UH Hilo ag college launches climate change academy
Curriculum will draw on traditional Pacific Island cultural perspectives to guide principles for effective sustainability.
UH Hilo professor dedicates ag scholarship to late wife
The scholarship is open to any full-time undergraduate student pursuing a bachelor’s degree at UH Hilo in agriculture or a related field.
UH Hilo launches online map of campus gardens
The campus community is encouraged to tour the various gardens on campus and participate in improvement projects.
Can sugarcane create jet fuel?
UH Hilo faculty and students conduct field trials to see if sugarcane can convert into high-performance jet fuel.
1st taro genome assembly developed by researchers
UH Mānoa and UH Hilo researchers helped publish a study in the hopes of advancing the fight against an infectious disease that wipes out taro.
UH Hilo students grow exotic rice in East Hawaiʻi
Experiential learning opportunity allows horticultural students at UH Hilo to conduct trials on the possibility of growing exotic rice in East Hawaiʻi.
UH renews focus on sustainability and resilience initiative
A five-minute video, features faculty and administrators involved in different and diverse facets of sustainability and resilience research, curriculum, operations and community engagement, and deep cultural connections.
Bob-Bob and horse friends benefit from bento fundraiser
Local celebrity chef Alan Wong has partnered with the UH Hilo to host a bento fundraiser for livestock that have been displaced by the recent lava flow.
Sweet potato production can be improved with select fertilizers
UH Hilo researchers highly recommended soil testing to determine if current fertilization practices are sustainable and can maintain the production of sweet potato tubers.
Scholarships awarded to beekeeping students at UH Hilo
Daniel Lunnom, Batina Grossett and David Russell each received a $1,000 scholarship from the Alan Wong's Adopt–a–Beehive program.
