April 25, 2018
On April 20, 2018, Sigma Xi unveiled six new names to its Hall of Honor, adding members who won the Nobel Prize since 2014. The highlight of the event was a live teleconference with one of the Nobel laureates.
April 23, 2018
Yolander Youngblood, president of the recently revitalized Prairie View A&M University Sigma Xi Chapter, shares news about the chapter’s research symposium, how the chapter helps to improve diversity in research, and how Sigma Xi can improve diversity within its membership.
April 23, 2018
Member and Howard University doctoral candidate Carter Clinton received a grant from Sigma Xi to investigate the African Burial Ground in New York City.
April 23, 2018
The Sigma Xi Affiliate Circle is open to all individuals who value scientific research. Affiliate Todd Boyette shares how he was invited to join.
April 23, 2018
The Sigma Xi 2018 Annual Meeting and Student Research Conference will explore big data—the concept of too much data to handle in a traditional way—and how it will affect the future of research. Register today and save 20 percent with early-bird rates.
April 23, 2018
For Women’s History Month in March, Sigma Xi spotlighted its support for women in science, technology, engineering, and math. Three members shared the advice, lessons, and people that helped them build their careers.
April 23, 2018
Sigma Xi President Stuart Cooper encourages members to extend the honor of nomination to others, to support the Society's future of having a robust and active membership.
April 18, 2018
On April 14, 2018, Sigma Xi members and chapters took to the streets for the second March for Science to demonstrate their support of using scientific research to guide public policy.
April 18, 2018
At the March for Science in Raleigh, North Carolina, Sigma Xi Executive Director and CEO Jamie L. Vernon shared how investing in education of science, technology, engineering, and math for students from all backgrounds will support the nation's economy and future success.
April 17, 2018
The world’s largest international precollege science competition is coming to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Sigma Xi is looking for nonstudent members in the area to volunteer as judges.
April 10, 2018
Sigma Xi is a sponsor of the flagship event in Washington, DC, and Executive Director and CEO Jamie Vernon will be a speaker at the march in Raleigh. Meanwhile, the Society’s network of chapters will have roles in multiple satellite events.
April 6, 2018
Six Sigma Xi members who have made some of the most significant research discoveries in recent history will be honored in Research Triangle Park.
March 30, 2018
At a time of high tension between science and the United States government, a group of scientists, engineers, and supporters gathered in Washington, DC, on March 29 to discuss how the world’s largest multidisciplinary honor society for scientists and engineers plans to strengthen the research enterprise.
March 30, 2018
Sigma Xi held a reception in Washington, DC, on March 29. Executive Director and CEO Jamie L. Vernon discussed Sigma Xi's optimism for the future of the scientific enterprise, and stated that the Society will help address issues relating to the ethical conduct of research.
March 30, 2018
Immediate Past President Tee Guidotti delivered remarks about Sigma Xi's past and future during a March 29 reception at the Cosmos Club in Washington, DC.
March 5, 2018
he National Academy of Engineering (NAE) elected 83 new members and 16 foreign members on February 7. Twelve Sigma Xi members are included in the 2018 class.
February 28, 2018
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society held a reception on February 17, 2018, during the American Association for Advancement of Science's (AAAS) Annual Meeting in Austin, Texas, to share the plan for Sigma Xi's future.
February 28, 2018
To get the most from your membership, Sigma Xi needs your up-to-date contact information.
February 28, 2018
Sigma Xi chapters can bring lecturers who are on the leading edge of science to their area and apply by March 1 for financial support to do so.
February 21, 2018
The Grants-in-Aid of Research program's first climate science grant was awarded to Anna Knochel, an undergraduate student from Rice University who is studying the role viruses play in coral reef ecosystems.
February 19, 2018
You can have a direct impact on high school, undergraduate, and graduate students’ research careers by volunteering as a judge in the online 2018 Sigma Xi Student Research Showcase.
February 19, 2018
Sigma Xi’s emphasis on honoring excellence in science and technology and promoting policies that ensure the health of the scientific enterprise is important, but that is not the sole emphasis of our mission, writes President Stuart Cooper. Research communication and ethics are also important.
January 30, 2018
In the fall 2017 cycle of its Grants-in-Aid of Research program, the Society awarded 121 grants totaling $116,096 to students.