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...
CIERA Postdoc Francesca Valsecchi and Colleagues Link Hot Super-Earths to Hot Jupiters
When astronomers started discovering planets around other stars, one of the biggest surprises was the discovery of many Jupiter-sized gas-giant planets orbiting extremely close...
Professor Meyer Named to 2014 Faculty Honor Roll
Congratulations to Professor David Meyer for being named to the 2013-2014 Associated Student Government Faculty & Administration Honor Roll! To be named, professors must...
New Issue of “LIGO Magazine” Celebrates Major Instrument Milestone
The fifth issue of LIGO Magazine is now available for download. This issue celebrates the major milestone of the first full lock being achieved. It...
National Science Foundation Agrees to Fund LSST Project
The National Science Foundation (NSF) agreed on Friday, August 1st, to fund the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) in constructing the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST),...
CIERA Director Elected Trustee of Aspen Center for Physics
CIERA Director, Prof. Vicky Kalogera, was elected as the astrophysics trustee, among only nine trustees, of the NSF-funded Aspen Center for Physics on July 9. The ACP is...
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...
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 Postdoc Explores Black Holes in BBC Magazine Feature
CIERA postdoc Daryl Haggard’s research about the growth of supermassive black holes is featured in the July 2014 issue of BBC’s Sky at Night Magazine, scheduled...
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...
Paper Co-Authored by Ben Farr and Former CIERA Members Reviewed on Astrobites
A recent paper co-authored by Ben Farr (CIERA Graduate Student), Will Farr (former CIERA Postdoctoral Fellow) and Ilya Mandel (former member of Vicky Kalogera’s...