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...
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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...
Graduate Student Inspires Students Through Art
CIERA graduate student Niharika Sravan volunteered at the City of Evanston’s Camp Kaleidoscope on July 18. She worked on a constellation project with a group...
Six CIERA Students Awarded Illinois Space Grant Consortium Scholarships to Advance their Research
The Illinois Space Grant Consortium awarded six CIERA students with scholarships for the 2014-2015 school year. Graduate students Katie Breivik, who studies under Prof. Shane Larson, and...
CIERA Postdoc Explores Black Holes in BBC Magazine Feature
CIERA postdoc Daryl Haggard’s research about the growth of supermassive black holes is featured in the July 2014 issue of BBC’s Sky at Night Magazine, scheduled...
CIERA Graduate Student Carl Rodriguez Produces Astronomy Film for Jackson Hole Science Media Film Festival
CIERA Graduate Student Carl Rodriguez recently produced a film entitled “Black Holes & Star Clusters” for the short film category at the Jackson Hole...
CIERA Research Students and Judges Featured at Northwestern University High School Project Showcase
On June 2, the Office of STEM Education Partnerships (OSEP) in partnership with the Office of Undergraduate Research and the Motorola Solutions Foundation, hosted the 7th Annual High School Project...