CIERA’s Shane Larson to Give Dome Lecture Streamed World-wide
Through a partnership between Chicago’s Adler Planetarium and the Kavli Foundation, CIERA’s Shane Larson will give a highly unique lecture this fall that will...
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CIERA Researchers Featured in “Humans of LIGO”
The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) is a large-scale scientific experiment designed to detect gravitational waves as predicted by Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity....
CIERA Celebrates a Decade Of Discovery
“As director of Northwestern’s Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics(CIERA), Vicky Kalogera has traveled the globe to talk about things beyond this world. Connecting the...
Welcome Christopher Berry, Inaugural CIERA Board of Visitors Research Professor
Gravitational-wave scientist Christopher Berry has joined Northwestern this fall. His role at CIERA is that of both a researcher and a science manager, developing...
Prof. Mel Ulmer Featured in Sky at Night Magazine
“The $8 billion-plus James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will be the most advanced telescope ever sent into space when it’s launched in 2020. Its...
CIERA’s Michelle Paulsen to Serve on National Education Leadership Committee
Michelle Paulsen, CIERA’s Director of Education, Outreach, and Communications Programs, has accepted a position on the NSELA Professional Development Committee (PDC) for a term of three...
CIERA Postdocs Advance to New Positions
Ben Nelson has accepted an Insight Data Science Fellowship in Silicon Valley. Insight is an intensive, seven week postdoctoral training fellowship that bridges the gap...
PhD Student Alex Gurvich Awarded Two Prestigious Fellowships
CIERA’s Alex Gurvich, a second-year astronomy graduate student advised by Professor Claude-André Faucher-Giguère, recently accepted two important fellowships within the same week. Part of...
Professor Vicky Kalogera Elected to National Academy of Sciences
Astrophysicist Vicky Kalogera and anthropologist Christopher W. Kuzawa, faculty members in Northwestern University’s Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, have been elected to the...
Reach for the Stars Teacher, John Kretsos, Honored with Distinguished Secondary Teacher Award
Former GK12 teacher, John Kretsos, is among five high school teachers who will be awarded during the 2018 Northwestern commencement ceremony for the positive impact they’ve...
REU Student José Flores Velazquez Presents Research on Capitol Hill
This April, José Flores Velazquez presented his research in Washington, D.C. as part of the 22nd Annual Posters on the Hill conference organized by...
Computational Research Day: April 10, 2018
Computational Research Day is an annual all-day symposium which brings together Northwestern students, faculty, and researchers across fields and disciplines to share and promote...