“Galactic Bloom” Takes 2nd Place & Student Choice Award in ‘Beauty of Science’ Contest
Astrophysics doctoral students Zach Hafen and Alex Gurvich have taken home the prizes for second place and Student Choice Award in the Science in...
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Fred Rasio Named AAAS Fellow, for Extraordinary Achievement in Advancing Science
Professor Fred Rasio has been elected a 2018 fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society. Recognized...
Honorable Mention to Scotty Coughlin: LIGO Laboratory Awards for Excellence
CIERA Research Specialist Scotty Coughlin has been included in the list of honorable mentions in the inaugural (2018) LIGO Laboratory Awards for Excellence in...
Lecture by CIERA Associate Director Shane Larson Featured in ‘Astronomy’ Magazine
“On November 9, Shane Larson — a research associate professor of physics at Northwestern University and the Associate Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary...
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...
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...