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Sigma Xi
 President Tee L. Guidotti declares Sigma Xi to be much improved compared to recent years. He describes areas of the Society that have been strengthened, the actions that were taken to make improvements, and what members can look forward to in the future.
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Are you an experienced researcher looking to further your career abroad? The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation's Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme supports you on a stipend of EUR 3,150/month to conduct long-term research in Germany! Read More
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Sigma Xi
In his January Sigma Xi Speaks message, Executive Director and CEO John Nemeth shares the research of Sigma Xi member Peter Hotez, coeditor of PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, who published a list of infectious disease threats for 2017. The Kids Science Reading Corner features books about bugs and resources to talk to kids about mosquito-borne illnesses.
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Sigma Xi
 Sigma Xi is seeking professional researchers and science communicators to judge the Student Research Showcase, a science communication competition for high school, undergraduate, and graduate students. No travel is required. The judging period is April 3–10.
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Sigma Xi
The Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research program has been funding research by undergraduate and graduate students since 1922. In the fall 2016 cycle, the Society awarded 115 grants totaling $91,205 to students in four countries. The next application deadline is March 15, 2017.
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Sigma Xi
The Board of Directors of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society invites nominations and applications for the position of executive director and chief executive officer. The executive director will be located at the Society's Headquarters in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
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Sigma Xi
 In December, Sigma Xi launched a new member benefit. Partnering with HotelStorm, we are able to provide access to a private, active members-only hotel booking platform at more than 700,000 hotels worldwide with discounts of up to 55 percent compared to other travel sites. To take advantage of these discounts please login to the Members Only portal on the Sigma Xi website.
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Sigma Xi
Thank you to all members who already paid their membership dues and to affiliates who renewed their status. It's not too late to pay dues for 2016–2017 if you haven’t yet. You can check if your dues are current and renew your membership online.
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Scientists of North Carolina via Facebook
Sigma Xi Board Member and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapter President Richard Watkins was featured in a series of five posts on the Scientists of North Carolina Facebook page from Jan. 9–13. The authors of the page interview scientists to widen the public's perception of what a scientist looks like and what scientists do. You can nominate yourself for an interview by emailing scientistsofnc@gmail.com.
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24-7 Press Release
George Moll, a past president of the University of Mississippi Medical Center Sigma Xi Chapter, has been included in Marquis Who's Who for his excellence in pediatric endocrinology. Individuals profiled in the biographical volumes are selected on the basis of current reference value.
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Louisiana Tech University
The Louisiana Tech University Chapter hosted a discussion titled, "Visual Integration of Science Through Art: Medical Illustration at Louisiana Tech" as part of their Science Café series.
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Sigma Xi via Facebook
The Mayo Foundation Chapter in Rochester, Minnesota, hosted a STEM interdisciplinary event in January. The event featured a public lecture by a guest speaker, Sigma Xi President Tee Guidotti. The Mayo chapter has been leading many efforts that focus on community engagement, science and STEM policy, and expanding the involvement of health professionals in the Society.
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Sigma Xi
 Join American Scientist for an Adobe Connect session on Feb. 14 with Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecturer and weather scientist Lance Bosart. The time for this session is tentatively set for 1–2 p.m. Eastern. The time will be posted on the event page once it's confirmed. A Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences at the University of Albany, State University of New York, Bosart will take questions from the audience during this live Q & A.
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American Scientist
Self-driving cars seemed ready to keep going ahead, but some recent incidents have slowed their development. Henry Petroski, the Aleksandar S. Vesic Professor of Civil Engineering and a professor of history at Duke University, explains.
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American Scientist
Astronomers produce beautiful images by manipulating raw telescope data, but such processing makes images more accurate, not misrepresentative of reality, writes Travis A. Rector, a professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Alaska, Anchorage; Kimberly Arcand, director of visualization efforts for NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory in Cambridge, Massachusetts; and Megan Watzke, a public affairs officer for the Chandra X-ray Observatory.
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American Scientist
 David Shiffman, an award-winning science communicator, describes how Twitter makes it possible for scholars to follow along with cutting-edge research, to share their expertise with policy makers and journalists, and to get feedback from expert peers as they work on their own research projects.
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Citizen Science GIS
U.S. undergraduate students are encouraged to apply to the National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site, "Preparing the Next Generation of Scholars Through Community GIS and Citizen Science." A Facebook Live event on Feb. 1 will teach students how to prepare a competitive application.
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National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation Director and Sigma Xi member France A. Cόrdova shares NSF's major accomplishments from last year, including a report that identifies the role that higher education plays in both individual and national prosperity, and the development of 10 ideas that can help define research agendas.
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National Institutes of Health
The National Institutes of Health blog, Open Mike, provides an update about policy reforms to build a more robust clinical trials enterprise.
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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
The burdens of poor health and the benefits of good health and well-being are inequitably distributed in the U.S. due to factors such as poverty, inadequate housing, and discrimination, says a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
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ZME Science
Scientists believe they have untangled the method of creating spider silk-like materials. This material could greatly help in controlling bleeding and repairing difficult wounds. The quest to create usable spider silk is not new, but harvesting it directly from the spiders is not really feasible (they get very aggressive and usually start eating or killing one another when housed together).
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Phys.Org
Be it the Mima mounds of Washington state or the famous "fairy circles" of Namibia in southwestern Africa, people are captivated by the regular patterns of plant growth that blanket desert and grassland landscapes. Now, a new theory suggests that instead of a single overarching cause, large-scale vegetation patterns in arid ecosystems could occasionally stem from millions of local interactions among neighboring plants and animals.
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Medical Xpress
Scientists have discovered how a unique bacterial enzyme can blunt the body's key weapons in its fight against infection. The study, reported in the journal PLOS Pathogens, focused on the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus, which is found on approximately half of the population.
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