Graduate Student Katie Breivik’s Paper Featured on AAS Nova
Graduate student Katie Breivik’s work has been featured on the site AASNova.org, which highlights some of the most interesting recent results being published in the...
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Rapid Fire Research Kicks Off
On October 26, graduate student Mike Zevin hosted the inaugural Rapid Fire Research event where 10 students had the opportunity to practice the art...
CIERA REU Student Beverly Lowell Presents Research at Symposium
CIERA REU program participant and Illinois Institute of Technology undergraduate student Beverly Lowell presented at the National Science Foundation’s Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR)...
Graduate Student Kyle Kremer Recognized for Exceptional Work at NSF Event
Graduate student Kyle Kremer represented the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the Chicago-area National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship event last week, and...
Undergraduate Rebecca Diesing Honored with Oliver Marcy Scholarship
Each year Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences recognizes undergraduates for outstanding academic achievement. For her work in the natural sciences and mathematics, Physics...
Carl Rodriguez Awarded MIT Pappalardo Postdoctoral Fellowship in Physics
Carl Rodriguez has graduated and begun a postdoctoral position at MIT. Carl studies the formation, dynamics, and gravitational-wave implications of black holes from dense...
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...
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...