UH Sea Grant called on to help save Waikīkī Beach
The program under the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology and the Department of Economics issue an alarming report on beach erosion.
Hawaiʻi middle-of-the-pack for child well-being
UH Mānoa Center on the Family releases Hawaiʻi’s latest KIDS COUNT® Data Book in which Hawaiʻi once again ranks 24 out of 50 states on overall child well-being.
National Cancer Institute boosts UH Cancer Center support to $8.4M
The National Cancer Institute increased its support of the University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center from $5.7 million to $8.4 million and extended its NCI designation to July 2022.
Iron deposited into ocean via dust from Asia discovered in subtropical currents
Scientists have observed that the areas the subtropical “gyres” cover experience chemistry changes periodically, especially levels of phosphorus and iron, ultimately affecting its biological productivity.
Minute marine animals live in sophisticated symbiosis with bacteria
Researchers, including those from the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, are involved in studying one of the most deceptively simple animals on Earth.
Invasive lionfish invasion focus of research model
The researchers suggest the lionfish’s success as a hunter is likely due to a combination of its particular stalking pattern, mouth suction and forward momentum as it strikes—characteristics that are unlike native fish predators.
Native Hawaiians, Japanese Americans have higher risk of pancreatic cancer
Native Hawaiians and Japanese Americans have a higher risk than other ethnic/racial groups of developing pancreatic cancer, according to a new study by the University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center.
Endangered ʻakikiki bird conservation focus of award
UH Mānoa researchers from the Kauaʻi Forest Bird Recovery Project are part of the Saving ʻAkikiki from Extinction Team that was awarded the 2018 Recovery Champion Award.
UH students test award-winning growing system at NASA habitat
An award-winning autonomous hydroponic growing system called Box Farm, designed and built by UH Mānoa engineering students, was successfully tested at the NASA-funded Inflatable Lunar-Mars Habitat.
Pono Choices earns national award
The Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs, selected Pono Choices, based in the College of Education's Center on Disability Studies, for a Maternal Child Health best practice award.
