Y.O.U. Students Enjoy Astronomy Visit
CIERA graduate students Aprajita Hajela and Eve Chase coordinated a trip for middle school students to visit Dearborn Observatory on an afternoon field trip...
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Shane Larson Wins Grand Prize in Instructables Optics Contest
Shane Larson won the grand prize for the Optics Contest of Instructables for his tutorial detailing the construction of a very large backyard Dobsonian...
CIERA’s Michelle Paulsen to Serve on National Education Leadership Committee
Michelle Paulsen, CIERA’s Director of Education, Outreach, and Communications Programs, has accepted a position on the NSELA Professional Development Committee (PDC) for a term of three...
CIERA Helps Chicago-Area High School Students Host 2018 GirlCon
On Saturday, June 16th, over 170 middle and high school girls from around the United States gathered to address the future of diversity in...
Reach for the Stars Teacher, John Kretsos, Honored with Distinguished Secondary Teacher Award
Former GK12 teacher, John Kretsos, is among five high school teachers who will be awarded during the 2018 Northwestern commencement ceremony for the positive impact they’ve...
REU Student José Flores Velazquez Presents Research on Capitol Hill
This April, José Flores Velazquez presented his research in Washington, D.C. as part of the 22nd Annual Posters on the Hill conference organized by...
CIERA Graduate Students Host Field Trip for Girls 4 Science
On Saturday, February 3, 2018, CIERA hosted a group from Girls 4 Science, a Chicago based nonprofit “dedicated to exposing girls, ages 10-18 years old,...
Graduate Students Engage with 7th/8th Grade Students & Families
On June 24th, Physics & Astronomy graduate students Cody Dirks and Zachary Hafen led a workshop at the Dearborn Observatory as part of the...
CIERA Pilot Program Exposes Students to Astronomy Research
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) are crucial to innovation, yet many challenges exist to producing highly qualified STEM graduates. CIERA Professor Dave Meyer...
CIERA Hosts Astronomy Day for Middle School Teachers
On February 23, CIERA hosted a day of professional development for middle school science and astronomy teachers. Twelve teachers from Evanston, Skokie, and Libertyville...
NASA Illinois Space Grant Recipients Present Their Summer Research Projects
On August 4th, 2016 CIERA’s ISG summer researchers presented their findings to a group of faculty and peers. The Illinois Space Grant (ISG) is an...
CIERA Hosts Inaugural Cohort of New LSSTC Data Science Fellowship Program
With a new generation of ground and space-based surveys generating petabytes of data per year, together with the increasing complexity of data coming from...