Incoming graduate student in the new Earth and Energy Sciences program, Ishita Pal, has been selected to attend a training workshop (October 23-25) in Handling and Manipulation of Small Extraterrestrial Samples organized by Johnson Space Center and the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston. This workshop will allow Ishita to gain invaluable, hands-on experience in handling precious micron-sized extraterrestrial samples and learn techniques from the experts at the Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) Division at Johnson Space Center. This training will help her get a jump-start on her graduate studies in cosmochemistry with Dr. Manavi Jadhav.