1. THE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SOCIETY
SIGMA XI
THE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SOCIETY
UNC Wilmington
Annual Meeting
CIS 1008
April 19, 2011

2. Our Agenda Welcome Induction of new members Invited talk
Dr. Chad Lane, The Little Ice Age In The Circum-Caribbean: Just How ‘Little’ Was It And Why Should We Care?

3. Sigma Xi
Sigma Xi is the honor society of research scientists and engineers. It is an international, multidisciplinary society whose programs and activities promote the health of the scientific enterprise, reward excellence in scientific research and encourage a sense of companionship and cooperation among scientists in all fields.

4. Sigma Xi
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.
Approximately 60,000 individual members, 519 chapters.
Nomination is required to be considered for membership.

5. 2011 Sigma Xi Inductees Benjamin Eldon Barbour Jamie Rebecca DePriest
Nathan McGinley Gavin
Gaines M. Green
Joseph Brandon Hilton
Caitlin Elizabeth Kielhorn
Nicholas Klocke
David Daniel Macurak
Mariel Leah Mayo
Robert H. Morrow
Youri Noel Nelson
Jeffrey Nathan Raynor
Nicole Angela Rocco
Samantha Dale Stanford
Brandy Pauline Velten

6. Pledge to the Society
Do you hereby pledge yourself, in accordance with the purposes and objectives of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, to encourage original investigations in science, to foster companionship and cooperation among scientists, to maintain honor, integrity and honesty in all scientific activities, and to assume the other continuing responsibilities of membership?

7. Dr. Chad Lane Ph.D., University of Tennessee
M.S, University of Tennessee
B.S, University of Denver
Mead-Witter Postdoctoral Fellow, Lawrence University
Funding from
National Science Foundation
American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
Association of American Geographers

8. Dr. Chad Lane The Little Ice Age In The Circum-Caribbean:
Just How ‘Little’ Was It And Why Should We Care?

9. THE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SOCIETY
SIGMA XI
THE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SOCIETY