$50M gift aims to improve Hawaiʻi’s ocean health
The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa will conduct ocean health research with a $50 million gift from Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg.
$2.5M for food-chain microbiome research could impact agriculture, biofuel systems
The project will examine how symbiotic microbes contribute to the efficiency of food webs, and how food webs determine the composition of symbiotic microbes.
How to protect native, endangered birds from solar installations in Hawaiʻi
The report concludes, “We all want solar power to succeed but it requires planning rather than reacting.”
UH experts help to save rare endangered plant from brink of extinction
Ka palupalu o Kanaloa is historically found to grow on the rocky cliffs of Kahoʻolawe.
Indigenous communities gain improved access to oceanographic data
Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System is collaborating with partners in the Pacific Islands, the Pacific Northwest and Alaska.
Grad students enhance food sustainability in Waimānalo
Twelve urban and regional planning graduate students worked with Ke Kula Nui o Waimānalo.
Grad student discovers ʻāina-based kuleana at UH
Kahealani Acosta is featured in the ‘Finding Our Kuleana” campaign and explains discovering purpose during her academic journey.
Students discover, share kuleana at UH Mānoa
UH Mānoa launches ‘Finding our Kuleana,’ a collection of narratives about students who discover their sense of responsibility while pursuing degrees.
Discharge of precious groundwater impacted by sea level, ocean tides
UH Mānoa researchers found that tides are gatekeepers of the amount of groundwater discharging to Hawaiʻi’s coastal zone.
New program supports Asian American, Pacific Islander students in geoscience
The $209,243 grant project aims to improve the awareness of geosciences among AAPI undergraduates.
