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...
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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...
Launching SCOPE, a Free Online Science Communication Program
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...
Earthquake Detective Featured by sustainNU in Citizen Science Project Spotlight
As part of their Virtual Earth Month celebration, each week sustainNU will highlight two new research projects on biology, climate, history, nature, social sciences,...
Danat Issa Awarded Frontera Computational Science Fellowship
CIERA graduate student Danat Issa was awarded the Frontera Computational Science Fellowship, a distinguished program that provides a year-long opportunity for talented graduate students...
New Year, New CIERA Open House Event
CIERA kicked off the new year by welcoming over 100 people to an open house to learn more about the center while...
CIERA REU Students Present at 235th Meeting of the AAS
Students from CIERA’s summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program and the LSSTC Enabling Science program presented their research projects at the 235th American...
Jeremy Schnittman Presents Interdisciplinary Colloquium Inspired by ‘Interstellar’
Dr. Jeremy Schnittman, research astrophysicist at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center for 10 years, presented his talk Life on Miller’s Planet: The Habitability...
CIERA Graduate Student Zachary Hafen Featured by Northwestern TGS
“Be willing to give a chance to stuff that seems boring at first. The depth may astound you once you get through the beginning.”...