Events for Spring 2017

Annual Sigma Xi Awards Banquet

• The Sigma Xi awards for students and faculty are presented at the annual dinner.
• Date: Monday, April 24. Dinner starting at 6:00, followed (around 7:30) by awards and presentation.
• Location: The Lucky Moose, 622 E Dupont Rd, Fort Wayne, IN 46825
• No reservation or invitation required, this event is open to everyone at IPFW and their guests.  The "Coconut Club" room in the back is reserved for our event and you may order from the menu.
• Congratulations to Prof. Dong Chen on the 2017 College Science Teacher of the Year award, and to Prof. Jeff Anderson on the 2017 Researcher of the Year award!  Prof. Anderson will give a short presentation at the awards event.
• Photos from the 2017 event

The IPFW Student Research and Creative Endeavor Symposium

• Wednesday, March 29, 2017.
• Student Presenter Checklist and 2017 Schedule
• Photos from the 2017 event
• IPFW Sigma Xi presents its annual student research awards based on posters judged at this event.  All projects in scientific and/or engineering areas will be considered, there is no need for students to apply separately for these awards.
• Congratulations to winners of the 2017 Sigma Xi student research awards!
  • IPFW Sigma Xi Award for Best Graduate Student Poster:  Jinlong Han, Biology, Fac. Sponsor Punya Nachappa
  • IPFW Sigma Xi Award for Best Undergraduate Poster: Benjamin Burris, Chemistry, Fac. Sponsor Peng Jing
  • IPFW Sigma Xi Award for Best Team Poster: Lauren Hoffmann & Emma Zolman, Biology, Fac. Sponsor Punya Nachappa

Annual Sigma Xi Faculty Awards for Research and Science Teaching

• Application due date: Friday, April 7, 2017.
• Nomination form for IPFW Sigma Xi Research Award: 
• Nomination form for IPFW Sigma Xi Science Teaching Award:

Other Events

• MAICS 2017, the 28th Modern Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science conference, will be held on the IPFW campus April 28-29.  The IPFW Chapter of Sigma Xi is a co-sponsor of this event.
• Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society is partnering with the March for Science, an event that will bring scientists and science advocates to Washington, D.C., on April 22, 2017. Sister marches are also being planned for cities across the country and around the world.  Press Release from Sigma Xi
• Science and Society at IPFW - SASI - Event, March 18.  Event Photo Page

Events for Fall 2016

• College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Lecturer: Daniel Fisher, University of Michigan, Mastodons and Mammoths of the Great Lakes Region: Tales Tusks Tell.  Nov. 11, 2016.  Event Photo page
• The Grand Opening of the IPFW Undergraduate Astronomical Observatory: Oct. 21, 2016 at its West Campus location on W. Baker Drive.  Photo from the event
• The 2016 Midwest Workshop on Asymptotic Analysis was held on the IPFW campus, Oct. 7-9.