Students tackle real-world problems at CIERA-hosted Space Apps Challenge
More than 250 students—ranging from grade schoolers to graduate students—gathered both in-person and online at Chicago’s 1871 on Oct. 4–5, 2025, for the city’s...
More than 250 students—ranging from grade schoolers to graduate students—gathered both in-person and online at Chicago’s 1871 on Oct. 4–5, 2025, for the city’s...
Last month, an international group of astronomers gathered for the inaugural POSYDON School, an intensive training program dedicated to POSYDON, a groundbreaking software developed...
Christopher W. Stubbs, an astronomer and experimental physicist at Harvard University, will deliver the 2025 CIERA Annual Public Lecture at Northwestern University this week. ...
In a vibrant celebration of collaboration and discovery, over 80 leading faculty and postdoctoral researchers from across the U.S. and Canada converged at Northwestern...
Northwestern University’s Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA) once again welcomed a cohort of promising undergraduate researchers to its prestigious National...
This summer, 51 high school students from across the country came together at Northwestern University’s Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA)...
From August 4–8, the Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA) at Northwestern University hosted the sixth annual Code/Astro Workshop. Designed to...
CIERA’s Research Experiences for Teachers program inspires new classroom approaches through hands-on astronomy research Every summer, teachers across Chicago seek meaningful professional development opportunities—but...
The 2025 awardees of the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) include three CIERA members: Miguel Ceja, Nathalie Korhonen Cuestas and...
On Tuesday, May 13, 2025, the Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA) welcomed more than 260 astronomy enthusiasts to its 4th...
This spring, Laura Trouille, PhD, Vice President of Science Engagement & Visualization at Adler Planetarium, and Bharath Pattabiraman, PhD, Senior Staff Software Engineer at...
Part of CIERA’s Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program includes support for participating students to travel to the annual winter meeting of the American...