{"id":1239,"date":"2025-09-17T15:11:25","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T15:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/sigma-xi\/?page_id=1239"},"modified":"2025-10-30T18:07:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T18:07:20","slug":"2026-northeast-region-research-symposium-and-competition","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/staging.www.wcsu.edu\/sigma-xi\/2026-northeast-region-research-symposium-and-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Northeast Region Research Symposium and Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marquette.edu\/sigma-xi\/images\/sigma-xi-logo.png\" alt=\"Events Sigma-Xi \/\/ Marquette University\" width=\"548\" height=\"170\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000080\">Save the date for the<strong>\u00a02026 Sigma Xi Northeast Regional Research Conference<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #333399\"><strong>Saturday April 18, 2026 &#8211; One Day In-Person Event<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399\"><em><strong>Location: Westside Campus, Western Connecticut State University<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Join us for a celebration of interdisciplinary research and learning opportunities.\u00a0 The event will be hosted by the WCSU Chapter of Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Honor Society for interdisciplinary research in the sciences and engineering. \u00a0This conference provides an opportunity for students and professionals in the Northeastern US to engage in conversation about study and research opportunities and to network with other Sigma Xi researchers from the Northeastern US.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Symposium Theme: The Interdisciplinary Nature of Research<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Keynote Speakers:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dr. Dustin Rubenstein<\/strong>, <em>Sigma Xi Distinguish Lecturer, Thomas Hunt <\/em><em>Morgan Professor of Conservation Biology, Columbia University<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Dr. Matthew Tracy,<\/strong> <em>2025 Rudy Ruggles Interdisciplinary Research Award Recipient, Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of Pittsburg Johnstown<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Dr. Katerina Trepekli,\u00a0<\/strong><em>Advisor to the Minister for Climate Crisis and Civil Protection, Greece, Environmental Scientist &amp; WCSU Visiting Scholar and 2025 Fullbright Candidate\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Sigma Xi Service Award:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Dr. Pamela K. Kerrigan,<\/strong> <em>Assistant Dean, Professor, University of Mount Saint Vincent, and American Chemical Society Fellow<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>Please check back for conference registration details.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Save the date for the\u00a02026 Sigma Xi Northeast Regional Research Conference &nbsp; Saturday April 18, 2026 &#8211; One Day In-Person Event Location: Westside Campus, Western Connecticut State University Join us for a celebration of interdisciplinary research and learning opportunities.\u00a0 The &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":261,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1239","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.www.wcsu.edu\/sigma-xi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.www.wcsu.edu\/sigma-xi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.www.wcsu.edu\/sigma-xi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.www.wcsu.edu\/sigma-xi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/261"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.www.wcsu.edu\/sigma-xi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.www.wcsu.edu\/sigma-xi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1239\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.www.wcsu.edu\/sigma-xi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}