CIERA Connections: Dan Abramov on careers in aerospace
On May 6th, Northwestern alum and spaceflight systems engineer Dan Abramov provided 27 in-person CIERA members a glimpse into their potential future careers. Abramov’s...
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CIERA Connections: Eve Chase on careers in the public sector
On April 15, 40 in-person and 13 remote attendees gathered to hear from Dr. Eve Chase, Northwestern alum and current data scientist. Dr. Chase’s journey...
Presenting talks and visualizations at the 2024 CoDEx Symposium
On April 2, 2024, Northwestern Information Technology (NUIT) held their annual CoDEx symposium, an all-day campus-wide showcase of computational and data-enabled research at Northwestern....
Jillian Rastinejad selected for competitive Gemini Graduate Student Visitor Program
In early April 2024, 5 graduate students from across the International Gemini Observatory community were selected to visit the observatory and participate in a...
Meet CIERA’s seven incoming postdocs!
Welcome new postdoctoral researchers! We are very excited to introduce the newest cohort of incoming Fall 2024 CIERA Postdoctoral Fellows and Associates! These seven...
Postdoc Sarah Blunt named to inaugural class of RCSA fellows
On March 26, 2024 the Research Corporation for Science Advancement announced its inaugural class of RCSA Fellows, including CIERA Postdoctoral Scholar Sarah Blunt. The...
Two REU students win American Astronomical Society Chambliss Awards
Sebastian Banaszak and Vishnu Gade have both been awarded Chambliss Astronomy Achievement Student Awards by the American Astronomical Society (AAS). Banaszak and Gade participated in...
CIERA REU students present at 243rd meeting of the AAS
Students from CIERA’s summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program presented their research projects from summer 2023 at the 243rd American Astronomical Society (AAS)...
The Symphony of the Universe
Darsan Swaroop Bellie uses original jazz compositions to communicate scientific concepts Jazz and astronomy might seem worlds apart, but Darsan Swaroop Bellie has found...
21 undergraduates conduct summer research with REU and ISG
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) 2023 This summer, CIERA hosted 15 undergraduate students from 12 different institutions as a part of the Research Experiences...
Graduate students hold astronomy workshop series for local educators
Over the past spring and summer, Chicago-area teachers learned about various astronomical topics and connected with fellow educators in the community through a series...
Code/Astro workshop brings together programmers from around the world
From July 10 to July 14, 2023 49 in-person and 38 remote participants from around the world attended the 4th annual Code/Astro workshop, a...