CIERA REU Students Present at PhysCon
Valerie Becker and Eryn Cangi, students from CIERA’s Research Experience for Undergraduates Program, each presented research at this year’s Quadrennial Physics Congress (PhysCon). From...
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CIERA REU Student Beverly Lowell Presents Research at Symposium
CIERA REU program participant and Illinois Institute of Technology undergraduate student Beverly Lowell presented at the National Science Foundation’s Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR)...
CIERA Graduate Students Demonstrate Their Expertise in Seven Minutes or Less
On September 13, 2016, CIERA graduate students Katie Breivik and Sam Hadden showcased their skills in public speaking at an event entitled “Seven Minutes...
Dearborn Observatory and CIERA Contribute to NU STEM & Sports Outreach Event
Every year, Northwestern University Athletics organizes an NU STEM & Sports Day: as part of Saturday pre-game activities, they invite Scouts and their families...
NASA Illinois Space Grant Recipients Present Their Summer Research Projects
On August 4th, 2016 CIERA’s ISG summer researchers presented their findings to a group of faculty and peers. The Illinois Space Grant (ISG) is an...
CIERA Researchers Help Build a Far-Infrared Camera for SOFIA
An infrared camera called the High-resolution Airborne Wideband Camera-Plus (HAWC+) was installed on the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, SOFIA, this spring. This is...
Solar System Symphony Melds Music with Astronomy
A Northwestern University graduate student is combining his love of music and astronomy to stage a solar system-inspired concert. Continue to full article on...
See The Planets Of Our Solar System While Listening To ‘The Planets’
You may have heard (or at least heard of) ‘The Planets,’ a seven-part suite of music by Gustav Holst. If you haven’t, a new...
CIERA Seventh Annual Public Lecture: New Horizons Leader Alan Stern
New Horizons is NASA’s historic mission to explore the Pluto system and the Kuiper Belt. The fastest spacecraft ever launched, the New Horizons left...
Immediate Opening for Graduate Student: CIERA Keck Foundation Grant
We have an immediate opening for a graduate student ready to work full time on a newly awarded W. M. Keck Foundation grant. For this...
W.M. Keck Foundation Grant to NU Team Led by CIERA’s Hooman Mohseni and Melville P. Ulmer
Two members of CIERA, Hooman Mohseni and Mel Ulmer have, along with external collaborator Olivier Guyon of the Subaru Telescope, been awarded a grant...
NASA Fellowship Awarded to CIERA Graduate Student Sam Hadden
Sam Hadden has been awarded the NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship for 2015-2016. Hadden has been a grad student at Northwestern for the...