CIERA welcomes DSFP back to Northwestern
Six years after the inaugural meeting, Northwestern hosted the LSSTC Data Science Fellowship Program for the third time the week of September 20th. With...
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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...
A quick jump into space — and back — for pictures of ‘star stuff’
Northwestern rocket grabs images of a supernova remnant On Aug. 21, a NASA-funded team that includes Northwestern faculty and students launched the “Micro-X” rocket...
SCOPE Program rising in numbers and influence
Free and open to any graduate student, SCOPE is an NSF-funded online science communication program designed for graduate students without access to in person...
ALMA Community Day
On April 1, CIERA hosted the ALMA Community Day Event, a workshop designed by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) and organized by Tarraneh...
Another Successful CIERA REU Program in the Books!
This summer, CIERA hosted 15 undergraduate students as a part of the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program. Heading into a second year of...
CIERA Members Win 2nd Place for JSPG Policy Position Paper
Image Credit: Celeste Hay Kaylee Henry, Ranya Virk, Lindsay DeMarchi, and Huei Sears won second place in the Journal of Science Policy & Governance and the American...
Social scientists, astrophysicists to probe the Universe’s deepest mysteries
Image credit: Rubin Obs/NSF/AURA Just as an enormous influx of big data is poised to transform the field of astronomy and astrophysics, a new...
Alumnus Dr. K. Chris Oh Integrates Physics Education in his Career
When I arrived at Northwestern in 1990 from my family’s home in Malaysia, I was driven by two passions: to learn science at the...
James Kasting Presents Joint Interdisciplinary Colloquium
James Webb Space Telescope. Image credit: NASA/Chris Gunn. On April 23, 2021 to an audience of nearly 65, James Kasting presented a CIERA Interdisciplinary Colloquium,...
The Upside of Volatile Space Weather
Robust stellar flares might not prevent life on exoplanets, could facilitate its detection An artistic rendering of a series of powerful stellar flares. Credit:...
CIERA’s REU Program Goes Virtual!
This summer, CIERA hosted 11 undergraduate students as a part of the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program. Adjusted for a remote experience, the...