Aloha mai kākou, On behalf of the Earth and Planetary Sciences graduate degree program at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, we would like to invite you to a series of virtual information sessions, as many of our faculty are seeking funded master's and PhD students for the upcoming academic year (Fall 2026). All of the following sessions will be held on Zoom in Hawaiʻi Standard Time (HST). Session 1: *Thursday, **October 16, 2025, 3:00–4:00pm HST*: General overview and application process. Session 2: *Thursday, **October 23, 2025, 3:00–4:00pm HST*: Discussion about specific research themes and opportunities with faculty from three divisions in the Department of Earth Sciences. Geophysics and Tectonics (G&T), Marine and Environmental Geology (MEG), Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology (VGP), and our affiliate program with the Hawaiʻi Institute of Geophysics and Planetology (HIGP). Session 3: *Thursday, October 30, 2025, 3:00–4:00pm HST*: Discussion with current graduate students in the Earth and Planetary Science Program on living and working in Hawaiʻi. If you are interested in the application process, our faculty and their research, and learning more about being a graduate student in Hawaiʻi, we cordially invite you to attend. Visit our departmental website <https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/earthsciences/index.html> for more information. Please email James Cromwell (cromwell@hawaii.edu) to receive the Zoom link. We hope to see you there! Mahalo, Reed Mershon (Ph.D. student) and Aaron Pietruszka (Associate Professor)