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Sigma Xi
To spotlight Human Rights Day on Dec. 10, Executive Director and CEO John C. Nemeth featured an article on the human right to water in his November edition of Sigma Xi Speaks. The article, written by Jeffrey H. Toney — Sigma Xi's representative on the American Association for the Advancement of Science's Science and Human Rights Coalition — explains how members may become involved with human rights efforts and what is known so far about how U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will affect access to clean water. The Kids Science Reading Corner features books about people who received their education against the odds.
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Are you a postdoc looking to further your research abroad? The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation's Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme supports you on a stipend of EUR 2,650/month to conduct long-term research in Germany! Read more
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Sigma Xi
 High school, undergraduate, and graduate students are invited to submit research presentations to the Sigma Xi Student Research Showcase. This online science communication competition challenges students to prepare a website with an abstract, slideshow, and video about their research. Registration will open Dec. 9. The registration deadline is Feb. 22 and the project submission deadline is March 22. The top presentation in each division wins a $500 award.
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Sigma Xi
 Active members may vote online through Dec. 13 in the Sigma Xi elections. Positions up for election include president, treasurer, directors, associate directors, and representatives on the Committee on Nominations.
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Research!America
Nov. 21 was Public Health Thank You Day. Sigma Xi President Tee Guidotti was featured in a Research!America blog post about how occupational health and environmental health contribute to public health.
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Sigma Xi
Thank you to all members who already paid their membership dues and to affiliates who renewed their affiliate status. It’s not too late to pay dues if you haven’t yet. You can check if your dues are current and renew your membership online.
| MEMBERS AND CHAPTERS NEWS |
Sigma Xi
 Congratulations to Cristina Gouin-Paul, president of the District of Columbia Chapter, for receiving Sigma Xi's Evan Ferguson Award for Service to the Society at the Annual Meeting!
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Sigma Xi
The Sigma Xi Columbia–Willamette Chapter will host a wine tasting at Portland State University on Dec. 2. Scott Burns, professor of geology at PSU, will teach attendees about terroirs, a set of environmental factors that affect the wine. The chapter recently was represented at the Sigma Xi Annual Meeting in Atlanta. It hosted its 13th annual symposium of posters by undergraduate and graduate students at Portland State University earlier this month.
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Kansas State University
The Kansas State University Chapter selected Anna Whitefield for the honor of presenting its 2016 Outstanding Senior Scientist Lecture on Nov. 17. Whitefield is a professor of plant pathology. The event included a reception and poster session.
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American Scientist via YouTube
 Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecturer Jim O'Connor, a research geologist at the U.S. Geological Survey in Portland, Oregon, will share his research on landscape evolution, mainly involving rivers and floods, during a YouTube Live broadcast. The broadcast will be held from 3:30 to 4:15 p.m. EST on Nov. 30. He will answer questions from Katie L. Burke, American Scientist's digital features editor, and take questions from the audience. Make sure to tune in!
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American Scientist
 American Scientist Editor-in-Chief Jamie L. Vernon reviews the improvements made to Sigma Xi's magazine in the last two years, such as adding new sections and AmSci Blogs.
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American Scientist
Pat Shipman, professor emerita of anthropology at the Pennsylvania State University, explores the role of genetic diversity in extinctions. When is low genetic diversity worth preserving for distinctiveness, and when is it dooming a population to extinction?
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American Scientist
Peter H. Raven, president emeritus of the Missouri Botanical Garden, reviews Carolyn Fry's book Seeds: A Natural History.
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| RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND GOVERNMENT NEWS |
Council of Graduate Schools
Research conducted by the Council of Graduate Schools in conjunction with TIAA, a financial services provider, has resulted in a new report, "Financial Education: Developing High Impact Programs for Graduate and Undergraduate Students." The initiative on 15 college campuses found high quality financial education programs are effective for helping students pursue advanced degrees while supporting their long-term financial security.
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National Institutes of Health
The National Institutes of Health has a new portal to information on supporting diversity in NIH-funded research. It includes resources that scientific leadership and faculty members can use to further diversity in their programs.
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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
A report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine finds that while the National Assessment of Educational Progress "achievement levels" can be a useful tool for reporting reading and math performance, users of the data need more guidance on the interpretation and use of the levels.
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Duke Science & Society
Duke Science & Society Leadership Awards will offer substantial scholarships for tuition to the Duke University Master of Arts in Bioethics & Science Policy program. The awards will be made to the applicants who demonstrate the greatest potential to become leaders in making scientific advancements more accessible, just, and better integrated into society. The application deadline is Jan. 9.
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Phys.Org
It's a well-known fact that water, at sea level, starts to boil at a temperature of 212 degrees Fahrenheit, or 100 degrees Celsius. And scientists have long observed that when water is confined in very small spaces, its boiling and freezing points can change a bit, usually dropping by around 10 degrees C or so. But now, a team at MIT has found a completely unexpected set of changes: Inside the tiniest of spaces, water can freeze solid even at high temperatures that would normally set it boiling.
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Psych Central
Researchers believe a lack of cohesion among brain regions is a key reason for age-related memory decline. During youth, the brain is characterized by brain regions consisting of large synchronous groups that link nearly the entire brain in coordinated activity. The study has been published in PLOS Computational Biology.
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Medical Xpress
Women and men look at faces and absorb visual information in different ways, which suggests there is a gender difference in understanding visual cues, according to a team of scientists that included psychologists from Queen Mary University of London. The researchers used an eye tracking device on almost 500 participants at the Science Museum over a five-week period to monitor and judge how much eye contact they felt comfortable with while looking at a face on a computer screen.
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