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Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society (ΣΞ) is a non-profit honor society for scientists and engineers. Sigma Xi was founded at Cornell University by a junior faculty member and a small group of graduate students in 1886 and is one of the oldest honor societies.
Donna Nelson – President of Oklahoma Sigma Xi Chapter, American Chemical Society (ACS) President (2016), Breaking Bad science advisor (2008-2013). Linus Pauling – Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner [27] Harry Snyder – President of Minnesota Sigma Xi Chapter [28] Kelly O. Sullivan – Sigma Xi President, 2012-2013
Following is a list of Sigma Xi chapters. [1] [2] [3] Sigma Xi is an international scientific research honor society. [1] In addition to collegiate chapters, the society maintains area and company-based chapters. Active chapters are indicated in bold. Inactive chapters or institutions are in italics.
The Honor Society Caucus is an umbrella organization that represents several prestigious collegiate honor societies: Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, and Omicron Delta Kappa. The caucus is a coordinating organization of four of the oldest independent honor societies, including three of the original six founding members of the ...
The William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement is an award given by Sigma Xi, a scientific-research honor society.The Procter Prize is presented annually to a scientist who has made an outstanding contribution to scientific research and has demonstrated an ability to communicate the significance of this research to scientists in other disciplines.
When ACHS was officially established on December 30, 1925, its founding members were Alpha Omega Alpha, the Order of the Coif, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Xi, and Tau Beta Pi. [ 2 ] Since then, more than 65 honors societies have joined ACHS, turning it into an international organization. [ 3 ]
American Scientist (informally abbreviated AmSci) is an American bimonthly science and technology magazine published since 1913 by Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society. In the beginning of 2000s the headquarters was moved to Research Triangle Park, (Durham), North Carolina.
Other honor societies were established a century later, including Tau Beta Pi for engineering (1885), Sigma Xi for scientific research (1886), and Phi Kappa Phi for all disciplines (1897). Mortar Board was established in 1918 and was the first national honor society for women who were college seniors.