Undergraduate and Graduate Student Awards
CIERA is pleased to announce the following awards: Summer Undergraduate Research Grant Recipients Funded by Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences: Jessie Duncan, Anya...
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CIERA Fellow Geller Wins First Prize in Data Visualization Challenge
CIERA Postdoctoral Fellow Aaron Geller won first place in the proposals division of the 2015 Northwestern Data Visualization Challenge, with his interactive visualization exploring stellar evolution....
Two NSF Graduate Fellowships Awarded to NU Astronomy Students
The National Science Foundation has awarded two prestigious Graduate Fellowships to students affiliated with CIERA. One Fellowship was awarded to Josh Fixelle, who works...
CIERA to Welcome Four New Postdocs in Fall 2015
We are happy to announce that four new postdocs will join CIERA in the Fall of 2015. Ben Nelson will be the first Data Science Scholar...
Summer Undergraduate Student Success Stories: CIERA Alumni
We’re always on the lookout for news from students who have spent time at CIERA. Here are some updates for students who worked at...
CIERA Fellow Chatterjee helps show `Vulcan’ planets follow predictions of new theory
CIERA Postdoctoral Fellow Sourav Chatterjee and Jonathan C. Tan from University of Florida have published a study in the Astrophysical Journal Letters that show...
CIERA Graduate Student Meagan Morscher Wins Martin and Beate Block Award
CIERA graduate student Meagan Morscher won the Martin and Beate Block Award for her presentation at the Aspen Center for Physics’ winter conference on Black Holes...
Annual Jamboree Summarizes CIERA’s Diverse Research with Postdoc & Graduate Student Talks
Every year, before our annual Holiday Party, CIERA faculty, postdocs, graduate students and guests come together to hear brief presentations on the diverse research...
CIERA Helps Host Boy Scouts and Families for “NU STEM & Sports” Event
Every year, Northwestern University’s Athletics group helps to organize an “NU STEM and Sports Event”, where Boy Scouts and their families come to campus...
CIERA Postdoc Francesca Valsecchi and Colleagues Link Hot Super-Earths to Hot Jupiters
When astronomers started discovering planets around other stars, one of the biggest surprises was the discovery of many Jupiter-sized gas-giant planets orbiting extremely close...
CIERA’s 2014 Summer Student Researchers
For the summer of 2014, 31 summer stundents worked closely with researchers at CIERA. Five of these students were funded through an educational grant...
CIERA Hosts Galaxy Formation Workshop
On July 24-26, CIERA hosted a workshop for the FIRE (Feedback In Realistic Environments) galaxy formation simulation project. This workshop, organized by Prof. Claude-André Faucher-Giguère, brought together...