Honorable Mention to Scotty Coughlin: LIGO Laboratory Awards for Excellence
CIERA Research Specialist Scotty Coughlin has been included in the list of honorable mentions in the inaugural (2018) LIGO Laboratory Awards for Excellence in...
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Dearborn Observatory Welcomes 1500 Visitors During Open House Chicago
Northwestern University participated in its fourth Open House Chicago in a weekend-long event, October 13-14, 2018. Put on by the Chicago Architecture Center, the...
CIERA’s Shane Larson to Give Dome Lecture Streamed World-wide
Through a partnership between Chicago’s Adler Planetarium and the Kavli Foundation, CIERA’s Shane Larson will give a highly unique lecture this fall that will...
CIERA Director Vicky Kalogera Presents Annual Public Lecture
Founded ten years ago, the Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA) is celebrating a decade of astrophysics discovery and research, and...
CIERA Helps Chicago-Area High School Students Host 2018 GirlCon
On Saturday, June 16th, over 170 middle and high school girls from around the United States gathered to address the future of diversity in...
CIERA Contributes to World Science Festival
This year’s World Science Festival in New York City featured an expert panel discussing black holes, including CIERA director Vicky Kalogera. Also featured was...
CIERA Partners with The Chicago Network on STEM Event
Last fall, scientists announced the first-ever observation of a binary neutron star inspiral and merger. Anticipated for more than 20 years, the merger represents...
CIERA Director Vicky Kalogera Meets with U.S. Congressman
As part of a National Science Foundation meeting with congress on February 5, 2018, CIERA Director Vicky Kalogera was invited to meet one-on-one with...
CIERA Graduate Students Host Field Trip for Girls 4 Science
On Saturday, February 3, 2018, CIERA hosted a group from Girls 4 Science, a Chicago based nonprofit “dedicated to exposing girls, ages 10-18 years old,...
CIERA Astronomers Share Stories of Scientific Discovery at Neutron Star Merger Event
Professors Vicky Kalogera, Shane Larson, Raffaella Margutti and Wen-fai Fong welcomed an audience of about 200 for a science talk and moderated panel discussion...
Cosmos in Concert: Celestial Suite
On November 18, graduate student Kyle Kremer welcomed 400 astronomy and classical music enthusiasts in Pick-Staiger concert hall for Celestial Suite, a multimedia show...
Cosmologist Prof. Wendy Freedman Presents CIERA Annual Public Lecture
On October 5, 2017 at 7:30pm, CIERA held its annual public lecture at Cahn auditorium. This year, we welcomed Wendy Freedman from the University...