This message was sent to ##Email##
|
|
|
|
|
| |
ID: ##userid##
The Hill
Sigma Xi Board of Directors member and Dartmouth College professor of engineering Eugene Santos Jr. shares his thoughts in The Hill about why artificial intelligence needs guardrails for its creators and its users.
READ MORE
 |
|
Promoted by
Saint Mary's College
The data science program at Saint Mary’s College gives graduate students like Masa Gumiro the opportunity to directly experience the work of a data scientist through the practicum project. Before he graduated, Masa’s practicum project won a national competition, earned him financial awards, and secured new professional opportunities.
|
|
Sigma Xi
Key dates for the Sigma Xi community and researchers to remember this season.
READ MORE
Sigma Xi
Michael Donovan used his Sigma Xi grant to collect data from the fossil plant collection at the Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio in Trelew, Argentina. He shares what he has accomplished.
READ MORE
Sigma Xi
It's time to renew dues for membership, the Affiliate Circle, or Sigma Xi Explorers for fiscal year 2020 (July 1, 2019–June 30, 2020). Renewing online is easy. Continue the honor, renew today! Thank you to those who already renewed.
RENEW NOW
| MEMBERS AND CHAPTERS NEWS |
Sigma Xi
Sigma Xi members in The Lab online community recently shared advice for students giving their first research poster presentation.
READ MORE
Nova Southeastern University
The Society welcomes its newest chapter, which will be installed on September 19 at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The new chapter will bring together scientists and engineers in the area and give them a connection to the Society’s programs and resources.
READ MORE
Sigma Xi
High school, undergraduate, and graduate students are invited to the Student Research Conference November 15–16 in Madison, Wisconsin, to present research posters, grow their professional network, and learn skills to prepare for their careers in science, technology, engineering or math. Students who sign up to attend by September 15 save 10% on registration. The deadline for poster abstracts is October 4.
READ MORE
American Scientist
The September-October issue of American Scientist features articles on The Future of Water with topics on weaponized water, salinity in Bangladesh, last rivers, microplastics, and a sinking city.
READ MORE
American Scientist
A values-based framework can guide water policy decisions that are both practical and moral.
READ MORE
| RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND GOVERNMENT NEWS |
Council on Undergraduate Research
The Physics and Astronomy Division of the Council on Undergraduate Research is offering travel grants, up to $500 each, for undergraduate students presenting original research results at professional meetings.
READ MORE
Research!America
Research!America has launched their 2019 microgrant program, which offers funding for any graduate- and postdoc-led science policy groups to develop and host activities with elected and non-elected public officials at all levels of government. Sigma Xi Chapters are eligible to submit a proposal for funding. Proposals are due by September 20.
READ MORE
Science News
In learning to read, squiggles and lines transform into letters or characters that carry meaning and conjure sounds. A trio of cognitive neuroscientists has now mapped where that journey plays out inside the brain.
READ MORE
Columbia University via ScienceDaily
Scientists have designed organic molecules capable of generating two excitons per photon of light, a process called singlet fission. The excitons can live for much longer than those generated from their inorganic counterparts, which leads to an amplification of electricity generated per photon that is absorbed by a solar cell.
READ MORE
|
|
|
|
7701 Las Colinas Ridge, Ste. 800, Irving, TX 75063
|
