CIERA Professor Fred Rasio Appointed to KITP Advisory Board
Professor Fred Rasio has been appointed to the Advisory Board of the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP) at the University of California, Santa Barbara. On that...
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CIERA Postdoctoral Fellows Geller & Hicks Win Awards for “Capturing the Beauty of Science”
Every year, Northwestern University’s Science in Society holds a competition to find the most beautiful science images from researchers all over campus. This year, that contest...
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 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...
Giles Novak Appointed as the New Faculty Director of the Tech Instrument Shop
CIERA Professor Giles Novak has been appointed as the new faculty director of the Tech Instrument Shop. Novak will start the new three-year position beginning in...
Josh Bloom Presents CIERA Spring Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Machine Learning in Astronomy
CIERA was happy to host Professor Josh Bloom for the Spring Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Wednesday May 7th. Josh is from the Astronomy Department at the University...
CIERA Sponsors Poster Session at Northwestern’s Computational Research Day
On Tuesday, April 22nd, computational researchers from across Northwestern met for Computational Research Day: a series of talks, panel discussions, and a poster session, which all...
“LIGO — A Passion for Understanding” Documentary Released April 15th
You can now get an inside look at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) team and instrument with the, documentary, “LIGO — A Passion...