Introducing CIERA’s Eleven New Postdocs!
Welcome New Postdoctoral Researchers! We are very excited to introduce CIERA’s largest-ever cohort of incoming Postdoctoral Fellows and Associates! They will bring a wide...
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Star Eyes outreach initiative communicates new science through new music
“I have long envisioned working at the intersection of my two biggest passions: science and music,” says CIERA Post-Baccalaureate Research Fellow Darsan Swaroop Bellie....
International LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration Meeting hosted by CIERA
On Monday, March 13, 2023, CIERA welcomed 350 in-person and over 300 remote gravitational wave researchers to Northwestern University for the spring meeting of...
Origin, Evolution and Habitability of Planet Earth: a CIERA Interdisciplinary Colloquium by David Bercovici
On March 30, 2023, 55 individuals gathered to hear Professor David Bercovici present CIERA’s Interdisciplinary Colloquium. His talk, “Origin, Evolution and Habitability of Planet...
REU student Claire Zwicker wins Chambliss Honorable Mention for research poster at AAS
At the 241st meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS), REU Student Claire Zwicker was awarded a Chambliss Astronomy Achievement Student Award, Honorable Mention....
Climate of Mars, past and future: a CIERA Interdisciplinary Colloquium by Edwin Kite
On February 21, 2023, 82 individuals gathered to hear Dr. Edwin Kite, who studies the evolution of rocky planets, present CIERA’s Interdisciplinary Colloquium....
Northwestern to host gravitational-wave researchers from around the globe
Two public events offered March 14 in conjunction with working conference Gravitational waves — ripples in the fabric of spacetime first predicted by Albert...
Postdoc Anna Childs discusses M-dwarfs on SETI Live Broadcast
On Thursday, February 9, CIERA Postdoc Anna Childs was invited onto SETI Live (weekly live-streamed discussions about ongoing research, education projects, and science news)...
Wen-fai Fong named ‘Rising Star’ by Astronomy Magazine
Honor recognizes 25 distinguished early career astronomers Astronomy Magazine named Northwestern University astrophysicist Wen-fai Fong to its list of “Rising Stars in Astronomy,” an honor recognizing...
CIERA Alum Daniel Anglés-Alcázar wins Cottrell Scholar Award
Research Corporation for Science Advancement has named 25 early career scholars as recipients of its 2023 Cottrell Scholar Awards. Founded in 1912 by educator,...
Graduate student’s photos of green comet featured in major media outlets
A green-hued comet has made its closest approach to Earth, wowing night sky watchers in the Northern Hemisphere who caught a glimpse of the...
Watch distant worlds dance around their sun
Stunning new time lapse video shows 12 years of exoplanets orbiting their star In 2008, HR8799 was the first extrasolar planetary system ever directly...