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Sigma Xi partners with Tallo, a free online platform and app that lets students showcase themselves and get discovered by colleges and companies everywhere.

Sigma Xi invites undergraduate and graduate students to apply by March 15 for research grants from its Grants in Aid of Research program.

The Committee on Grants in Aid of Research reviewed 682 applications for research funding that were received by the October 1, 2020, deadline and selected 101 students to receive grants.

GIAR recipient Dominic Mier studies the minor spliceosome. Students may apply for Sigma Xi research grants by March 15 annually at www.sigmaxi.org/giar.

Students are invited to submit abstracts of their research by March 26 for Sigma Xi’s online science communication competition.

Participate in the election process for selecting the next leaders of the Society.

The Sigma Xi community made its support for science communication clear on Giving Tuesday held on December 1, 2020.

Members of Sigma Xi elected their peers to leadership roles in an online election.

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

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.