November 24, 2020
Media Contact:
Amia’ Butler
Manager of Communications
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society
abutler@sigmaxi.org
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC—The 2019–2020 Sigma Xi Chapter Award winners were announced at the 2020 virtual Assembly of Delegates on November 5. Finalists are chosen by regional and constituency directors based on information in the chapters’ annual reports and the winners are selected by the Committee on Qualifications and Membership.
Chapter of Excellence Award Winners
Chapter of Excellence Awards are bestowed on chapters for exceptional chapter activity, innovative programming, and true community leadership.
First Place
Boise State University
Second Place
Greenbrier Valley
Third Place (Tie)
University of Cincinnati
Woods Hole
Calgary
Chapter Program of Excellence Award Winners
Chapter Program of Excellence Awards are bestowed on chapters that organized and/or hosted a single outstanding program.
First Place
Northeastern University for “Think Like a Scientist”
Second Place
Kansas City for “Rendering the Invisible Visible: Student Success in Exclusive Excellence STEM Environments”
Third Place
Eckerd College for “Psychedelics: Out of the Ancient and into 2020, a lecture by Dr. David Nichols”
Honorable Mentions
University of Alabama at Birmingham for “Alabama's Worst Natural Disaster --Wetumpka Impact Crater”
University of New Mexico for “Science & Society Public Lecture Series”
Vassar College for “Science in Your Life Lectures”
Top Electing Chapters
Overall Top Electing Chapters
- Brown University
- Fordham University
- Princeton
Top Electing Chapters by Constituency
Area Groups, Industries, State & Federal Laboratories Constituency Group
- Delta
- Vermont
Baccalaureate Colleges Constituency Group
- Swarthmore College
- Carleton College
Comprehensive Colleges and Universities Constituency Group
- Saint Joseph's University
- Fairfield University
Research and Doctoral Universities Constituency Group
- Brown University
- Fordham University
Canadian/International Constituency Group
- Calgary
- University of Alberta and Avalon (Tie)