Author: Kainani Dowell

To our 2025 Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences Scholars!

To those who spent countless hours bent over microscopes, or hunched over map boards under the blazing sun.
To those who decoded the secrets of chemistry, physics, geology, and engineering.
To those who dared to look up— past the clouds, past the stratosphere— toward distant planets and the edges of our solar system.

You’ve tested your limits. You’ve asked hard questions. You’ve mapped the unseen and measured the unmeasurable.
Your curiosity, grit, and brilliance will carry you far— whether deep into the Earth or far beyond it.

You’re tough as diamonds and shine like stars.

Congratulations! We’re so proud of you.