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Sigmaxi Xi
Join us at Sigma Xi's Annual Meeting and Student Research Conference, November 14–17, in Madison, Wisconsin. Learn about this year's six symposia tracks.
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Sigma Xi
 Your Sigma Xi membership is a distinction on your curriculum vitae (CV) that potential employers will notice. That honor, however, is just the beginning of how the Society can help with your career goals. Here are four ways that Sigma Xi can assist in your job search.
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Sigma Xi
Show your Sigma Xi pride this graduation season with graduation cords, rings, and new items from Sigma Xi's Café Press store.
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Sigma Xi
Would you like to be on the ballot for Sigma Xi's elections this fall, or do you know someone who should run for a leadership position? Nomination packages are due by May 1.
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Sigma Xi
Take a moment to check if your dues are current for fiscal year 2019 (July 1, 2018–June 30, 2019). You can easily renew online if your dues have expired. Members who renew will receive all issues of American Scientist that were missed since July 2018, including the special issue on big data in astrophysics. Thank you to members, affiliates, and explorers who already renewed.
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Sigma Xi
Eight of Sigma Xi's female members, from a former director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center to an undergraduate student, share the challenges they see for women in science, technology, engineering, and math as well as possible solutions for those issues.
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Sigma Xi
Recently, the Rice University–Texas Medical Center Chapter hosted a talk on combating the rise of antiscience and the Kansas State University Chapter hosted a presentation titled, Climate and the Energy-Water Nexus (the speaker, Kristen Averyt also wrote about this topic for American Scientist). The Northwestern Pennsylvania Chapter co-hosted an Undergraduate Research and Creative Accomplishment Conference. The Ohio State University Chapter will host their annual banquet tomorrow.
Sigma Xi
 Nearly 150 STEM students are competing in the online research presentation competition, the Student Research Showcase. You can leave encouraging words for them on their websites.
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Sigma Xi
The Student Research Conference, held in conjunction with the Annual Meeting, is accepting oral presentations this year, in addition to the traditional format of poster presentations. High school, undergraduate students, and graduate students who wish to give an oral presentation must submit an abstract by April 23 to be considered for the program. Students planning to present a poster should submit their abstracts by October 4.
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AAAS
Members, affiliates, explorers, and students in the Northwest and Southwest regions are welcome to attend the 100th Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science–Pacific Division, which will be held June 18–21 on the campus of Southern Oregon University in Ashland, Oregon. Meeting organizers are calling for abstracts for oral reports and poster presentations. The deadline for abstract submissions is April 24.
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American Scientist
How far an electron veers from spherical has implications for the existence of other, theoretical particles and our understanding of the structure of the universe. Alexey A. Petrov, a professor of physics, comments on a recent physics experiment that asked: What is the shape of an electron?
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American Scientist
Trust and bias are elements of artificial intelligence that present ethical challenges. Georgia Institute of Technology's Ayanna Howard, chair of the School of Interactive Computing, and Jason Borenstein, director of Graduate Research Ethics Programs, write that as robots more fully interact with humans, the role of human-robot trust and of biases integrated into the technology must be carefully investigated.
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R&D Magazine
Just as controlled-release medications slowly dole out their cargo after they experience a pH change in the body, implanted "artificial muscles" could someday flex and relax in response to light illuminating the skin. In pilot studies, scientists have developed a new material that expands and contracts, lifting a weight merely by shining a light on it.
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Science Daily
Ancient organic matter of biological origin has been tracked in multiple samples of rock spanning over 2,000 million years of Earth's history, according to researchers. The discovery provides a new characteristic "biosignature" to track the remains of ancient life preserved in rocks which are significantly altered over billions of years and could help identify life elsewhere in the solar system.
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