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The 2019–2020 Sigma Xi chapter award winners were announced at the Virtual 2020 Annual Meeting and Student Research Conference.

A virtual STEM Art and Film Festival on November 8 celebrated visual arts as tools that help the public learn about science.

The Sigma Xi Board of Directors and Assembly of Delegates have unanimously voted in favor of adopting a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion resolution at the Society’s 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting.

Sigma Xi members, science supporters, and students came together virtually November 5–8 for the 2020 Sigma Xi Annual Meeting and Student Research Conference.

The Millicent (Mimi) E. Goldschmidt Quarterly Seminar series, hosted by the Rice University-Texas Medical Center Chapter, will launch at the 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting.

Sigma Xi will present two exhibits from As Above As Below at the 2020 virtual STEM Art and Film Festival November 8, 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time as a part of a panel discussion.

Walter E. Massey will accept the Sigma Xi Gold Key Award on November 6, 2020 at the Sigma Xi Virtual Annual Meeting and Student Research Conference. Following the ceremony, NPR Science Correspondent Joe Palca will conduct a virtual interview and moderate a question and answer session with both Massey and Nobel Laureate Kip S. Thorne.

Active members will receive a ballot on November 9 from elections at vote-now.com to vote in the Sigma Xi elections. All who receive a ballot can vote for the president-elect, as well as for other open positions in their region and constituency. Voting will end on November 22.

Sigma Xi President Sonya Smith discusses recent research on gender differences in the sciences.

Ming Jia received a research grant through the Grants in Aid of Research program thanks to funding from the San Antonio Lighthouse for the Blind and Vision Impaired.

You are invited to meet Sigma Xi’s 2020 President-Elect candidates Richard Boudreault and Nicholas A. Peppas at a virtual Town Hall Friday, October 9, 2020 at 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. .

Sigma Xi member Jennifer A. Doudna was selected to receive the historic 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry jointly with Emmanuelle Charpentier.

Sigma Xi member Andrea Ghez was selected today to receive the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics jointly with Reinhard Genzel.

"Neither Sigma Xi nor American Scientist will endorse a candidate in the upcoming election or future elections." writes Sigma Xi CEO.

This online discussion on September 11, 2020 will address the epidemiology and risk assessment of COVID-19 infection.

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.

Three teams that won funding in July from #SciCommMake share their progress.

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.

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.