CIERA Hosts Inaugural Cohort of New LSSTC Data Science Fellowship Program
With a new generation of ground and space-based surveys generating petabytes of data per year, together with the increasing complexity of data coming from...
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CIERA Graduate Students Dazzle the Public at Ravinia’s Astronomy Night
On July 13, 2016 six graduate students from CIERA participated in Astronomy Night at Ravinia, which was organized by Northwestern alumnus Dr. Donald Lubowich,...
Experts Share with CIERA REU Students at Career Panel Discussion
Continuing an annual tradition, Northwestern University’s CIERA Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) program hosted a live, online Career Panel discussion in July for our...
LIGO Team Announces Second Gravitational-Wave Event
The new window onto the universe just opened a little bit wider. For the second time in history, an international team of scientists and...
Graduate Students Participate in High School Research Project Showcase
On June 1st the Office of STEM Education Partnerships (OSEP) hosted the 9th Annual High School Project Showcase as part of Northwestern University’s Undergraduate...
CIERA’s Farhad Yusef-Zadeh Leads Discussion of Milky Way Core at Science Café
Nearly 70 people from the Northwestern and Evanston area communities showed up despite a terrific thunderstorm to the Firehouse Grill May 25 to talk...
Graduate Student Makes Cosmic Music
During his undergraduate career at Northwestern, Kyle Kremer combined his love of the planets and music into a dual physics and trumpet degree. Now...
Solar System Symphony Melds Music with Astronomy
A Northwestern University graduate student is combining his love of music and astronomy to stage a solar system-inspired concert. Continue to full article on...
CIERA Director Vicky Kalogera Speaks at (En)Lightning Talks Chicago
Emceed by WBEZ’s Nerdette Podcast hosts Tricia Bobeda and Greta Johnson, five of Chicago’s Arts and Sciences experts got just five minutes to spark...
IDEAS Visits Capitol Hill: Attends Future STEM Leaders Conference
Earlier this month Lois Trautvetter and Michelle Paulsen attended the NRT Teams Annual Meeting 2016, and Future STEM Leaders Conference in Washington DC. The events, both co-sponsored...
Enthusiasm for Mercury Transit Despite Cloudy Skies
On May 9th, Dearborn Observatory welcomed visitors to view Mercury transiting the sun. Despite very cloudy conditions, over 40 people arrived throughout the morning....
See The Planets Of Our Solar System While Listening To ‘The Planets’
You may have heard (or at least heard of) ‘The Planets,’ a seven-part suite of music by Gustav Holst. If you haven’t, a new...