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Sigma Xi President Tee Guidotti describes how scientific research is morphing from its roots as a vocation to a profession, and raises the question of whether that creates a need for a formal code of ethics for research.
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Sigma Xi recently launched the Research Communications Initiative to help scientists and engineers enhance the impact of their research by broad dissemination.
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Sigma Xi’s new Science Communication Laboratory connects communication coach Barry Mitsch with researchers. The virtual lab is ideal for any researcher who would like help with preparing a presentation, promoting an idea or product, presenting scientific information to the public, defending a thesis, or honing skills to lead a team.
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EurekAlert
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Sigma Xi, and other scientific organizations sent a letter to the president of Turkey to encourage the protection of human rights for the country’s scientific community.
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Science Debate
Sigma Xi is in a group of nonpartisan organizations, led by ScienceDebate.org and representing scientists and engineers worldwide, that is calling on the U.S. presidential candidates to address a set of key science and technology-related questions. Journalists and voters are encouraged to ask the questions during the 2016 U.S. presidential election season. Thank you to all members who submitted questions!
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Applications are being accepted now through October 1 for the fall cycle of Sigma Xi’s Grants-in-Aid of Research program. The program offers grants to undergraduate and graduate students.
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If you haven’t renewed your membership for Fiscal Year 2017, watch Sigma Xi Executive Director and CEO John Nemeth’s renewal message, and then click on the “Renew Membership” button at the top of this newsletter to renew. A printed dues notice will soon arrive in the mailboxes of members who still need to renew. Sigma Xi thanks all members who have renewed their active membership, including Rush D. Holt, chief executive officer of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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Sigma Xi invites anyone who is interested in science and engineering, including students who aspire to become researchers, to join its Affiliate Circle. Benefits include a digital or print subscription to American Scientist.
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| MEMBERS AND CHAPTERS NEWS |
The New York Times
Sigma Xi honors the life of member and Nobel Prize-winning chemist Ahmed Zewail, who died on August 2.
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Newark Sigma Xi Chapter president and head of dermatology at New Jersey Medical School, Robert A. Schwartz, recently gave a lecture in Ethiopia. He brought along a certificate on behalf of the chapter to recognize the leadership of Kesetebirhan Admasu, Ethiopia’s minister of health.
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24-7 Press Release
Sigma Xi member Dorothy F. Easley, founder, attorney, and president of Easley Appellate Practice, will be featured in the upcoming book Top Lawyers: The Secrets to their Success. Easley is the author of the federal appellate treatise Successful Federal Appeals in All Circuit Courts: A Practical Guide for Busy Lawyers.
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The registration deadline for the 2016 Sigma Xi Annual Meeting and Student Research Conference in Atlanta has been extended to 11:59 p.m. PDT on September 15. We hope to see you there!
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American Scientist
The ecologist most remembered for bringing experimental work to a largely observational field nevertheless loved and promoted organismal description. Illustration courtesy of Stephanie A. Freese.
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American Scientist
Objects that keep papers from blowing around demonstrate the role that resourcefulness can play in the design process.
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American Scientist
Bestselling poet Christian Bök has worked on a groundbreaking project for more than a decade, collaborating with scientists and studying the science himself from the ground up, in order to create what may be considered his first “living poetry.”
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| RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS NEWS |
National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Health will host a seminar from October 26–28 in Chicago about NIH program funding and grants administration.
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency researchers are using new technology to improve computational exposure science, which helps create a more complete picture of how and in what amounts chemicals enter our bodies.
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Council of Graduate Schools
Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) is accepting applications until September 9 for the 2016 Educational Testing Service/CGS Award for Innovation in Promoting Success in Graduate Education: From Admission through Completion.
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Charleston Gazette-Mail
An expert team being appointed by the National Academy of Sciences will examine a “growing amount of academic research” that suggests “possible correlations” between increased public health risks for Appalachian residents and living near mountaintop removal coal mining.
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Nature World News
Scientists from Singapore grew "mini-brains" the size of rice grains to aid in Parkinson's research.
The miniature versions of the human midbrain measure about 2 mm to 3 mm long, about the size of a grain of rice, and are said to help scientists in developing treatments for Parkinson's disease and other aging-related brain diseases.
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Snopes
Recently, a news story emerged and quickly became enormously popular: dental floss, scourge of dentist visitors everywhere, is apparently useless.
The original Associated Press story was based on Freedom of Information Act requests and information gleaned from meta-studies, which concluded that there was little evidence of flossing's efficacy.
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The Huffington Post
You’ve definitely been told at various points in your life that you need to break out of your comfort zone.
Maybe you’ve been at a restaurant and have been nervous to try a new dish, or you’ve been in the same position at the same job for way too many years, and now it’s time for a change. In any of these cases, it’s probably time to break out in order to really succeed.
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