Sigma Xi
Sigma Xi is a scientific association founded in 1886 at Cornell University . The aim of the association is to honor special scientific achievements and to promote collaboration between researchers from different scientific disciplines. The Greek letters “sigma” (Σ) and “xi” (Ξ) stand for the motto “Spoudon Xynones”, which means something like “partner in research”.
Today Sigma Xi is an international multidisciplinary research company with around 60,000 members in over 100 countries. The more than 500 chapters exist at colleges and universities, research centers and government institutions. Admission into the company takes place through selection. Scientists with recognizable potential are initially elected as associate members ; after further remarkable academic achievements, they are accepted as full members. Around 5000 members are accepted each year. So far, over 200 members of the society have received a Nobel Prize.
Since 1983, selected persons who have performed special services for science or society have been accepted as honorary members . These include the politicians Stewart Udall (1986) and Al Gore (1994) and the science journalists David Quammen (2005) and KC Cole (2007). A maximum of two honorary members are accepted per year.
The company has been based in Research Triangle Park around Raleigh , Durham and Chapel Hill in North Carolina since 2004 . It was one of the first societies within the Honor Societies movement .
Sigma Xi publishes American Scientist magazine, first published in 1913.
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Individual evidence
- ^ Historical Information of the Association of College Honory Societies