International political economy senior Cari Reinert, a Eugene McDermott Scholar, has become the first University of Texas at Dallas student to be selected as a Brooke Owens Fellow. She aspires to integrate her future work in the space industry with global conservation and environmental justice efforts. “We could not be prouder of her.”The policy side of the space industry wasn’t always a career interest of Reinert. “That’s when I really started diving into the space industry and learning more about how space and policy connect,” she said. “I found the Brooke Owens Fellowship and decided to apply.”The fellowship was founded in 2016 to honor the memory of industry pioneer and accomplished pilot D. Brooke Owens, who died in 2016 at the age of 35 from cancer.