Food Safety & Security Annual Meeting Theme
Sigma Xi’s Annual Meeting in Raleigh, North Carolina, November 11-14 will provide a forum for experts from academe, industry and government to begin a dialogue that will raise awareness about the critical importance of food safety and security.
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Sigma Xi Student Research Conference November 12-13
The Student Research Conference at Sigma Xi's 2010 Annual Meeting in Raleigh, NC, will showcase student research in all fields of science and engineering. Plus networking, panel discussions, social events and more. Registration information and poster guidelines are available online.
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Online Workshop on How to Start a NanoScience Cafe
The Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network is offering a two-week online workshop September 13–24 introducing science cafes with a nano theme. It will cover the basics of starting a science cafe, including tips for selecting a venue, preparing a speaker and marketing the event.
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The World Science Forum: Saving Wild Tigers
China and Russia have announced plans for the first cross-border tiger protection zone to conserve the world's remaining wild Siberian tigers, which number fewer than 500. Can it save the species? Conservation biologist John Seidensticker takes your comments through September 13.
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Sigma Xi Partners with ResearchGATE
To provide a major new networking opportunity for our members, we've partnered with the leading professional online network for scientists and engineers. ResearchGATE is free of charge and designed to meet researchers' needs. It is used by more than 400,000 researchers in 200 countries.
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Grants-in-Aid of Research Deadline: October 15
Grants of up to $1,000 are available to undergraduate and graduate students in all areas of the sciences and engineering. Designated funds from the National Academy of Sciences allow for grants of up to $5,000 for astronomy research and $2,500 for vision related research.
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Did Science Fiction Influence You?
That's the question we asked Sigma Xi members. A sampling of responses is included in our latest informational paper. Many members, representing almost every research discipline, shared titles and authors that captured their imaginations and inspired an early interest in science.
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Sigma Xi Hosts Ethics Summit on Authorship Issues
A group of advisors met here June 3 to discuss ethical issues related to peer review and authorship. The Ethics Summit was the initial step in developing a proposed new ethics booklet to complement Sigma Xi's Honor in Science and The Responsible Researcher: Paths and Pitfalls.
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Cognitive Scientist to Receive Procter Prize
Michael J. Spivey is known for his innovative studies of language and visual perception at the University of California, Merced, where he is a professor of cognitive science. His research in psycholinguistics has blazed new paths into understanding how people perceive, think and act.
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