New Anti-Cancer AgentManoa’s André S. Bachmann explores a plant bacterium-produced molecule. Read moreCancer Mortality Among PolynesiansManoa's Loic Le Marchand finds disparities between Polynesian and Caucasian cancer deaths. Read more
Manoa Alcohol Project ProgressStudy suggests positive changes in Manoa students’ drinking behavior. Read more
KudosHilo’s Harald Barkhoff, Jerry Calton, Sonia Juvik, Gail Makuakane-Lundin, Cecilia Mukai, Kapi'olani’s Louise Pagotto, Manoa’s Andrew Reilly and Hawai'i’s Taupouri Tangaro. Read moreSafe JumpingHilo’s Sarah Blanchard publishes Jump with Joy: Positive Coaching for Horse and Rider. Read more
UH EventsLeeward’s culinary fundraiser, Hilo’s opera concert, Windward’s Dueling, Dancing, and Romancing, Maui’s student art, Manoa’s Ben Cayetano lecture and more events. Read more
Student Kudos
Manoa senior Tiffany Baring won first prize for her poster at the American Association of Anatomists convention. Her poster A New Spontaneous Mutation (tuft) Causing Defective Neuropore Closure and Craniofacial Lipoma Maps to Proximal Chromosome 10 in the 3H1 Mouse focuses on the study of a brain deformity discovered in a mouse.
Hilo sophomore Brian Yannutz was awarded a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Hollings Scholarship. Yannutz will receive two years of academic assistance up to $8,000 for full-time study during the nine-month academic year, and a 10-week, full-time summer stipend-supported internship at a NOAA facility. He hopes to become involved in a scientific diving project in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands or study shark behaviors on the Pacific Coast.