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Sigma Xi
 Sigma Xi members, affiliates, and explorers discuss critical issues in science for the Society's Quarterly Conversations initiative. This quarter's discussion explores how Sigma Xi should represent the research enterprise in the political system.
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Sigma Xi
Less than three weeks remain until the February 26 registration deadline for the Student Research Showcase, Sigma Xi's online competition. Graduate, undergraduate, and high school students are invited to prepare an abstract, slideshow, and video about their research. Those selected as having the best presentation in their division win up to $500.
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Sigma Xi
Congratulations to 121 undergraduates, master's students, and doctoral candidates who were recently awarded funding from Sigma Xi's Grants-in-Aid of Research program. The total amount awarded was $116,096. This was the first cycle in which a grant was awarded in the new climate science category.
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Sigma Xi
The Distinguished Lectureships program connects outstanding speakers at the leading edge of science and engineering with Sigma Xi chapters across North America and abroad. Speakers serve two-year terms and are featured in interactive, public talks that are held online and moderated by American Scientist editors. Nominations for the 2019–2021 cohort of lecturers will be accepted through March 1.
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Sigma Xi
If you haven't already, it's time to renew your membership or affiliate status for Fiscal Year 2018. You can check if your dues are current and renew online. Thank you to all members and affiliates who have already renewed.
| MEMBERS AND CHAPTERS NEWS |
TED
Member Anne Madden, a postdoctoral research fellow at North Carolina State University, was a speaker earlier this week at TEDx Gateway, India's largest TEDx conference. Her message is that microorganisms are a source of our world's solutions. A video of a similar TED talk that she gave last year in Vancouver is available.
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University of Delaware
The University of Delaware Chapter is co-sponsoring public events February 12–13 at the university's Newark campus that will celebrate International Darwin Day in honor of Charles Darwin's birthday. Scientists will speak about issues related to evolution such as the earliest life on Earth and the future of biodiversity. READ MORE
Chapter leaders: Add your events to your community's calendars at community.sigmaxi.org/events/calendar.
Florida International University
Scientific progress in biotechnology and medicine will challenge our notions of the distinction between human treatment and enhancement, equitable distribution of health resources, rights to genetic privacy and genetic nondiscrimination, and more. These topics will be addressed April 14–15 at the 9th International Conference on Ethics in Biology, Engineering, and Medicine at Florida International University in Miami. Sigma Xi is a sponsor of this event and members receive a 20 percent discount on registration.
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Sigma Xi
Sigma Xi wants your input on topics that will be discussed at the Society's 2018 Annual Meeting, which will be October 25–28 at the Hyatt Regency in Burlingame, California. The theme of the meeting is Big Data and the Future of Research, which will feature three symposia. Preliminary symposia topics are Big Data in Medicine and Biological Sciences; Big Data in Physics and Astronomy; and Big Data in Energy, Climate, and the Environment. If you would like to serve on the planning committee, please email meetings@sigmaxi.org.
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American Scientist
A new biography introduces readers to Claude Shannon: inveterate innovator, free-spirited juggler and unicyclist, and the mathematician credited with founding information theory. Daniel S. Silver, emeritus professor of mathematics at University of South Alabama, reviews A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age by Jimmy Soni and Rob Goodman.
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American Scientist
 Showcases for the best in art, science, design or event concepts rarely feature the missteps on the way to masterpiece status. Henry Petroski, the Aleksandar S. Vesic Professor of Civil Engineering and a professor of history at Duke University, introduces readers to the Museum of Failure in Helsingborg, Sweden.
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The Action Network
March for Science organizers have picked April 14 as this year's date for their worldwide events to celebrate research. Sigma Xi is a March for Science partner. You can search for events near you or sign up to host an event in your area.
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Citizen Science IS
U.S. undergraduate students may apply for a paid summer research experience in Belize and Florida. This program receives funding from the National Science Foundation and aims to prepare students for careers in geographic information systems, geospatial technologies, geography, sociology, geosciences, education, community development, public health, and land use planning.
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TIME
Scientists have created a hair-thin implant that can drip medications deep into the brain by remote control and with pinpoint precision. Tested only in animals so far, if the device pans out it could mark a new approach to treating brain diseases—potentially reducing side effects by targeting only the hard-to-reach circuits that need care.
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Science Magazine
Amber mined for centuries in Myanmar for jewelry is a treasure trove for understanding the evolution of spiders and their other arachnid relatives. This week, two independent teams describe four 100-million-year-old specimens encased in amber that look like a cross between a spider and a scorpion.
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