Two students pursuing degrees in sustainable Earth systems sciences (SESS) are among the six current and former University of Texas at Dallas students selected by the National Science Foundation (NSF) for its 2024 Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). “In this NSF GRFP round, SESS outperformed academic colleagues like UT Austin and Stanford University on an absolute and per-capita award basis.”In addition to winning these fellowships, Blake and Rangel-Landeros are also Eugene McDermott Graduate Fellows. Rangel-Landeros will use his findings to help develop new bilingual field courses and exhibits to expand access to public natural sciences in Texas. NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Created in 1951, the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program is the nation’s oldest fellowship program that directly supports graduate students in various STEM fields. Tristan Linn BS’24, a Collegium V Honors graduate, earned his degree in mechanical engineering.