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...
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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...
CIERA’s Shane Larson Called In As Expert On “Cityhenge”
Research Associate Professor Shane Larson was quoted in USA Today’s July 7 article about “Cityhenge”, a phenomena where the sun lines up with the grid system of...
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...
CIERA Graduate Students Morscher and Schwartz Meet with Over 100 2nd Grade Students
On May 28th CIERA graduate students Meagan Morscher and Joel Schwartz met with a group of over 100 2nd grade students from Rowe Elementary...
CIERA Postdoctoral Fellow Daryl Haggard Participates in a Role Model Panel at “Futures Unlimited” Event
On May 22, 2014, CIERA Postdoctoral Fellow Daryl Haggard participated in a Role Model Panel at the “Futures Unlimited” event, which took place at Oakton Community...
CIERA Postdoctoral Fellow Daryl Haggard Featured in Physics Central Podcast
CIERA Postdoctoral Fellow Daryl Haggard was interviewed along with Andrea Ghez and Stefan Gillessen for a Physics Central podcast. The podcast, titled Hungry Hungry Black Holes, talks about the black hole at...
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...
CIERA Mentored High-School Student wins First Place in Space Science at the Northeastern Science and Engineering Fair
High school student Sara Anjum recently won first place in the Space Science category at the Northeastern Science and Engineering Fair held in Cleveland,...
Total Lunar Eclipse April 15th
During the pre-dawn hours of April 15, 2014, Evanston had its first chance to view a total lunar eclipse since December 2010. Despite inclement...
CIERA Fifth Annual Public Lecture: Prof. Maria Zuber Introduces the “New Moon”
Dr. Maria Zuber, Griswold Professor of Geophysics and Vice President for Research at MIT, gave CIERA’s Fifth Public Lecture on Thursday, April 3rd. She...