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The three members who are running for president-elect in the 2018 Sigma Xi elections share their goals for the Society.

Science communication sessions have been added to the program of the 2018 Annual Meeting and Student Research Conference.

Tim Davis will receive Sigma Xi’s 2018 Walston Chubb Award for Innovation for the algorithms he created.

Sigma Xi invites undergraduate and graduate students to apply for a research grant by October 1.

A biologist who dedicated much of her career to studying retroviruses will receive Sigma Xi’s 2018 William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement.

Sigma Xi will bring together the research community October 25–28 for its Annual Meeting and Student Research Conference to discuss how scientists and engineers can adapt to the big data era.

Sigma Xi will devote its 2018 Annual Meeting and Student Research Conference to the topic of Big Data and the Future of Research. Speakers blazed the path of using big data in research and will share the lessons they learned.

Big data is changing the nature of scientific research. Sigma Xi President Joel Primack explains why he will focus this year’s Annual Meeting and Student Research Conference on Big Data and the Future of Research.

Dave Flannigan, an associate professor at University of Minnesota, is the recipient of Sigma Xi’s 2018 Young Investigator Award for his contributions to an emerging technology, ultrafast electron microscopy.

Behavioral ecologist Dan Rubenstein is changing the game of animal conservation with the power of citizen science and big data. He will receive Sigma Xi's 2018 John P. McGovern Science and Society Award and speak at the Annual Meeting.

Sigma Xi chapters have much to celebrate, including supporting conversations in their local communities about important issues in research.

Sigma Xi is currently accepting nominations for members who can serve in leadership positions. All active members are eligible to vote online in the elections from October 29 to November 27.

Member Madhusudan Katti was a PhD student in 1993, when he asked Sigma Xi's Grants-in-Aid of Research program for help with funding his research. Now, he volunteers for the program by reviewing student grant proposals.

The Society is pleased to announce the 2018 award winners. All of them will be featured speakers at the Annual Meeting and Student Research Conference.

Joel Primack, who became Sigma Xi president on July 1, plans to spend his one-year term pursuing two new initiatives. Primack calls for members and chapters to help with both ideas.

Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society’s magazine <em>American Scientist</em> has once again ranked among the top publications from nonprofit associations.

Stuart L. Cooper will complete his one-year term as Sigma Xi president on June 30. In a farewell message, he reflects on the highlights of his year at the Society's helm and the work that remains.

In the spring 2018 cycle of its Grants-in-Aid of Research program, the Society awarded 197 grants totaling $191,082 to students.

Zhen Ye, a PhD student at University of Nebraska Medical Center, won the People’s Choice Award in Sigma Xi's 2018 Student Research Showcase.

Sigma Xi members selected outstanding teams at the 2018 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair to receive $6,000 from the Society's Special Awards.