The Kansas State University chapter of Sigma Xi has arranged for a public lecture by Dr. Laurie E. McNeil, the Bernard Gray Distinguished Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. McNeil will discuss the current status of women and minorities in STEM and what the scientific community can do to take advantage of their underused talent.

Register for this event by October 11.

Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Honor Society is the international honor society of science and engineering. One of the oldest and largest scientific organizations in the world, Sigma Xi has a distinguished history of service to science and society for more than one hundred and twenty five years. Scientists and engineers, whose research spans the disciplines of science and technology, comprise the membership of the Society. Sigma Xi chapters can be found at colleges and universities, government laboratories, and industry research centers around the world. More than 200 Nobel Prize winners have been members. The K-State Chapter of Sigma Xi is a unique opportunity for biological, physical, and social scientists and engineers on campus to interact.