Local Group Cluster Search led by CIERA Postdoctoral Fellow Cliff Johnson
The Local Group Cluster Search, a Zooniverse project led by CIERA Postdoctoral Fellow and Adler Planetarium Zooniverse Science Lead & Co-Director Cliff Johnson, recently...
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DONORS LAUNCH MATCHING GIFT CHALLENGE DURING SPECIAL-ACCESS TRIP TO ARIZONA OBSERVATORY New and long-time donors to the Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration & Research in...
Carolyn Porco Presents 13th Annual CIERA Public Lecture
On October 6, Dr. Carolyn Porco, an award-winning planetary scientist, leader of Cassini’s imaging team, and veteran imaging team member on the1980s Voyager mission...
REACH 2022 Sessions Back In-Person
Research Experiences in Astronomy at CIERA for High School Students (REACH) is a highly interactive, 3-week program (with an optional 3-week extension) that provides...
REU Welcomed 14 Students to Campus for a Successful 2022 Summer
This summer, CIERA hosted 14 undergraduate students as a part of the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program, providing students with the opportunity to...
RET 2022 Completion of a Successful First Year
CIERA’s Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) program provides middle and high school teachers opportunities to engage in cutting-edge astronomy research, and help them translate...
Women astronomers leading the revolution
New book shares the stories of women astronomers as they revolutionize a historically male-dominated field The Sky Is for Everyone (published June 21st, 2022...
May 15 Lunar Eclipse Public Viewing
Northwestern students and Evanston residents gathered atop the South Campus Parking Garage Sunday May 15th, 2022 to view the total lunar eclipse of the...
CIERA Researchers Quoted in Sky & Telescope June Cover Story
CIERA Director Vicky Kalogera, Einstein Fellow Maya Fishbach, and Board of Visitors Research Assistant Professor Zoheyr Doctor have been featured in Sky & Telescope’s...
CIERA’S Inaugural Astronomy Night Out
On Friday April 22, CIERA held its first Astronomy Night Out event for Northwestern students and local Evanston residents. The event, attended by 65...
CIERA High School Researcher is Regeneron National Science Talent Search Grand Prize Winner
High school student Christine Ye, who has been conducting research with NASA Einstein Postdoctoral Fellow Maya Fishbach since Fall 2020, has been named the...
High School Student and CIERA Postdoctoral Fellow Mentor Publish Star Formation Simulation Research
CIERA Postdoctoral Fellow Mike Grudić (2019-2021) and Associate Prof. Claude-André Faucher-Giguère help Philadelphia High Schooler publish their first professional research paper. Henry Lane never imagined he’d be...