Ilia Kiato Awarded Dr. John N. Nicholson Fellowship
On May 7, the Department of Physics and Astronomy announced that graduate student Ilia Kiato has been awarded a Dr. John N. Nicholson Fellowship...
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Fred Rasio elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
On April 23, 2025, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS) announced its newest elected members, including CIERA Faculty member Fred Rasio. Nine...
Nabeel Rehemtulla awarded Northwestern Presidential Fellowship
On Monday, April 21st, The Graduate School (TGS) of Northwestern University announced that Nabeel Rehemtulla was one of only eight students awarded a Presidential...
Postdoc Sanaea Rose named to second cohort of RCSA fellows
On April 11, 2025, the Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA) announced its second cohort of RCSA Fellows, including CIERA Lindheimer Fellow Sanaea Cooper...
Fourteen new postdocs to join CIERA
Welcome New Postdoctoral Researchers! We are delighted to announce fourteen postdocs will be joining the CIERA community in fall 2025. Please join us in...
REU students present at 245th AAS, Jessica Cotturone wins Chambliss
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...
Daily Northwestern: CIERA facilitates interdisciplinary research in astrophysics
Article written by Melody Xu for The Daily Northwestern. “Exploration, people and impact”: These three words propel Northwestern’s Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research...
Northwestern joins Giant Magellan Telescope’s international consortium
Faculty will contribute expertise in astrophysics, engineering and artificial intelligence Northwestern University officially is a founding partner of the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT), an enormous ground-based telescope currently...
LSST Catalyst Symposium, DSFP, and more held at CIERA
In Fall 2024, CIERA was thrilled to serve as host and local co-organizer for a slate of programming from the Discovery Alliance for the...
CIERA Connections: Elysse Longiotti on effective professional goal-setting
On October 14, the first CIERA Connections event of the 2024-2025 academic year drew 49 attendees to the CIERA Cafe to hear from Elysse...
CIERA rings Cboe opening bell, returns as NASA Space Apps Chicago partner
Over the weekend of October 5 and 6, 2024, the Chicago chapter of the NASA International Space Apps Challenge returned for its second year,...
22 undergraduates selected out of over 600 applications for REU and ISG summer research
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) 2024 In 2024, CIERA received a record 618 applications from across the country for its Research Experiences for Undergraduates...