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Sigma Xi
 The Sigma Xi Board of Directors has approved the appointment of Jamie L. Vernon as the Society's next executive director and CEO. Vernon will begin his new role on July 1.
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Are you a cutting edge junior researcher looking to further your career abroad? The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation's Sofia Kovalevskaja Award provides €1.65 million to support you and your team for a 5-year project of choice!
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Sigma Xi
Sigma Xi's judging team awarded $6,000 as Special Awards for Team Science at the recent research competition in Los Angeles. The event is for high school students.
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 Sigma Xi's Director of Finance and Administration, Jasmine Shah, has been elected as an honorary life member of the Society after 27 years of dedicated service.
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Where do large honor societies fit in scientific communities? How do they help shape science policy? Sigma Xi Interim Executive Director John Nemeth and Incoming Executive Director Jamie Vernon were guests on WNCU Public Radio's The Measure of Everyday Life to discuss the important role that honor societies play in the world.
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Now is the time to renew membership for FY2018. You can check if your dues are current and renew your membership online. Thank you to all members who already paid their membership dues and to affiliates who renewed their status.
| MEMBERS AND CHAPTERS NEWS |
RNEWS
 Member Sylvia Earle, who in 2005 received Sigma Xi's John P. McGovern Award for service to society, will lead a global contingent of researchers and waste management innovators for the inaugural African Marine Waste Conference.
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24-7 Press Release
Michael J. Kennish has been endorsed by Marquis Who's Who as a leader in the coastal and marine sciences. He is the recipient of the 2017 Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award. Kennish is a research professor in the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences at Rutgers University.
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George Edw. Seymour, the San Diego Chapter's president, reports on the March for Science in San Diego and the San Diego Chapter's banquet. The banquet included the induction of new members and a presentation by guest speaker Bradley J. Fikes, the biotechnology reporter The San Diego Union-Tribune.
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Saint Louis University
More than 70 posters highlighting undergraduate and graduate research were presented at the Saint Louis Chapter's Annual Symposium. Prizes were awarded to the top research projects and seven new members were inducted.
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Sigma Xi
Sigma Xi invites you to join professional researchers and students in Raleigh for the Sigma Xi Symposium on Atmospheric Chemistry, Climate, and Health on Nov. 10 and the Student Research Conference on Nov. 11. Both events will take place at the Raleigh Convention Center. The public is invited to attend so please spread the word about this opportunity. Register today to save 20 percent.
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American Scientist
 Is the living world more a result of happenstance or repeatable processes? Zachary D. Blount, a postdoctoral researcher and experimental evolutionary biologist at Michigan State University, explores this question.
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American Scientist
Science comedian, writer, and producer Brian Malow interviews the project scientist of the RadioAstron space interferometer.
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American Scientist
Infected cells produce an "eat me" signal so that they're destroyed by the immune system. But what if you want an infection to last? American Scientist's digital managing editor Robert Frederick interviews Axel Nimmerjahn of the Salk Institute about his team's discovery of a process to protect virus-infected cells.
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North Carolina Biotechnology Center
Proposals are being accepted for the new Pfizer-NCBiotech Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship in Gene Therapy. Competitive awards fund two-year fellowships that enable early-career scientists to conduct research in the laboratories of gene therapy investigators at any North Carolina university. The application deadline is August 2 at noon Eastern.
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Council of Graduate Schools
Suzanne Ortega, a Sigma Xi member and the president of the Council of Graduate Schools, released a statement last week that says President Donald Trump's FY2018 budget "continues the trend of the past several years by proposing policies that make graduate education less affordable."
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National Science Foundation
France Cόrdova, a Sigma Xi member and the director of the National Science Foundation, says the federal agency will continue to support the creativity of the men and women performing research, and their efforts to train the next generation of scientists and engineers.
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National Institutes of Health
The National Institutes of Health's Office of Extramural Research addresses concerns over an increasingly hypercompetitive system for grant funding.
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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine identifies global health priorities and makes 14 recommendations to address current and emerging health challenges, while maintaining U.S. status as a world leader in global health.
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Phys.Org
Many things go wrong in cells during the development of cancer. At the heart of the chaos are often genetic switches that control the production of new cells. In a particularly aggressive form of leukemia, called acute myeloid leukemia, a genetic switch that regulates the maturation of blood stem cells into red and white blood cells goes awry.
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Newsweek
Global warming is taking its toll on coral reefs in U.S. waters, and many of the marine sanctuaries near Hawaii, Florida and the Caribbean are expected to disappear within a few decades, according to scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Despite strict conservation efforts in various protected areas in American seas, in a recent report, NOAA reef experts said many reefs off Hawaii and Florida will start to see impacts from rising ocean temperatures as soon as this summer.
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CNN
Scientists in the United States have developed a vital tool in the battle against superbugs by re-engineering a decades-old antibiotic. A modified version of the antibiotic vancomycin is believed to be much more effective at fighting Enterococci bacteria, which is found in hospitals and can cause dangerous wound and blood infections.
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