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Sigma Xi
Recent emphasis on interdisciplinary research by funders, editors, and policymakers has ignited discussions about the challenges and opportunities of interdisciplinarity. All recognize that interdisciplinarity promotes integrative knowledge and innovation. Executive Director and CEO Jamie Vernon explains how this presents an opportunity for Sigma Xi's multidisciplinary membership to inspire and support interdisciplinary collaborations.
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High school, undergraduate, and graduate students are invited to present a research poster at the Sigma Xi Annual Meeting and Student Research Conference this November in Madison, Wisconsin. The deadline to submit a poster abstract is October 4.
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NPR science correspondent Joe Palca will be a keynote speaker during Sigma Xi's Annual Meeting and Student Research Conference in Madison, Wisconsin. Palca’s talk, "Journalism in a Post-Factual World: Is Telling the Truth Enough?" is part of the Science Communication, Education, and Public Engagement Track. Palca will also conduct an on-stage interview and moderate a Q&A session featuring plenary speaker Vint Cerf, vice president and chief Internet evangelist at Google.
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Do you think you know who will win a Nobel Prize this year? Voting is open for the final round of the prediction contest, October Madness.
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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.
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| MEMBERS AND CHAPTERS NEWS |
Sigma Xi
The fall membership campaign is running, a time for Sigma Xi chapters to celebrate research excellence by extending the honor of membership to qualified colleagues and students. Notify your chapter if you know someone who should be recognized and nominated for membership.
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Students were involved in the initial inquiry to start a new chapter at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and two students will serve on the first officer team.
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Sigma Xi, The San Francisco Bay Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience, Manresa Gallery, and Keen on Art announce the exhibit As Above As Below: cosmic and brain webs, a cross-fertilization of the arts and sciences.
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RSVP for a free webinar, Visuals for Memorable Talks, on October 8 for tips on making slides an easier-to-follow accompaniment to your presentation. Professional science communicator Darcy J. Gentleman, principal of DJC Communications, will explain how putting audiences first means designing and showing slides that tell viewers where to look without saying out loud where to look. Additionally, a recording is posted of yesterday’s webinar about creating a research story with less jargon.
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Sigma Xi thanks the following sponsor of the Sigma Xi Annual Meeting and Student Research Conference: the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, expanding and accelerating its contributions to scientific knowledge of human health and the environment, and to the health and well-being of people everywhere.
The following two American Scientist articles from the current issue on The Future of Water relate to this year's theme for the Sigma Xi Annual Meeting and Student Research Conference. This year's theme is Our Changing Global Environment: Scientists and Engineers Designing Solutions for the Future.
American Scientist
Introducing sustainability into Mexico City's hydrological infrastructure could evade a water crisis.
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American Scientist
In Vanishing Ice: Glaciers, Ice Sheets, and Rising Seas, Vivien Gornitz depicts dramatic recent changes in Earth’s cryosphere (the places where water is frozen into ice or snow), describing in detail the mounting evidence that an accelerating meltdown is taking place.
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| RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND GOVERNMENT NEWS |
American Association for the Advancement of Science
The Golden Goose Award was conceived by Rep. Jim Cooper (D-Tennessee) to highlight the ingenuity and talent of the U.S. scientific research community, long supported by federal research funding. The 2019 awardees were recognized at a September 10 ceremony at the Library of Congress hosted by the American Association for the Advancement of Science and other participating organizations.
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Science News
Human-driven carbon pollution is wreaking havoc on the global climate, from bleaching tropical corals to melting polar ice caps. But the amount of carbon in Earth's oceans and atmosphere barely scratches the surface of the planet’s vast carbon reservoirs.
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Cornell University via ScienceDaily
Researchers have solved the three-dimensional structure of a protein complex involved in vertebrate vision at atomic resolution, a finding that has broad implications for our understanding of biological signaling processes and the design of over a third of the drugs on the market today.
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