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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.

Members of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society elected their peers to leadership roles in an online election that ended December 7.

Sigma Xi’s Committee on Qualifications and Membership selected chapters for awards based on fiscal year 2018 chapter annual reports and evaluations from directors.

In light of Sigma Xi’s Symposium on Atmospheric Chemistry, Climate, and Health on November 10 in Raleigh, North Carolina, Immediate Past President Tee L. Guidotti describes the current environmental situation and Sigma Xi’s role in it.

Sigma Xi invited its members and the public to the Symposium on Atmospheric Chemistry, Climate, and Health and Student Research Conference November 10–11, 2017, at the Raleigh Convention Center in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Science and engineering students from across the country gathered in Raleigh, North Carolina, on November 11 for the 17th Annual Student Research Conference.

Researchers across the United States will help voters learn how their 2018 congressional and gubernatorial candidates view science and technology.