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The Sigma Xi 2018 Annual Meeting and Student Research Conference will explore big data—the concept of too much data to handle in a traditional way—and how it will affect the future of research. Register today and save 20 percent with early-bird rates.

For Women’s History Month in March, Sigma Xi spotlighted its support for women in science, technology, engineering, and math. Three members shared the advice, lessons, and people that helped them build their careers.

Sigma Xi President Stuart Cooper encourages members to extend the honor of nomination to others, to support the Society's future of having a robust and active membership.

On April 14, 2018, Sigma Xi members and chapters took to the streets for the second March for Science to demonstrate their support of using scientific research to guide public policy.

At the March for Science in Raleigh, North Carolina, Sigma Xi Executive Director and CEO Jamie L. Vernon shared how investing in education of science, technology, engineering, and math for students from all backgrounds will support the nation's economy and future success.

The world’s largest international precollege science competition is coming to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Sigma Xi is looking for nonstudent members in the area to volunteer as judges.

Sigma Xi is a sponsor of the flagship event in Washington, DC, and Executive Director and CEO Jamie Vernon will be a speaker at the march in Raleigh. Meanwhile, the Society’s network of chapters will have roles in multiple satellite events.

Six Sigma Xi members who have made some of the most significant research discoveries in recent history will be honored in Research Triangle Park.

At a time of high tension between science and the United States government, a group of scientists, engineers, and supporters gathered in Washington, DC, on March 29 to discuss how the world’s largest multidisciplinary honor society for scientists and engineers plans to strengthen the research enterprise.

Sigma Xi held a reception in Washington, DC, on March 29. Executive Director and CEO Jamie L. Vernon discussed Sigma Xi's optimism for the future of the scientific enterprise, and stated that the Society will help address issues relating to the ethical conduct of research.

Immediate Past President Tee Guidotti delivered remarks about Sigma Xi's past and future during a March 29 reception at the Cosmos Club in Washington, DC.

he National Academy of Engineering (NAE) elected 83 new members and 16 foreign members on February 7. Twelve Sigma Xi members are included in the 2018 class.

Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society held a reception on February 17, 2018, during the American Association for Advancement of Science's (AAAS) Annual Meeting in Austin, Texas, to share the plan for Sigma Xi's future.

To get the most from your membership, Sigma Xi needs your up-to-date contact information.

Sigma Xi chapters can bring lecturers who are on the leading edge of science to their area and apply by March 1 for financial support to do so.

The Grants-in-Aid of Research program's first climate science grant was awarded to Anna Knochel, an undergraduate student from Rice University who is studying the role viruses play in coral reef ecosystems.

You can have a direct impact on high school, undergraduate, and graduate students’ research careers by volunteering as a judge in the online 2018 Sigma Xi Student Research Showcase.

Sigma Xi’s emphasis on honoring excellence in science and technology and promoting policies that ensure the health of the scientific enterprise is important, but that is not the sole emphasis of our mission, writes President Stuart Cooper. Research communication and ethics are also important.

In the fall 2017 cycle of its Grants-in-Aid of Research program, the Society awarded 121 grants totaling $116,096 to students.

Over the past year significant changes and improvements have been made in Sigma Xi administrative operations, programmatic activities, and outreach initiatives. This update will summarize these accomplishments as well as point out the challenges that remain to be overcome to maintain and grow Sigma Xi as a premier scientific research honor society.