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Sigma Xi President Stuart Cooper reflects on the core elements of Sigma Xi’s reason for being and what members bring to the table.

Last night, Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society hosted an Executive Director Meet and Greet to connect with Sigma Xi members and partners from the Society's dynamic network in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, and the surrounding areas.

Postdoctoral scholars and graduate students can now save 20 percent on membership fees when they are elected to Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society and concurrently join the National Postdoctoral Association.

Peter Harries, chair of the Committee on Grants-in-Aid of Research, discusses efforts to improve and strengthen Sigma Xi's grants program.

Assist those affected by Hurricane Harvey and its aftermath by contacting a fellow member in the area, opening your lab to displaced researchers so they can continue their work, or donating.

Today, on the 28th day of August, 2017, the 54th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr’s “I Have a Dream” speech, Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society is reaffirming its commitment to the principles of equality.

Sigma Xi invites undergraduate and graduate students to apply to its Grants-in-Aid of Research (GIAR) program by October 1, 2017. Catch up with the student who received the first grant from a new endowment, and learn about the new grant category: climate science.

One by one, graduate, undergraduate, and high school students are called up to be recognized before their peers and judges. These students are selected as top presenters in their disciplines at the Student Research Conference.

Sigma Xi’s Committee on Qualifications and Membership has announced the recipients of this year’s chapter grants.

I welcome my new role as Sigma Xi’s president as of July 1.

To get the most from your membership, Sigma Xi needs your up-to-date contact information. Updating your profile information is easy when you login to Sigma Xi's website.

A new partnership with STEM in the Park will make strides towards the goal of ensuring that every science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) professional has career support, and that every child is given a fair opportunity to pursue a career in STEM.

Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society welcomes Fenella Saunders as director of science communications and publications and editor-in-chief of American Scientist.

Greg Fishel, chief meteorologist at Capitol Broadcasting Co. on WRAL-TV and Mix 101.5 WRAL-FM, will be a guest of honor at the Symposium on Atmospheric Chemistry, Climate, and Health on November 10 and the keynote speaker at the Student Research Conference on November 11 at the Raleigh Convention Center.

Texas A&M Chapter member Jaskirat Batra has been awarded the Dr. Patricia Graham Graduate Fellowship in the amount of $5,000 from Alpha Lamda Delta.

Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society and 200 organizations joined with Research!America to call on Congress to raise the spending caps for research in the fiscal year 2018 federal budget.

After serving as Sigma Xi’s director of science communications and publications and editor-in-chief of American Scientist, my admiration for the members and mission of this organization has only grown.

Undergraduate and graduate students studying climate science have a new opportunity to receive funding for their research.

Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society’s magazine has once again ranked among the top publications from non-profit associations.

Sigma Xi's bi-monthly publication about science, engineering, technology, and math relaunched its website to improve the reader experience, especially for readers using mobile devices.