This year a record number of undergraduates in the Westerman Lab applied for, and were awarded, research fellowships. Braden Shipman received a Arkansas Department of Higher Education SURF (Student Undergraduate Research Fellowship) for his research on the effect of the thermocline on gene expression in invasive ascidians. Abby Merrill received an Honors College Research Grant and a Bumpers College Undergraduate Research Grant for her research on mate choice copying. Ashlyn Anderson received an Honors College Research Grant for her research on bet hedging and sperm allocation. Jessica Proctor received an Undergraduate Research Grant for her research on the effect of cue strength on memory. Congratulations to all four for their hard work!