CIERA Alum Carl Rodriguez wins Packard Fellowship
Carl Rodriguez, CIERA Physics PhD Alum (2016), was selected as a 2022 Packard Fellow for Science and Engineering, an honor presented to early-career faculty...
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Brightest-ever gamma-ray burst breaks records
Once-in-a-lifetime event was likely generated by a massive star collapse Affectionately referred to as the B.O.A.T. (“brightest of all time”), the powerful explosion occurred...
The 2023 APS Francis M. Pipkin Award Has Been Given to Andrew Geraci
Andrew Geraci, Associate Professor at Northwestern University and a member of the core faculty of CIERA, was selected as the recipient of the 2023...
CIERA welcomes DSFP back to Northwestern
Six years after the inaugural meeting, Northwestern hosted the LSSTC Data Science Fellowship Program for the third time the week of September 20th. With...
REACH 2022 Sessions Back In-Person
Research Experiences in Astronomy at CIERA for High School Students (REACH) is a highly interactive, 3-week program (with an optional 3-week extension) that provides...
CIERA Postdocs Advance to New Positions
Congratulations to Kate Alexander, Jeff Andrews, Alicia Rouco Escorial, Maya Fishbach, Luke Kelley, Emily Leiner, Sukrit Ranjan, Patrick Sheehan, and Sarah Wellons — the newest postdoctoral alumni from...
REU Welcomed 14 Students to Campus for a Successful 2022 Summer
This summer, CIERA hosted 14 undergraduate students as a part of the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program, providing students with the opportunity to...
CIERA Welcomes New Faculty Members: Allison Strom and Jason Wang
This fall, we are excited to welcome Allison Strom and Jason Wang to CIERA as a new core faculty members. Allison Strom joins Northwestern and CIERA...
RET 2022 Completion of a Successful First Year
CIERA’s Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) program provides middle and high school teachers opportunities to engage in cutting-edge astronomy research, and help them translate...
Northwestern astrophysicist contributes to Webb’s first exoplanet image
Jason Wang helped the team reveal the planet hidden behind its host star’s glare For the first time, a team of astronomers — including...
The Recipient of the 2022 Robert J. Trumpler Award is Dr. Ariadna Murguia Berthier
Ariadna Murguia Berthier, NASA Hubble Fellow at CIERA, was selected as the recipient of the 2022 Robert J. Trumpler Award, an award which is presented...
X-shaped radio galaxies might form more simply than expected
Simple simulation accidentally leads to X-shaped galaxy for first time When astronomers use radio telescopes to gaze into the night sky, they typically see...