UH Mānoa academic, research in top tiers of new rankings
UH Mānoa placed among the world’s best in several academic subjects.
Vaccine research for deadly ‘Vietnam time bomb’ gets $3M grant
Researchers were awarded a $3-million contract from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency in the U.S. Department of Defense to create a vaccine to protect against melioidosis.
UH Mānoa humanities, natural sciences among top 1% in the world
UH Mānoa placed No. 93 and No. 32 in the U.S. in natural sciences.
Caffeinated forests? Coffee pulp restores tropical forests in Costa Rica
Coffee pulp eliminated the non-native grasses allowing the native forest to thrive.
UH Mānoa among world’s best in multiple subject areas
UH’s flagship institution was highly ranked in four broad subject area rankings.
Funding applications for undergraduates, faculty mentored projects
UROP’s student project funding deadline is March 3 and faculty mentoring grant deadline is March 1.
Turtles face ‘daunting future’ due to climate change, other factors
Researchers said that with sea levels projected to rise due to global warming, many habitats that turtles live in will disappear or dramatically shrink within the next 100 years.
Non-native birds take over Oʻahu, alter seed dispersal
Oʻahu seed dispersal networks are currently dominated by non-native birds.
Human, environmental health research develops via Hawaiʻi landscape
UH Mānoa’s COBRE research projects aim to develop the tools to understand the interface between human and environmental health.
Is that fish you’re eating what the label said?
The most common mislabeled fish was swai, sold as a more expensive fish under a variety of names.
