CIERA to Welcome Four New Postdocs in Fall 2015
We are happy to announce that four new postdocs will join CIERA in the Fall of 2015. Ben Nelson will be the first Data Science Scholar...
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Summer Undergraduate Student Success Stories: CIERA Alumni
We’re always on the lookout for news from students who have spent time at CIERA. Here are some updates for students who worked at...
CIERA Professors Lithwick and Motter Recognized in NU Research Annual Report
Two CIERA-affiliated professors were recognized in Northwestern University’s 2014 Research Report, released last week. Both Assistant Professor Yoram Lithwick and Professor Adilson Motter were featured in one-page profiles that...
LSST Project Accepts New Mirror Surfaces
The M3/M1 mirror surfaces were accepted as a critical component of the LSST or Large Synoptic Survey Telescope project, this past week, according to the LSST...
From Chemistry Labs to Star Forming Regions in the Galaxy: Astrochemistry at the CIERA Winter Interdisciplinary Colloquium
Professor Ben McCall (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) visited CIERA on Tuesday, February 10th. We were thankful that he was able to give the 2015 CIERA...
Don Geci, CIERA High-School Summer Student, Accepted to Princeton
Don Geci, a senior from Lake View High School in Chicago, participated this summer in a research project with CIERA Graduate Student Sam Hadden....
CIERA Fellow Chatterjee helps show `Vulcan’ planets follow predictions of new theory
CIERA Postdoctoral Fellow Sourav Chatterjee and Jonathan C. Tan from University of Florida have published a study in the Astrophysical Journal Letters that show...
LIGO Generations: New Documentary on Gravitational Wave Astronomy
LIGO Generations, a new film documenting the history of gravitational wave astronomy and the dramatic next phase about to unfold with Advanced LIGO, was...
CIERA Graduate Student Meagan Morscher Wins Martin and Beate Block Award
CIERA graduate student Meagan Morscher won the Martin and Beate Block Award for her presentation at the Aspen Center for Physics’ winter conference on Black Holes...
Join Einstein Evenings throughout 2015
We are happy to announce a Public Outreach activity we are launching within CIERA for the duration of 2015. These events are inspired by...
Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Project Celebrates Successful Completion of its Unique Mirror
The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) is the #1 priority for the astronomical community and supported for construction by the National Science Foundation and...
Annual Jamboree Summarizes CIERA’s Diverse Research with Postdoc & Graduate Student Talks
Every year, before our annual Holiday Party, CIERA faculty, postdocs, graduate students and guests come together to hear brief presentations on the diverse research...