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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.

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Council elected Sigma Xi members among its 2017 Fellows to recognize their contributions to innovation, education, and scientific leadership.

Sigma Xi and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, each with a history of supporting the scientific enterprise for more than 100 years, are building a partnership to promote, protect, and improve all aspects of science and engineering.

A new report from the National Postdoctoral Association in collaboration with Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society seeks to improve the postdoc experience.

Sigma Xi's membership dues will increase in fiscal year 2019, which begins July 1, 2018. You can lock in your current rate for up to five years by renewing your membership before December 31, 2017.

Sigma Xi chapters are resources in their communities for promoting and supporting science and engineering research—a task for which the Society provides support.

Members of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society have voted to make Geraldine L. Richmond, presidential chair of science and professor of chemistry at the University of Oregon, the Society's future president.