Giant Magellan Telescope enters final design phase
The Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT), an enormous ground-based telescope currently under construction in Chile’s Atacama Desert, is one vital step closer toward completion. Earlier...
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Northwestern scientists launch projects using the Vera C. Rubin Observatory
With the release of its first images yesterday, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile is one giant step closer to launching its Legacy...
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...
CIERA researchers named as NASA Postdoctoral Fellowship recipients
The NASA Hubble Fellowship Program (NHFP) continues to support top early-career astrophysicists, awarding 24 new fellowships in its competitive 2025 class. This program allows...
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...
Prof. Vicky Kalogera named Fellow of the International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation
In March 2025, The International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation announced its newest elected members, including CIERA Director Vicky Kalogera. As the ISGRG...
Postdoc Sylvia Biscoveanu wins GWIC-Braccini Thesis Prize
In late February 2025, the Gravitational Wave International Committee (GWIC) and the Friends of Stefano Braccini announced CIERA Postdoctoral Researcher Sylvia Biscoveanu as the...
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...
Postdoc alum Maya Fishbach wins 2025 AAS Annie Jump Cannon Award
During its 245th meeting in National Harbor, Maryland, the American Astronomical Society (AAS) announced that Professor Maya Fishbach was the 2025 recipient of the...
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...
Postdoc Sylvia Biscoveanu named to Forbes 30 Under 30 in Science
On December 3, 2024, Forbes Magazine announced the honorees in their annual North American 30 Under 30 lists, including CIERA Postdoctoral Researcher Sylvia Biscoveanu...