Botanical Garden at UH Hilo earns global recognition
UH Hilo Botanical Garden received official accreditation from Botanic Gardens Conservation International.
Lyon Arboretum wins global award for saving endangered native plants
The Seed Conservation Lab is one of three storage and propagation facilities that are part of Lyon’s Hawaiian Rare Plant Program.
$10K Soroptimist awards fund groundbreaking women’s research studies
This is the 13th consecutive year that doctoral candidates from UH Mānoa received these fellowships.
Islands host 1/3 of Earth’s plant species, conservation needed
The study also highlighted the urgent conservation needs of island plants.
Once in a lifetime: Undergraduate students conduct research in Galápagos
During the summer, the traveling students were housed at the CDF research station, where they conducted their research projects focused on island invasion biology.
UH Hilo professor awarded $1.3M grant for flowering plants research in Hawaiʻi
Matthew Knope, lead principal investigator, is working to uncover the genetic changes responsible for rapid evolutionary diversification in Hawaiʻi and beyond.
Sen. Hirono kicks off National Native Plant Month at Lyon Arboretum
Sen. Mazie Hirono toured Lyon’s Hawaiian Rare Plant Program Greenhouse to see and plant Hawaiian endangered plants.
50 years of service: Mark Merlin, ethnobotanist and environmental historian
Mark Merlin is a professor in the UH Mānoa School of Life Sciences.
New plumeria collection aims to bolster local lei industry
The new plumeria collection features more than 30 varieties of flowers and foliage considered good for lei.
Fostering the next generation of STEM leaders through hands-on activities
UH Mānoa students, faculty and staff led the students through different hands-on activities.
