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Sigma Xi
We hope to see you Nov. 10 in Raleigh, North Carolina, for the Sigma Xi Symposium, "Atmospheric Chemistry, Climate, and Health." The symposium will be held in lieu of an Annual Meeting this year. The Student Research Conference will also be held in Raleigh on Nov. 11.
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Are you a postdoc looking to further your research abroad? The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation's Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme supports you on a stipend of EUR 2,650/month to conduct long-term research in Germany! Read more
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Sigma Xi
Congratulations to the 17 Sigma Xi members who were recently included in the new class of the National Academy of Engineering.
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Sigma Xi
Did you know that you can earn a free year of active Sigma Xi membership through the Member-Get-A-Member program? Simply nominate five qualified individuals for Sigma Xi membership during a one-year period. If they are approved to join, you can skip paying dues for a year!
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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 if you haven't yet. You can check if your dues are current and renew online.
| MEMBERS AND CHAPTERS NEWS |
The Scientist
Robert Cooper, a quantitative biology postdoc at the University of California, San Diego, is helping spearhead his city's March for Science event April 22 to showcase how science strives to benefit all people.
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Newsmax
Hans Baumann, an engineer, explains why the power plant serving your community is likely not prepared for a cyberattack.
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Sigma Xi
Michael Richardson, an associate professor of psychology at the University of Cincinnati, shares his expertise for assessing and understanding social deficit disorders such as autism, the physical and psychological well-being of older adults, and emerging 21st century reality of robust human-machine interactions.
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Sigma Xi
Chandralekha Singh, University of Pittsburgh physics professor, will deliver the lecture "Facilitating Thinking and Learning In and Beyond the STEM Classrooms" on March 28 to share strategies for student success in STEM fields. The speaker was invited by the University of Pittsburgh Sigma Xi Chapter.
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 Join American Scientist for a Q&A on April 11, 3:30–4:30 p.m. EDT on how nanotechnology is being used in products for the public and to conserve the environment. The featured guest will be Alexander Orlov, an associate professor of materials science and engineering at State University of New York, Stony Brook. He is also a Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecturer.
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Sigma Xi
.jpg) Communication coach Barry Mitsch notes the importance of communicating an idea through personal contact. He outlines three techniques that any scientist can incorporate into a speech to a general audience.
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American Scientist
Timothy J. Jorgensen, an associate professor of radiation medicine at Georgetown University, explains how the story of radon's study in public health can be a guide for how to best weigh the pros and cons of radiation use.
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American Scientist
Mark Vellend, an ecologist at Université de Sherbrooke in Québec, Canada, writes that even in places where nature is perceptibly altered by human actions, the number of species does not necessarily decline.
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| RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND GOVERNMENT NEWS |
Council of Graduate Schools
Graduate schools and programs play a key role in preparing students for the knowledge workforce, but more work needs to be done, according to a new report by the Council of Graduate Schools.
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National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation Director and Sigma Xi member France A. Cόrdova describes the range of NSF-supported optics and photonics research projects, which relate to light-based technologies that are now integral to the way we communicate, explore, heal, and do business.
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National Institutes of Health
Michael Lauer, National Institutes of Health's deputy director for Extramural Research, shares NIH-wide findings recently published in the PLOS ONE article, "Shifting Demographics among Research Project Grant Awardees at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute."
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Smithsonian
It's not often that a hulking piece of infrastructure makes headlines, but the dam at California’s Lake Oroville did just that when it nearly failed last month. Though 180,000 people who were evacuated during the crisis are back home, people are now asking questions about the condition of the nation's dams. As E&E News' Jeremy P. Jacobs reports, there's reason to worry: Nearly 15,500 of America’s dams could cause loss of life if they fail.
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Science News
Volcanoes that belch hydrogen could bump up the number of potentially habitable planets in the universe.
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Nature
Researchers led by Carlo Ratti, an architect and engineer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, crunched taxi-ride data from Manhattan, Singapore, Vienna, and San Francisco. They found that although these cities have differing layouts, all four have vast untapped potential for mass ride sharing.
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