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Sigma Xi
 I have been asked as President-Elect to provide my thoughts on some important developments involving Sigma Xi. Foremost is our involvement in the March for Science on April 22. We, along with many other science and engineering-based societies, are supporting the march which will take place in Washington DC and other cities around our nation and the world.
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Sigma Xi
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society is partnering with its 500 chapters of scientists and engineers — located at educational institutions, government laboratories, and industry research centers — to be the fiscal sponsor for March for Science events planned for San Diego and San Francisco, CA; Columbus, OH; Chicago, IL; and New York City, NY. The April 22 march intends to promote, in an apolitical and nonpartisan manner, the value of research and its role in American society.
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Sigma Xi
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society is encouraging members across the country to join local organizing efforts for the March for Science on April 22. The movement is gaining traction as chapter members are stepping out of labs, classrooms, and offices to redirect their time and expertise toward championing this celebration of science. Numerous Sigma Xi chapters are chartering buses so members may to attend marches in nearby cities hosting the event. Sigma Xi headquarters is also chartering a bus which will travel to the Washington DC march. Need a ride? Join us!
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 News & Observer
Robert G. Parr, 95, theoretical chemistry pioneer and professor emeritus of chemistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, died March 27 after a brief illness.
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New York Real Estate Journal
Thornton Tomasetti President Raymond Daddazio received the Keystone Award from the Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation.
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Baylor University
Heidi G. Elmendorf, Associate Professor of Biology, Georgetown University, has been selected as a finalist for Baylor University's 2018 Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching, the only national teaching award — with the single largest monetary reward of $250,000 — presented by a college or university to an individual for exceptional teaching. The winning professor will be announced by Baylor in spring 2018.
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Observer-Dispatch
SUNY Oswego senior physics major Nicholas Noviasky of Sauquoit has received the 2017 SUNY Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence. Noviasky is a recipient of a highly selective National Science Foundation internship last summer in materials science and engineering at University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He co-authored a study on lithium-ion batteries, in submission to a peer-reviewed journal.
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Sigma Xi
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society invites you to join professional researchers and students in Raleigh for the Sigma Xi Symposium on Nov. 10 and Student Research Conference on Nov. 11 at the Raleigh Convention Center. The public is invited to attend these events. Membership in Sigma Xi is not required to participate. Register today to save 20 percent.
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Sigma Xi
 Sigma Xi is pleased to announce a free webinar, Battle Bias & Build Trust: How to Increase Transparency in Clinical Research, at 2 p.m. EDT on Thursday, April 6. April Clyburne-Sherin, MS, Campaign Manager at Sense about Science USA, will facilitate the event.
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Sigma Xi
 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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American Scientist
In a recently expanded lab at the U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Yevgeny Raitses and his colleagues are using a variety of techniques to study nanoparticle formation via plasma — hot, ionized gas, also called the fourth phase of matter.
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American Scientist
A pressure-sensitive paint is helping NASA accurately model the extreme forces that spacecraft experience during launch. Passengers on a plane experiencing turbulence can attest to the kinds of forces that air can exert on flying craft. For a rocket launching into outer space, the knocking about it receives is far worse, and also shifts in location and intensity from moment to moment.
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American Scientist
Recalling the moment he and his colleagues composed their first two-color image of the structures inside an endosome (a compartment attached to the cell membrane that helps sort incoming substances), Stephen Adams says his initial response was, "Wow, this is a really pretty picture. I wonder what it means?"
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| RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND GOVERNMENT NEWS |
Council of Graduate Schools
The Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) has been awarded a major grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF #1661272) to help universities collect data on the career pathways of PhDs in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields.
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National Institutes of Health
The role of preprints — complete and public draft manuscripts which have not gone through the formal peer review, editing, or journal publishing process — continues to be a hot topic in the biological and medical sciences.
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Citizen Science GIS
Read the new "Citizen Science, GIS, and Society" Guest Blog Series designed to share insights about the future of GIS in society from leaders in the field. The first guest blogger is Dr. Joseph Kerski, Education Manager at Esri.
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National Science Foundation
We're all familiar with the idea of extreme events. Meteorologists keep us up to date on hurricanes, floods and high temperatures. Economists watch the stock market for signs of crashes or rallies. Researchers spend a lot of time trying to better predict these events, yet are often surprised by the outcomes.
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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Hepatitis B and C kill more than 20,000 people every year in the United States. A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine presents a strategy to eliminate these diseases as serious public health problems and prevent nearly 90,000 deaths by 2030.
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The New York Times
A new vaccine against a diarrheal disease that kills about 600 children a day worked well in a large trial in Africa and appears to be a practical way to protect millions of children, scientists said. The new vaccine against rotavirus, the most common cause of death from diarrhea in children under age 5, is made by an Indian company and was tested in Niger by Doctors Without Borders.
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R&D Magazine
A team of researchers from the University of Bristol have recently shown that ecosystems created by melting glaciers in the Arctic are sensitive to climate change and human activity. Melting ice is exposing vast landscapes that are colonized by simple forms of microbial life. These microbes in Arctic soils must cope with short cool summers and long freezing winters, as well as starvation from nutrients.
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Phys.Org
Graphene-oxide membranes have attracted considerable attention as promising candidates for new filtration technologies. Now the much sought-after development of making membranes capable of sieving common salts has been achieved. New research demonstrates the real-world potential of providing clean drinking water for millions of people who struggle to access adequate clean water sources.
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