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Science teachers at all levels have found Sigma Xi’s free daily Science in the News e-newsletter a handy time-saver. Each weekday, it features 10 top science and technology news stories from the mainstream media, with links to the original articles. As a classroom aid, Science in the News keeps current research and its outcomes and implications in front of students. Best of all, it's free! Register on the American Scientist Web site to sign up for Science in the News and any of our other free e-newsletters.
About Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
Founded in 1886, Sigma Xi is the international honor society for research scientists and engineers, with 520 chapters in North America and around the world. Over the course of our history, more than 200 Sigma Xi members have received the Nobel Prize. Education has always been a primary concern to Sigma Xi members, and giving support to teachers who are encouraging our future scientists and engineers is a key goal for the Society.
Become a Sigma Xi Affiliate
Sigma Xi is pleased to offer a SPECIAL RATE of $35 for NSTA members to become Sigma Xi Affiliates. This rate includes all the personal benefits listed below as well as an institutional American Scientist magazine site license for your high school library—a $200 value.
An American Scientist site license allows your high school to provide students access to the current issue of our award-winning magazine of science and technology as well as a searchable archive back through 1998.
Please download this PDF form and send it by fax to 919-595-8144 or mail to P.O. Box 13982, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709.
Sigma Xi Affiliates benefit from our proud traditions as the honor society of science and engineering. You will receive the following benefits:
- American Scientist
This bimonthly, illustrated magazine is written and edited for scientists, engineers and science enthusiasts who are curious
about developments across the spectrum of science and technology.
- American Scientist Online
The official Web site of the magazine offers access to articles from the current issue as well as an archive back through 1998.
- Sigma Xi Affiliate Update
This e-newsletter keeps affiliates up to date on Sigma Xi activities and programs.
- Free E-newsletters
Sigma Xi offers several free e-newsletters that focus on new developments in science. Register on the American Scientist Web site to sign up for any or all of these e-newsletters.
- Science in the News Daily, an e-mail featuring top science and technology stories from the mainstream media;
- Science in the News Weekly, condenses top science coverage from the daily Science in the News into one concise, readable summary, distributed by e-mail every Monday afternoon;
- American Scientist Update, gives you an early peek at each new issue, with hyperlinked capsule descriptions of feature articles;
- Scientists’ Bookshelf Monthly offers book news, discussion and reviews from American Scientist Online, including previews of new book reviews when they are first posted.
- Sigma Xi Expeditions
Betchart Expeditions Inc. offers educational tours to breathtaking destinations, guided by experts who offer scientific perspectives on the regions. Open to all affiliates and members.
- Affinity Programs
The Society has a variety of affinity programs that offer special discounts and opportunities for affiliates. Each time you participate in one of these, Sigma Xi receives a small royalty to support the work of the Society.
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
P.O. Box 13975
3106 East NC Highway 54
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Phone: 800-243-6534 or 919-549-4691
Fax: 919-549-0090
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