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Sigma Xi makes its statement on climate change on the day that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a key report.

Member William D. Nordhaus of Yale University received half of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.

Students can win free registration to the Sigma Xi Student Research Conference taking place October 26–28 at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport in California!

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded half of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics to Sigma Xi member Arthur Ashkin.

The public may submit nominations by December 1 for Sigma Xi’s 2019–2020 prizes and awards program, which recognizes major achievements in science, engineering, and science communication.

Students and faculty from Hispanic-serving institutions receive a 50 percent registration discount to the Sigma Xi Annual Meeting and Student Research Conference through October 15.

Sigma Xi invites science and engineering students in high school through graduate school from around the world to its annual Student Research Conference.

Participants of the Sigma Xi 2018 Annual Meeting and Student Research Conference will have access to an on-site demonstration from SAS, an analytics software and services company.

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.