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Sigma Xi
 Sigma Xi Executive Director John Nemeth encourages members to celebrate science through active involvement in Citizen Science Day 2017, by participating in the March for Science in Washington, DC, or in one of the satellite cities hosting a march, or volunteering in one’s community to help the planet.
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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
Sigma Xi Executive Director and CEO John Nemeth talks to PBS NewsHour reporter Fedor Kossakovski about the organization's historical science advocacy efforts, including its role in the upcoming March for Science.
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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 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
 Congratulations to this year's winners of Sigma Xi's online science communication contest, the Student Research Showcase. Learn how to vote for the People’s Choice Award winner.
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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 promotion? 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
Strive to remain active in Sigma Xi just like 101 year-old member Frank H. Wadsworth of the University of Puerto Rico at San Juan chapter. Thank you to all members who already paid their membership dues and to affiliates who renewed their status. It's not too late to renew if you haven't yet. You can check if your dues are current and renew online.
| MEMBERS AND CHAPTERS NEWS |
CenterWatch
Research!America President and CEO Mary Wooley shares her support of the upcoming March for Science in Washington DC and how her organization will help celebrate numerous scientific advances for the health and well-being of people worldwide.
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Institute of Food Technologists
Christopher Doona, president of the Natick Chapter, was named the 2017 recipient of the Food Technology Industrial Scientist Achievement Award.
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Sigma Xi
Grover Miller, professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, will address the Central Arkansas Chapter Annual Banquet about "Lamisil (terbinafine): When the fungus among us is the least of our worries" on April 28 at 6:30 p.m. EDT.
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Sigma Xi
John Allen Paulos, author and professor of Mathematics at Temple University, will serve as the keynote speaker of the 2016-2017 Lecture Series on April 19 at 3 p.m. EDT. Dr. Paulos' talk is titled "Narratives vs. Numbers, Stories vs. Statistics."
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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. Membership in Sigma Xi is not required to participate. Register today to save 20 percent.
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Sigma Xi
 Join American Scientist for a Q&A on May 9, 3:30–4:30 p.m. EDT to learn more about making a quantum leap for computers. The featured guest will be Susan N. Coppersmith, Robert E. Fassnacht Professor and Vilas Professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is also a Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecturer.
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Sigma Xi
Guest blogger Aaron Huertas notes the importance of science advocates striving for balance and objectivity as they decide whether to engage in the political process.
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American Scientist
When Mount St. Helens exploded in May 1980, predicting volcanic eruptions was still a nascent science.
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American Scientist
Bioluminescent organisms create their light from within, using chemical reactions that emit photons.
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American Scientist
Q&A with one of the first plant biologists registered to study Cannabis.
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| RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND GOVERNMENT NEWS |
Council of Graduate Schools
CGS asked Karen DePauw, vice president and dean for graduate education at Virginia Tech and the inaugural winner of the Debra W. Stewart Award for Outstanding Leadership in Graduate Education, to share insights on becoming a graduate dean.
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National Science Foundation
Nanotechnology is defined as the understanding and control of matter at dimensions of roughly 1 to 100 nanometers, a scale at which unique properties of materials emerge that can be used to develop novel technologies and products.
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Citizen Science GIS
The custom roads capability of StreetMap Premium was initially released last year. Now with the addition of the final two regions, Asia Pacific and Latin America, it's available globally!
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Phys.Org
Research from the University of Pennsylvania could shed light on the distribution of one of the most mysterious substances in the universe. In the 1970s, scientists noticed something strange about the motion of galaxies. All the matter at the edge of spiral galaxies was rotating just as fast as material in the inner part of the galaxy.
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University of California San Francisco
Scientists have developed a tool capable of illuminating previously inscrutable cellular signaling networks that play a wide variety of roles in human biology and disease. In particular, the technique opens up exciting new avenues for understanding and treating psychiatric disease, the researchers say. The new technology is described in a paper published April 6 the journal Cell.
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National Public Radio
Most potential new drugs fail when they're tested in people. These failures are not only a major disappointment, they sharply drive up the cost of developing new drugs. A major reason for these failures is that most new drugs are first tested out in mice, rats or other animals. Often those animal studies show great promise. But mice aren't simply furry little people, so these studies often lead science astray.
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