Find Your Liberal Arts College (文理学院)

Smith College

Smith is a liberal arts college where women's minds matter. Our small classes, picturesque campus and open curriculum attract students from all over the world.

Smith College began more than 140 years ago and is a distinguished liberal arts college committed to providing the highest quality undergraduate education for women to enable them to develop their talents and to participate effectively and fully in society.

Shimer College

For 150 years Shimer has prepared students with a classical liberal arts education. Consider the differences： All original sources. All discussion classes of twelve or less. No lectures. No tests. Classes follow the Socratic Method—professors ask questions that challenge students to express and support their ideas. Learning is a constant dialogue where every opinion, every position is questioned and analyzed.

Swarthmore College

A liberal arts college of 1,500 students near Philadelphia, Swarthmore is recognized internationally for its climate of academic excitement and commitment to bettering the world.

Aside from offering valuable academic experiences, what's unique about learning at Swarthmore? Your first semester is pass-fail, so you can learn for learning's sake. We have a one-of-a-kind Honors Program. And where else can you explore a liberal arts curriculum paired with an engineering program?

Pine Manor College

Minutes away from downtown Boston, Pine Manor College consistently ranks among the most diverse liberal arts colleges in the nation and among the top 15 for small class size among liberal arts colleges. Affordable private education for women, Pine Manor College offers students a personalized education grounded in the liberal arts tradition. At PMC, students receive individualized academic, social, and financial support to achieve their goals.

Four One-day Trips in the UK

The First Light Pavilion, Cheshire

It’s a newly-designed visitor centre at the Jodrell Bank Observatory. It is inspired by the Lovell Telescope and is designed to act like a sundial (日晷). Visitors can experience a meteor shower (流星雨), operate a radio telescope and launch a digital satellite there.

£8.50 adults/£6.50 children, jodrellbank.net

Clifford’s Tower, York

This 800-year-old tower is all that remains of York Castle. It was a treasury and prison (监狱), but its inner space was damaged by fire in 1684. Now after a £5 million project by English Heritage, the castle is reopening. Walkways will take the place of the lost first floor. A new roof floor will provide views of York Minster, the city and the North York Moors beyond.

£8.10 adults /£4.80 children, english-heritageorg.uk

The Rig Climb Experience, Greenwich

The Cutty Sark, one of just two surviving tea sailing ships in the world is launching a new experience. For the first time visitors will be able to step from the main deck and arrive at the top platform. Visitors will hear stories of life at sea in the 19th century and the tough conditions sailors had to work in.

£21 adults /£12 children (includes general entry to the ship), rmg.co.uk cutty-sark

The Intelligence Factory, Buckinghamshire

A newly-rebuilt building at Bletchley Park is opening again as the site’s biggest ever exhibition space. The Intelligence Factory in Block A will focus on the years 1942-1945 when 9,000 staff members helped win World War II. The exhibition will include objects, personal stories and communication, showing how operators handled huge amounts of information.

£21 adults/£12.50 children, bletchleypark.org.uk

Competition Judges Needed

Anyone with relevant knowledge or skills is encouraged to sign up to judge Sigma Xi’s Student Research Showcase (SRS), an online science communication competition in which students compete for awards and recognition of outstanding virtual research presentations. The competition is open to high school, undergraduate, and graduate students and most worldwide research disciplines (学科) are represented across the following categories.

• agriculture, soil, and natural resources

• cell biology and biochemistry

• human behavioral and social sciences

• math and computer science

• physics and astronomy

Information for Judges

Professional researchers and science communicators from the above-listed disciplines are needed to evaluate and interact with contestants by posting comments and questions on presentation websites. Each judge assesses up to 10 websites where students submit their presentations containing mainly a research abstract and a slide presentation. Sigma Xi membership is preferred, but not required, to judge. Judging takes place from April 26 to May 10, 2022, allowing flexibility with each judge’s personal schedule as no travel is required.

Click here to download the SRS Judges Manual for more information and judging criteria.

Information for General visitors

General visitors to the presentation websites can also watch the personal videos of the presenters and vote for the People’s Choice Award winner, who will receive a prize money of up to $ 250. Visitors of general science background can also read the abstracts and comment in the discussion forums. Locate the link on the site that most likely appears as comments & reactions.

Visit http://sigmaxishowcase.tumblr.com/ for a sample Student Showcase presentation site.