how to reduce the nuclear threat to our planet
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R&D Magazine
Cellulose soaked in a carefully designed polymer mixture acts as a sensor to measure pressure, temperature and humidity at the same time. The measurements are completely independent of each other. The ability to measure pressure, temperature, and humidity is important in many applications, such as monitoring patients at home, robotics, electronic skin, functional textiles, surveillance, and security, to name just a few.
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Science News
A skin fungus that has plagued frogs and toads worldwide now holds the title of being the world's worst invasive killer, displacing cats and rodents. The first global tally of the toll caused by a chytrid infection shows that it's responsible for population declines in at least 500 amphibian species, including 90 presumed extinctions. And that's a conservative estimate, scientists say. The research was published March 29 in Science.
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