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CIERA’s Laura Sampson Wins L’Oréal USA 2016 For Women in Science Fellowship
CIERA postdoctoral fellow Laura Sampson is among five female scientists honored with the 2016 For Women in Science Fellowship from L’Oréal...
The Legacy of Scientific Discovery – by Mike Zevin, LIGO Graduate Student
On the morning of February 11th 2016, people around the world congregated in conference rooms to watch a press conference that...
LIGO Team Announces Second Gravitational-Wave Event
The new window onto the universe just opened a little bit wider. For the second time in history, an international team...
‘Mosh Pits’ in Star Clusters a Likely Source of LIGO’s First Black Holes
In a new study, CIERA astrophysics show their theoretical predictions last year were correct: The historic merger of two massive black...
Major Prizes for LIGO Founders and 1,012 Contributors to Gravitational-Wave Discovery
Yuri Milner, a Russian entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and physicist, is giving $3 million as a Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics...
CIERA’s Carl Rodriguez Gives TEDx Talk
Carl Rodriguez, a Ph.D. candidate in Physics and Astronomy, was chosen to present his talk, “Listening to Einstein’s Final Symphony,” as...
CIERA’s Shane Larson Leads Gravitational Waves Discussion at Science Café
More than 80 people from the Northwestern and Evanston area communities came to the Firehouse Grill March 23 to talk about...
“Chicago Tonight” Features CIERA’s Vicky Kalogera and Shane Larson Discussing Major Research Discovery
Chicago Tonight, a weeknight television news magazine on WTTW Channel 11 hosted by Phil Ponce, featured Vicky Kalogera and Shane Larson...
CIERA Contributes to the Historic First Detection of Gravitational Waves
On February 11, 2016 the National Science Foundation and the LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC) announced that their scientists successfully, for the...
CIERA’s Shane Larson Participates in Gravitational Wave Google Hangout
On November 20th, a NASA program called Physics of the Cosmos co-sponsored its first Google Hangout in partnership with the “Future in Space”...