2017 Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded to Gravitational-wave Scientists Barish, Thorne, and Weiss
Barry Barish, Kip Thorne and Rai (Rainer) Weiss received the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics October 3rd for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector...
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Sky & Telescope Features “Three Cosmic Chirps and Counting” by CIERA Director Vicky Kalogera
The September 2017 issue of Sky & Telescope magazine features an article by Vicky Kalogera which gives her personal and professional account of the...
Graduate Student Eve Chase Wins Best Poster Award at LSC-Virgo Meeting
At the LSC-Virgo September Meeting near Geneva, Switzerland, graduate student Eve Chase won the best poster award in the Data Analysis/Theory category. The meeting...
CIERA Welcomes New Faculty Members: Wen-Fai Fong & Sasha Tchekhovskoy
Northwestern University is in the midst of an astrophysics faculty expansion plan. With last year’s arrival of Raffaella Margutti, an expert in ‘transient phenomena’...
Announcing CIERA Director of Operations Kari Frank & Associate Director Shane Larson
We are pleased to announce our new Director of Operations, Dr. Kari Frank. Kari holds a PhD in Physics from Purdue, and is formerly...
CIERA Director Vicky Kalogera Appointed CIFAR Senior Fellow
Professor Kalogera has been appointed as a Senior Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) program in Gravity and the Extreme Universe....
CIERA Postdoc Alum Carl Rodriguez Featured in Northwestern Magazine
CIERA Postdoctoral Alumnus Carl Rodriguez ’16 PhD was included in a Northwestern Magazine cover feature showcasing the work of doctoral students from many disciplines...
The Computing Power Behind CIERA’s Galaxy Formation Research
Northwestern University’s Information Technology (NUIT) team provides campus researchers across all disciplines access to high performance computing resources and services for conducting in-depth computational...
CIERA Director Vicky Kalogera Featured in Northwestern Global Impact Video
In a new video designed to acknowledge Northwestern’s global impact, President Schapiro presents some of the outstanding work happening across all campuses, including that...
Graduate Student Fani Dosopoulou Receives Holt Award
The Graduate School of Northwestern University has selected Fani Dosopoulou to receive the Holt Award. Named in honor of Helen Froelich Holt ’34, ‘38MS,...
Astronomy Students Awarded Best Senior Thesis
Congratulations to undergraduates Rebecca Diesing and Charles “Chase” Kimball, who jointly won the Department of Physics & Astronomy prize for best senior thesis, 2017....
CIERA Postdocs Advance to New Positions
Laura Sampson has moved to a postdoctoral position at Penn State at the Center for Infectious Disease...