CIERA’s Laura Sampson Wins L’Oréal USA 2016 For Women in Science Fellowship
CIERA postdoctoral fellow Laura Sampson is among five female scientists honored with the 2016 For Women in Science Fellowship from L’Oréal USA. The program...
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Raffaella Margutti Joins CIERA to Investigate the Biggest Explosions in Our Universe
As part of a 5-year faculty expansion initiative in the Physics & Astronomy Department, Dr. Raffaella Margutti, an expert on supernovae, has joined Northwestern...
REU Poster Session Celebrates Hard Work with Sweet Rewards
CIERA’s Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program provides students with the chance to pursue an astrophysics-based interdisciplinary research project in collaboration with Northwestern faculty. This year, nine...
NASA Illinois Space Grant Recipients Present Their Summer Research Projects
On August 4th, 2016 CIERA’s ISG summer researchers presented their findings to a group of faculty and peers. The Illinois Space Grant (ISG) is an...
Physics and Astronomy Department Rising in Impact and Visibility
Over the last 15 years, Northwestern’s Department of Physics and Astronomy has emerged as a force in the field, with new researchers pushing innovative...
The Legacy of Scientific Discovery – by Mike Zevin, LIGO Graduate Student
On the morning of February 11th 2016, people around the world congregated in conference rooms to watch a press conference that would change the...
CIERA Students Awarded Funding for Summer Research and Illinois Space Grant Projects
CIERA is pleased to announce the following awards: Summer Undergraduate Research Grant Recipients: Newlin Weatherford: (Advisor: Vicky Kalogera) Slobodan...
Jian Cao Receives Manufacturing Medal
Northwestern Engineering’s Jian Cao has received the 2016 Frederick W. Taylor Research Medal from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME). The Taylor Medal is...
CIERA Researchers Help Build a Far-Infrared Camera for SOFIA
An infrared camera called the High-resolution Airborne Wideband Camera-Plus (HAWC+) was installed on the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, SOFIA, this spring. This is...
CIERA’s Carl Rodriguez Gives TEDx Talk
Carl Rodriguez, a Ph.D. candidate in Physics and Astronomy, was chosen to present his talk, “Listening to Einstein’s Final Symphony,” as part of this...
CIERA Postdoctoral Fellow Laura Fissel Wins Prestigious Jansky Fellowship
CIERA Postdoctoral Fellow Laura Fissel will be leaving Chicago for Virginia next year, as one of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory’s (NRAO’s) Jansky fellows....
CIERA’s Vicky Kalogera Named a “Top Ten Northwestern Professor” by College Magazine
Dr. Kalogera’s leadership in the recent first detection of gravitational waves was cited as one of the reasons students view her as a top...