Three Geosciences undergraduate students – Kathleen Bundy, Amy Cutter, and Phillip Hummer – have been awarded Student Research Initiative grants to carry out research projects in 2013. Kathleen will be working with Dr. Sam Matson on a project titled “Assessing the reliability of stable isotopes in fossil bone: a unique case study of prehistoric lung pathology.” Amy will be working under Dr. David Wilkins on a study “Dendrochronological reconstruction of fire, Bogus Basin area, Boise National Forest.” Phillip’s project is “Measuring wind-blown sediments in the Boise Foothills,” and he will be working with Dr. Jen Pierce.