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Center for Education and Research in Cosmology and Astrophysics

CERCA is organized around the vital, and growing, research programs in cosmology and astrophysics in the Department of Physics at CWRU and the Department of Astronomy, along with major educational and outreach activities conducted collaboratively between scientists at CWRU and at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.

The fields of Cosmology and Astrophysics are currently among the fastest growing and most exciting areas of research today. Scientists at CWRU are working on several major new research programs that are providing major steps forward in our understanding of the universe. CERCA provides an interdisciplinary framework for interactions between faculty, postdoctoral researchers, graduate and undergraduate students, educators and the public. CERCA is particularly active in supporting the world class research activities of scientists at CWRU and making new connections to bring the excitement of this research to the public at many levels. In particular, through a collaboration with the CMNH CERCA is developing a research group associated with the Shafran Planetarium, to help develop novel methods of conveying the results at the forefront of cosmology and astrophysics to the public.

Glenn Starkman
Director

CERCA Participating Groups

CWRU Physics Department Particle Astrophysics Group CWRU Astronomy Department Cleveland Museum of Natural History

CERCA Colloquium and Seminar Series

Many of the Physics Department Colloquia and Particle Astrophysics seminars are CERCA talks

Physics Department Colloquia Astronomy Department Colloquia Particle Astrophysics Seminars Informal Friday Pizza/Lunch Talks

Future and Ongoing CERCA Activities

Astronomy Colloquia CERCA Symposium CERCA Public Lectures Workshop on Low-l / Large Angle Cosmology

Past CERCA Activities

Kavli-CERCA Future of Cosmology Conference World Year of Physics (2005) Confronting Gravity Workshop Buffalo-Cornell-Case-Syracuse Workshop Dark Matter in the Milky Way Tests of Gravity and Gravitational Physics

Under Development

CERCA sponsored research programs for Undergraduates

CERCA Fellowships

Graduate Studies in CERCA

Graduate studies in CERCA are coordinated through the graduate programs of the Physics Department and the Astronomy Department. Depending on their specific interests, students may apply to either of these programs, both of which are an integral part of the CERCA research community.

Graduate Program in Physics Graduate Program in Astronomy