Physics Makes Music in A Shout Across Time
On May 15, about 150 people gathered at Nichols Concert Hall to attend a CIERA music and astronomy event called “A Shout Across Time”....
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LIGO Co-founder Rainer Weiss Presents CIERA Annual Public Lecture
On May 2, 2017 Prof. Rainer Weiss presented his talk, “Beginning the Exploration of the Universe with Gravitational Waves,” to an enthusiastic audience of...
CIERA Contributes to Northwestern’s Computational Research Day
To celebrate and highlight advanced research computing at Northwestern, the fourth annual Computational Research Day was held on April 18th. This all-day, campus-wide event...
CIERA Researchers Highlight Their Expertise in Seven Minutes or Less
On March 16, 2017, CIERA graduate students Paul Williams and Michael Zevin showcased their skills in public speaking at the bi-annual event: “Seven Minutes...
Professor Jeremy Kasdin Presents CIERA Winter Interdisciplinary Colloquium
On March 1, Princeton University’s N. Jeremy Kasdin presented, “Finding and Characterizing Earth 2.0: An Engineering and Astronomy Partnership” to an audience of approximately...
CIERA Hosts Astronomy Day for Middle School Teachers
On February 23, CIERA hosted a day of professional development for middle school science and astronomy teachers. Twelve teachers from Evanston, Skokie, and Libertyville...
CIERA REU Students Present at 229th Meeting of the AAS
This January, nine students from CIERA’s summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program presented posters on their research projects at the 229th meeting of...
Prospect High School Hosts Panel of Women Astrophysicists from Northwestern
On December 8th, Prospect High School’s Women in STEM Club sponsored an evening with astrophysicists from Northwestern University. Physics & astronomy graduate students Katie...
Postdocs & Graduate Students Present at Annual CIERA Research Jamboree
For the fourth year in December, CIERA faculty, postdocs, graduate students and guests gathered before the annual CIERA holiday party to hear short presentations...
Executive Director of LIGO Laboratory Presents CIERA Fall Interdisciplinary Colloquium
On December 1st and 2nd, Dave Reitze, the Executive Director of LIGO Laboratory at Caltech, visited Northwestern for a series of group meetings, a...
Rapid Fire Research Kicks Off
On October 26, graduate student Mike Zevin hosted the inaugural Rapid Fire Research event where 10 students had the opportunity to practice the art...
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)...