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In the latest message for Sigma Xi Speaks, a blog series that connects research and policy, Executive Director John Nemeth encourages members to take an active role in STEM outreach, and provides ideas on how to find and share research news.
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Fiscal Year 2017 began on July 1. Make sure to renew your active membership to continue to support Sigma Xi’s mission of advancing research. Active members also receive benefits such as a print or digital subscription to American Scientist.
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October 1 is the next deadline for undergraduate and graduate students to apply for research funding through Sigma Xi’s Grants-in-Aid of Research program. The program awards up to $1,000 to students from all areas of science and engineering. Larger grants are available for astronomy or vision-related research.
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Help fulfill our mission and enrich your curriculum vitae by taking a leadership position in Sigma Xi!
Nominations are being accepted for the 2016 elections, to be held after the Annual Meeting in November. Positions are available for regional and constituency directors and associate directors as well as members of the Committee on Nominations. If you’re interested in running or nominating a candidate, please contact your chapter or email
executiveoffice@sigmaxi.org.
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Your gift could help subsidize registration, travel, or an award for a student presenting his or her research at the Sigma Xi Student Research Conference. The conference, to be held November 11–13, 2016, in Atlanta, provides students with an opportunity to compete for poster presentation awards and meet professional researchers.
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Congratulations to the Rollins College Sigma Xi Chapter in Winter Park, Florida, for receiving the 2016 Sigma Xi Science, Math, and Engineering Education Grant. The chapter was awarded $2,000 to support a STEM education program titled, “Three-Week Cell Biology Laboratory Exercise: Visualizing Autophagy using TFEB-GFP Nuclear Localization.” Sigma Xi’s SMEE Grant provides chapters with seed funding for science education projects. Look for the next grant cycle in spring of 2017.
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Sigma Xi is inviting exhibitors for its College, Career, and Trade Fair, which will be held November 11–12 in conjunction with the Annual Meeting and Student Research Conference in Atlanta. This is an opportunity for undergraduate and graduate programs to connect with motivated and talented high school, undergraduate, and graduate STEM students. Organizations may also promote their career opportunities and products to conferees.
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American Scientist
Designers envisioning the future have not always been able to foretell advances in automotive and motorway technology.
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American Scientist
After 150 years of expeditions, we have finally arrived at a definitive understanding of the corona revealed by solar eclipses.
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American Scientist
Public confessions of misdeeds against nature can inspire environmental awareness, commitment, and action.
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| RESEARCH ORGANIZATION NEWS |
National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Health has advice on submitting grants and insight into the review outcomes for re-submitted grant applications.
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CGS News Network
Council of Graduate Schools shared its report on holistic review in graduate admissions, a growing strategy that considers a broad range of candidate qualities including “noncognitive,” or personal, attributes.
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency’s Net Zero Program is testing and demonstrating green infrastructure technology, such as permeable pavement.
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National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation Director and Sigma Xi Member France A. Cόrdova announces 10 big ideas for investment in fundamental research.
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Forbes
Algorithms, data structures, and their notation are essential elements for expressing rational thought. Hopefully, in the next two decades, we will wake up to the need for being literate. Yes, we need to be skilled at using the tools of the Information Age. But, far more, we need to better understand the world we live in, the world we have the responsibility to care for.
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Live Science
A woman at a party has too many drinks too quickly and another partygoer sexually assaults her while she's unconscious. A black man outside a convenience store has a gun in his pocket when police pin him down on the pavement and shoot him.
Who's to blame?
The way you answer that question may depend on how heavily you weigh two types of moral values, a new study finds.
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NPR
"Why are traffic lights red, yellow and green?"
When a child asks you a question like this, you have a few options. You can shut her down with a "Just because." You can explain: "Red is for stop and green is for go." Or, you can turn the question back to her and help her figure out the answer with plenty of encouragement.
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