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Sigma Xi
 Sigma Xi is starting a new initiative to promote and cultivate quarterly conversations about issues relevant to our members’ needs and interests. This quarter's topic is: Can Sigma Xi Fix the Reproducible Science Crisis?
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Sigma Xi
Sigma Xi's Nobel Prize prediction contest, October Madness, is back! We need your nominations for potential winners of this year's Nobel Prizes in chemistry, physics, and physiology or medicine. If you nominate someone who goes on to win a Nobel Prize, you will be entered into a raffle for a chance to win a year of free dues as a member, affiliate, or explorer. Use #OctoberMadness to share your predictions on social media! Voting kicks off August 29 on Keyed In.
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Sigma Xi
Sigma Xi's bus from Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, to Charleston, South Carolina, to see the total solar eclipse is full, but you can still get on the wait list.
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Are you a cutting edge junior researcher looking to further your career abroad? The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation's Sofia Kovalevskaja Award provides €1.65 million to support you and your team for a 5-year project of choice!
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Sigma Xi
The Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research (GIAR) program has awarded $1,000 to Southern Illinois University Edwardsville's Rachel Davis for her research that focuses on the detection of pharmaceutical and personal care products in the environment, such as waterways and surrounding soil. She was one of 150 students to receive a grant in the spring cycle.
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Now is the time to renew your membership or affiliate status for FY2018. You can check if your dues are current and renew online. Thank you to all members who already renewed their membership and to affiliates who renewed.
| MEMBERS AND CHAPTERS NEWS |
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
 The Council of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) unanimously approved the appointment of Professor Rocky S. Tuan, an eminent biomedical scientist, as the eighth Vice-Chancellor and President of CUHK for a period of six years.
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Illinois Institute of Technology
 Sigma Xi thanks members who volunteer as leaders for the Society, particularly new members of the Executive Committee, which acts for the Board of Directors between Board meetings, gives preliminary consideration to matters outside of the other committees, and provides overall supervision to the headquarters staff. New members who joined on July 1 are President-Elect Joel R. Primack, Canadian/International Constituency Director Richard Boudreault, North Central Regional Director Carlo U. Segre and Executive Director and CEO Jamie L. Vernon. Segre was recently profiled by Illinois Tech Today.
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 Texas A&M Chapter member Jaskirat Batra has been awarded the Dr. Patricia Graham Graduate Fellowship in the amount of $5,000 from Alpha Lamda Delta. The awards are used to offset the expense of pursuing graduate or professional studies. Batra is pursuing an advanced degree in materials science and engineering.
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Louisville Free Public Library
 The Louisville Free Public Library together with the Louisville Chapter present Sandra L. Hanson, Professor of Sociology at Catholic University on August 8. She will address whether the U.S. is making progress in creating more interest and opportunities for girls and women in science.
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Sigma Xi
 Sigma Xi member Greg Fishel, chief meteorologist for WRAL-TV and Mix 101.5 WRAL-FM, will be the keynote speaker at the Student Research Conference on November 11 in Raleigh. His address is titled "Climate Change, My Journey from Ideology to Science." Aaron Huertas, founder and principal of Science Communication Media, will lead the workshop "Organizing an Effective Visit with a Policymaker" and sit on the panel "Communicating Research in a Rapidly Shifting Landscape."
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Sigma Xi
We're gathering in Raleigh on November 10 to learn about issues relating to climate change, environmental health, and human health as well as to discuss possible solutions. Join us!
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American Scientist
 American Scientist's digital features editor Katie L. Burke's Q&A with one of the first plant biologists registered to study Cannabis.
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American Scientist
Two-hundred years after Henry David Thoreau's birth, scholars are beginning to sound the depths of his legacy as a naturalist. Scientists' Nightstand editor Dianne Timblin presents a windfall of new books about Thoreau to enjoy, alongside other key works focusing on Thoreau, science, and the environment.
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Sigma Xi
What does Hollywood understand about communication that science doesn't? Is there such a thing as "science communication"? Author, filmmaker, and trainer Randy Olson explains the power of narrative.
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| RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND GOVERNMENT NEWS |
National Science Foundation
In her July message, Sigma Xi member France A. Cόrdova calls on the research enterprise to work together to "touch more lives and make a more powerful impact."
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Council of Graduate Schools
To support the careers of current and aspiring PhD holders, our nation's universities need a better understanding of their career pathways and professional preparation. Council of Graduate Schools has launched a project to help universities collect data on the career pathways of STEM and humanities PhDs.
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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
The U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security should work closely with utility operators to improve cyber and physical security and resilience, says a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
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News Medical
A team of Massachusetts General Hospital investigators has developed an antibiotic-releasing polymer that may greatly simplify the treatment of prosthetic joint infection. In their recent report published in Nature Biomedical Engineering, the researchers describe how implants made from this material successfully eliminated two types of prosthetic infection in animal models.
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R&D Magazine
Scientists have created a new method to rapidly produce human antibodies in the laboratory, which could speed up the production of antibodies to treat diseases. An international team of researchers produced specific human antibodies in the laboratory by treating patient-derived B cells with tiny nanoparticles coated with short DNA fragments called CpG oligonucleotides and the appropriate antigen.
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Phys.Org
Dark matter is the aptly named unseen material that makes up the bulk of matter in our universe. But what dark matter is made of is a matter of debate. Scientists have never directly detected dark matter. But over decades, they have proposed a variety of theories about what type of material could comprise dark matter and explain its many effects on normal matter.
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