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SOEST volcanologists, past and present, play a major direct role in Kīlauea science response

May 22, 2018

Bruce Houghton and nine past or present School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology graduates are working 24/7 at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory monitoring the Kīlauea eruption.

UH planetary scientist honored for lifetime contribution

April 24, 2018

Emeritus faculty member Klaus Keil is named a charter Legends Fellow by the Microanalysis Society for his work on the electron probe microanalyser.

UH Mānoa considered a ‘Best Value’ in national ranking

April 23, 2018

Forbes based its rating on variables such as alumni earnings, timely graduation, school quality and access for low-income students.

Moon crater named in honor of UH scientist

April 10, 2018

B. Ray Hawke was a lunar researcher within the Hawaiʻi Institute for Geophysics and Planetology.

Powerful new tool for looking for life beyond Earth developed by UH researchers

January 17, 2018

Shiv Sharma and Anupam Misra, and their team, developed the standoff ultra-compact micro-Raman instrument.

UH researcher named participating scientist for NASA asteroid mission

December 22, 2017

Post-doctoral associate David Trang will become a science team member during his three-year tenure with the mission.

UH Mānoa researcher honored for clean energy education and empowerment

November 28, 2017

Nicole Lautze serves as a faculty member in the Hawaiʻi Institute for Geophysics and Planetology.

UH Mānoa professor named 2017 American Geophysical Union Fellow

October 31, 2017

Murli Manghnani has made impressive contributions in the field of high pressure-high temperature mineral physics, with a focus on the structure and transformation of minerals deep in Earth’s interior.

New research uses satellites to predict end of volcanic eruptions

July 13, 2017

UH Mānoa's Estelle Bonny and Robert Wright tested the hypothesis that lava flow rate changes during a typical effusive volcanic eruption.

New evidence of frost on moon’s surface

June 1, 2017

Using data from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, scientists have identified bright areas near the moon’s south pole that are cold enough to have frost present.