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Science and engineering students participating in the Student Research Showcase will have the chance to win double the prize money than they could before.

A public effort is underway across the United States to support high school science teachers and students.

Joel R. Primack is halfway through his one-year term as Sigma Xi president. He shares Sigma Xi’s recent accomplishments and new opportunities.

Sigma Xi chapters can apply by March 1 each year for a subsidy to support the cost of hosting a cutting-edge researcher for a lecture.

Biomedical engineer Treena Livingston Arinzeh investigates how artificial materials could improve the quality of life for people with some types of severe injuries.

In the fall 2018 cycle of its Grants-in-Aid of Research program, the Society awarded 97 grants totaling $87,696 to students.

Sigma Xi catches up with a former grant recipient.

Sigma Xi President Joel Primack passes on advice from one of his former professors.

Students can submit an abstract by February 22 for Sigma Xi’s online science communication competition.

The 2018 class of Fellows from the American Association for the Advancement of Science includes 118 Sigma Xi members.

Sigma Xi is asking the public for help in identifying approximately 650 high schools to receive a free, one-year subscription to its magazine.

Members of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society elected their peers to leadership roles in an online election that ended November 27.

An uplifting tradition carried on at the Annual Meeting and Student Research Conference hosted by Sigma Xi.

Take a look at what the Science and Human Rights Coalition discussed in 2018.

We catch up with Simona Augyte, who received a research grant from Sigma Xi as a PhD candidate, to learn about the results of her project and see where she is now.

Sigma Xi members, science supporters, and students came together October 25–28 for the 2018 Sigma Xi Annual Meeting and Student Research Conference.

Science and engineering students from across the country gathered in Burlingame, California, for the 18th Annual Student Research Conference.

The Sigma Xi Committee on Qualifications and Membership has selected Sigma Xi chapters that will receive the 2017–2018 chapter awards and recognized the top electing chapters.

Carol A. Fierke will receive the 2018 Sigma Xi Monie A. Ferst Award, sponsored by the Georgia Institute of Technology Chapter.

Some people think the survival of key theories of modern science is impossible because they believe that new scientific theories always overthrow the previous theories. Sigma Xi President Joel Primack challenges that misunderstanding.