October 8, 2020
Sigma Xi member Jennifer A. Doudna was selected to receive the historic 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry jointly with Emmanuelle Charpentier.
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Featured-on-Home-Page, Nobel-Prize, member, excellence, chemistry
October 6, 2020
Sigma Xi member Andrea Ghez was selected today to receive the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics jointly with Reinhard Genzel.
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astronomy, phyics, Nobel-Prize
September 25, 2020
"Neither Sigma Xi nor American Scientist will endorse a candidate in the upcoming election or future elections." writes Sigma Xi CEO.
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science-policy, American-Scientist, evidence-based-policy
September 8, 2020
This online discussion on September 11, 2020 will address the epidemiology and risk assessment of COVID-19 infection.
August 24, 2020
This online discussion on August 28 will review the different approaches to vaccine development, and their strengths and weaknesses, and the role of the virus target in the process.
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COVID-19-vaccines, COVID-19, vaccines
August 21, 2020
Three teams that won funding in July from #SciCommMake share their progress.
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New-Ways-of-Living, Science-Art-Show, public-health-communication, Humans-During-COVID-19, Teaching-Social-Distancing-to-Preschoolers, Teaching-Mask-Westing-to-Preschoolers, Teaching-Hand-Washing-to-Preschoolers, COVID-19-and-Preschoolers, COVID-19, -SciCommMake
August 18, 2020
As a Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecturer, Robbin Chapman gave a public, livestream lecture on the roles that academic institutions, faculty, and others in STEM can play in improving inequitable student outcomes.
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STEM-student-outcomes, diversity, inclusive-STEM-communities
August 18, 2020
Anne Xuan-Lan Nguyen received two research grants through the Grants in Aid of Research program, thanks to funds from the National Academy of Sciences.
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Grants-in-Aid, research-grants, grants-for-students, grants
August 18, 2020
What are we learning about the human brain that could advance your research?
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Barbara-Landau, Larry-Sherman, Rachael-Cusick, Anjan-Chatterjee, keynote-speakers, Annual-Meeting-and-Student-Research-Conference
August 18, 2020
The research we do is foundational to creating the new knowledge required to address problems in our society.
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Annual-Meeting-and-Student-Research-Conference, From-the-President
August 6, 2020
Richard Boudreault and Nicholas A. Peppas are this year's president-elect candidates.
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candidates, Nicholas-A.-Peppas, Richard-Boudreault, elections, president-elect
August 4, 2020
Walter E. Massey, PhD, is the 2020 recipient of the Society’s most prestigious award and will address the Society on November 7 during the virtual Annual Meeting and Student Research Conference.
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Walter-E.-Massey, Annual-Meeting-and-Student-Research-Conference, Gold-Key-Award
August 3, 2020
The Fellows will be recognized during the virtual Annual Meeting and Student Research Conference.
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Fellow-of-Sigma-Xi, 2020-Fellows, fellows