Dearborn Observatory Welcomes 1,500 During Architecture Festival
On October 15 & 16, the Dearborn Observatory hosted 1,500 visitors as part of the Chicago Architecture Foundation’s Open House Chicago (OHC) event. Both...
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Gravity Spy: The New Gravitational-Wave Project Using Citizen Science
LIGO, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory, is the most sensitive and complex gravitational experiment ever created. When researchers look at the information LIGO receives...
Graduate Student Kyle Kremer Recognized for Exceptional Work at NSF Event
Graduate student Kyle Kremer represented the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the Chicago-area National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship event last week, and...
Undergraduate Rebecca Diesing Honored with Oliver Marcy Scholarship
Each year Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences recognizes undergraduates for outstanding academic achievement. For her work in the natural sciences and mathematics, Physics...
Carl Rodriguez Awarded MIT Pappalardo Postdoctoral Fellowship in Physics
Carl Rodriguez has graduated and begun a postdoctoral position at MIT. Carl studies the formation, dynamics, and gravitational-wave implications of black holes from dense...
CIERA’s Laura Sampson Wins L’Oréal USA 2016 For Women in Science Fellowship
CIERA postdoctoral fellow Laura Sampson is among five female scientists honored with the 2016 For Women in Science Fellowship from L’Oréal USA. The program...
CIERA Graduate Students Demonstrate Their Expertise in Seven Minutes or Less
On September 13, 2016, CIERA graduate students Katie Breivik and Sam Hadden showcased their skills in public speaking at an event entitled “Seven Minutes...
Dearborn Observatory and CIERA Contribute to NU STEM & Sports Outreach Event
Every year, Northwestern University Athletics organizes an NU STEM & Sports Day: as part of Saturday pre-game activities, they invite Scouts and their families...
CIERA’s Fellows at the Frontiers 2016: Astronomy Research on the Cutting-edge
Forty invited postdoctoral fellows gathered from around the U.S. and Canada from August 31 – September 2 for CIERA’s Fellows at the Frontiers 2016...
Raffaella Margutti Joins CIERA to Investigate the Biggest Explosions in Our Universe
As part of a 5-year faculty expansion initiative in the Physics & Astronomy Department, Dr. Raffaella Margutti, an expert on supernovae, has joined Northwestern...
CIERA Hosts GNOME Data Analysis Bootcamp
In mid-August, CIERA welcomed ten researchers from a variety of institutions for a three-day bootcamp for the Global Network of Optical Magnetometers for Exotic...
REU Poster Session Celebrates Hard Work with Sweet Rewards
CIERA’s Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program provides students with the chance to pursue an astrophysics-based interdisciplinary research project in collaboration with Northwestern faculty. This year, nine...