Cosmologist Prof. Wendy Freedman Presents CIERA Annual Public Lecture
On October 5, 2017 at 7:30pm, CIERA held its annual public lecture at Cahn auditorium. This year, we welcomed Wendy Freedman from the University...
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2017 Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded to Gravitational-wave Scientists Barish, Thorne, and Weiss
Barry Barish, Kip Thorne and Rai (Rainer) Weiss received the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics October 3rd for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector...
CIERA Researchers Contribute to Record-setting Gravitational Wave Detection
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC) and the Virgo collaboration announced today (Sept. 27) the first joint detection, made on August 14, of gravitational waves...
Unique Supernova Revealed by CIERA Postdoc Giacomo Terreran
In a new study published in Nature Astronomy, CIERA postdoctoral associate Giacomo Terreran discusses a highly unusual supernova. The object, called OGLE14-073, is more...
Sky & Telescope Features “Three Cosmic Chirps and Counting” by CIERA Director Vicky Kalogera
The September 2017 issue of Sky & Telescope magazine features an article by Vicky Kalogera which gives her personal and professional account of the...
CIERA Postdoc Fabio Antonini Finds that Many LIGO Sources Arise from Mergers at the Centers of Galaxies
The first direct observation of merging black holes by Advanced LIGO opened a new window to our Universe. The new set of data from...
Graduate Student Eve Chase Wins Best Poster Award at LSC-Virgo Meeting
At the LSC-Virgo September Meeting near Geneva, Switzerland, graduate student Eve Chase won the best poster award in the Data Analysis/Theory category. The meeting...
CIERA Welcomes New Faculty Members: Wen-Fai Fong & Sasha Tchekhovskoy
Northwestern University is in the midst of an astrophysics faculty expansion plan. With last year’s arrival of Raffaella Margutti, an expert in ‘transient phenomena’...
Announcing CIERA Director of Operations Kari Frank & Associate Director Shane Larson
We are pleased to announce our new Director of Operations, Dr. Kari Frank. Kari holds a PhD in Physics from Purdue, and is formerly...
New Issue of “LIGO Magazine” Available
The eleventh issue of LIGO Magazine is now available for download. The issue focuses on LIGO’s third detection of two merging black holes during observation run,...
CIERA Director Vicky Kalogera Appointed CIFAR Senior Fellow
Professor Kalogera has been appointed as a Senior Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) program in Gravity and the Extreme Universe....
CIERA Postdoc Alum Carl Rodriguez Featured in Northwestern Magazine
CIERA Postdoctoral Alumnus Carl Rodriguez ’16 PhD was included in a Northwestern Magazine cover feature showcasing the work of doctoral students from many disciplines...