Summer Under the Stars Archives

STEM Café attendees will get a chance to view the Perseid Meteor Shower, which occurs every August when Earth passes through the tail of the Swift-Tuttle comet. Image courtesy of nasaimages.org

Nights of wine and stars: Aug. 12 STEM Café offers Perseid Meteor Shower, telescopes, vino

July 31, 2012 Gillian King-Cargile Centerpiece, Community, Communiversity, Engagement, Events

Question: what’s better than gazing up at a summer sky filled with shooting stars? Answer: gazing up at those same beautiful stars while drinking a cool, crisp glass of wine. On Sunday, Aug. 12, STEM Outreach invites adults to the August STEM

This Fermilab image shows scientists building a prototype of the Dark Energy Camera, which will survey about one-tenth of the sky to measure 300 million galaxies and discover thousands of supernovae.

‘Summer Under the Stars’ continues July 25

July 18, 2012 Gillian King-Cargile Communiversity, Engagement, Events, Latest News, Liberal Arts and Sciences, On Campus

There’s no sign of a break in the heat, but amateur and expert stargazers alike can have some cool fun Wednesday, July 25. NIU’s Summer Under The Stars program, “Eyes on the Sky,” continues at 7 p.m. in La Tourette Hall Room

‘Summer Under the Stars’ 2012 blasts off June 5 with a viewing of Venus’ transit across the sun

June 4, 2012 Gillian King-Cargile Communiversity, Engagement, Events, Faculty & Staff, Latest News, Liberal Arts and Sciences, On Campus

We can’t all be astronauts or afford a seat on Virgin Galactic’s private shuttle to the International Space Station. So NIU STEM Outreach and the Davis Hall Observatory are offering community members a closer look at the heavens with the Summer Under

STEMfest 2011: ‘Everything is cool’

November 16, 2011 Gillian King-Cargile Community, Communiversity, Education, Engagement, Engineering and Engineering Technology, Events, Health and Human Sciences, Liberal Arts and Sciences, On Campus, Visual and Performing Arts

As the last of STEMfest’s 4,000 participants trickled out of the Convocation Center Oct. 22, they were still buzzing with the day’s excitement. “The lasers are cool! The static electricity is cool!” one young girl chattered to her parents. She looked out

Summer Under the Stars to conclude Saturday with ‘Geology of the Moon,’ telescope viewing

August 1, 2011 Gillian King-Cargile Campus Highlights, Community, Communiversity, Engagement, Events, Liberal Arts and Sciences, On Campus

Saturday, Aug. 6, is the last chance to attend NIU’s popular Summer Under the Stars program. In June and July, attendees had an out-of-this-world time with the history of the Space Shuttle program and Telescope Night. At 7 p.m. Saturday in Davis

e these from NASA; just don't expect to see this through a telescope Friday evening!

Summer Under the Stars continues Friday night with telescope viewing, images, assembly, tales

July 21, 2011 Gillian King-Cargile Community, Communiversity, Engagement, Events, Liberal Arts and Sciences

Families can beat the heat with a “cool night” in the cosmos contemplating the icy reaches of space at 7 p.m. Friday, July 22. NIU’s STEM Outreach will present the second Summer Under the Stars event, Telescope Night, in LaTourette Hall Room 200.

NASA image of the Space Shuttle Atlantis

NIU presents free ‘Summer Under the Stars’ events for space cadets, moon gazers of all ages

June 20, 2011 Gillian King-Cargile Campus Highlights, Community, Communiversity, Engagement, Events, Liberal Arts and Sciences, On Campus

This summer, NIU’s STEM Outreach is hosting a series of free family events that celebrate all things space. Amateur star gazers and constellation connoisseurs alike will appreciate talks led by NIU experts on everything from the geology of the moon to the