{"id":10,"date":"2021-10-22T09:36:02","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T13:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/sigma-xi-society\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2021-10-27T19:09:43","modified_gmt":"2021-10-27T23:09:43","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/sigma-xi-society\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The URI Chapter of Sigma Xi<\/strong> (founded 1953)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sigmaxi.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Culture:<\/strong>\u00a0The Society is a diverse chapter-based organization dedicated to the advancement of science and engineering through outstanding programs and services delivered in a collegial and supportive environment.<strong><br>Mission:<\/strong>\u00a0To enhance the health of the research enterprise, foster integrity in science and engineering, and promote the public&#8217;s understanding of science for the purpose of improving the human condition.<strong><br>Vision:<\/strong>\u00a0To be the global honor society of science and engineering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Goals of Sigma Xi at URI:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Provide national research visibility for students<\/li><li>Help students improve their science communication skills<\/li><li>Increase opportunities for students to network and connect with scientists in related fields<\/li><li>Expand access to student research grants (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sigmaxi.org\/programs\/grants-in-aid\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.sigmaxi.org\/programs\/grants-in-aid<\/a>)<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The URI Chapter of Sigma Xi (founded 1953) Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society Culture:\u00a0The Society is a diverse chapter-based organization dedicated to the advancement of science and engineering through outstanding programs and services delivered in a collegial and supportive environment.Mission:\u00a0To enhance the health of the research enterprise, foster integrity in science and engineering, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-10","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/sigma-xi-society\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/sigma-xi-society\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/sigma-xi-society\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/sigma-xi-society\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/sigma-xi-society\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/sigma-xi-society\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/sigma-xi-society\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions\/93"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/sigma-xi-society\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}