Of note

Anne M. Hofmeister, Ph.D., research professor of earth & planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences, has received a three-year, $187,632 grant from the National Science Foundation for research titled “Collaborative Research: CSEDI — First Principles Calculations and Measurements of Thermal Diffusivity for Application to the Earth’s Interior.” Also included in the grant was Jianjun Dong, Ph.D., of Auburn University.