Illinois Congressman Visits CIERA
Congressman Randy Hultgren, who represents the 14th district of Illinois, visited Northwestern University on June 22, 2015. Accompanied by Vice President for Research Jay...
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CIERA Helps the Adler Planetarium Celebrate the Summer of Science!
On Sunday, June 7th the Adler Planetarium kicked off its Summer of Science celebration, in honor of its 85th birthday. Northwestern University CIERA graduate students Katie Breivik and...
NASA Fellowship Awarded to CIERA Graduate Student Sam Hadden
Sam Hadden has been awarded the NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship for 2015-2016. Hadden has been a grad student at Northwestern for the...
CIERA’s Doug Roberts Creates First Video Abstract for an Astrophysical Journal Letters Article
CIERA faculty Doug Roberts has blazed a trail in the integration of visualization and astronomical publishing with the creation of the first video abstract...
CIERA’s Melville P. Ulmer Receives Funding from NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC)
Professor Ulmer is now a two times over NIAC Fellow. His most recent NIAC award came in June 2015. As a NIAC Fellow, he will serve...
Undergraduate and Graduate Student Awards
CIERA is pleased to announce the following awards: Summer Undergraduate Research Grant Recipients Funded by Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences: Jessie Duncan, Anya...
Neil deGrasse Tyson Ignites CIERA Annual Public Lecture
Students, faculty, staff, and a range of Northwestern University community members gathered May 14, 2015 for an exceptional evening with celebrated astrophysicist, Neil deGrasse Tyson....
Professor Meyer Highlights Hubble’s Contributions to Astronomy Education in CIERA Spring Interdisciplinary Colloquium
Professor Dave Meyer has found Hubble Space Telescope data to be productive in two different ways: not only does he use Hubble data for his research,...
CIERA Fellow Geller Wins First Prize in Data Visualization Challenge
CIERA Postdoctoral Fellow Aaron Geller won first place in the proposals division of the 2015 Northwestern Data Visualization Challenge, with his interactive visualization exploring stellar evolution....
CIERA Co-Sponsors Computational Research Day Poster Session
Nothwestern University’s Research Computing Services celebrated the role of computation in research at Northwestern with their Second Annual Computational Research Day on Tuesday, April 14th, 2015; as part...
Professor Yusef-Zadeh and Colleagues See Evidence of Star Formation Near Galaxy’s Supermassive Black Hole
CIERA-affiliated Professor Farhad Yusef-Zadeh has uncovered new evidence of star formation at the center of the Milky Way. In a paper published in April, Yusef-Zadeh...
Two NSF Graduate Fellowships Awarded to NU Astronomy Students
The National Science Foundation has awarded two prestigious Graduate Fellowships to students affiliated with CIERA. One Fellowship was awarded to Josh Fixelle, who works...