Professor Bruce Hrivnak has been awarded a $226,100 NSF Grant for his study of dying stars. Prof. Hrivnak uses the telescope on Valparaiso University's campus as well as other telescopes around the world to track how the light from these dying stars varies over time in order to better understand the process of stellar death and the structures created by stars entering their final phases of development.

Some of the funds will be used to support undergraduate students doing summer research, providing summer stipends and travel funds for observation trips.

We congratulate Prof. Hrivnak on this great achievement!

Visit http://www.valpo.edu/news/news.php?releaseId=4511 for the official news release.