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Raising awareness of Hawaiian forest birds through art and music

May 15, 2018
UH News

The Symphony of the Hawaiian Birds is a multidisciplinary effort to educate elementary and secondary students on Oʻahu about Hawaiʻi’s endangered native bird species and the importance of conservation efforts.

Full-sized albizia house a model of innovation and sustainability at UH

April 22, 2018
UH News

Joey Valenti’s award winning idea to build an innovative temporary housing unit out of invasive albizia has come to fruition.

Massive underreporting of deep-sea fish catch revealed in new study

April 11, 2018
UH News

The practice of towing giant fishing nets along the seafloor has caused the extraction of 25 million tons of fish, leading to the collapse of many fish populations.

New designation accelerates development of UH sustainability curriculum

March 20, 2018
UH News

The UH Office of Sustainability has been designated by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education as one of only 13 Centers for Sustainability.

Researchers create first map showing human and environmental impact on Hawai‘i reefs

March 2, 2018
UH News

The study synthesized 10 years of datasets for the first time to get a big-picture perspective on Hawaiʻi's reef health and regional impacts and it provides a foundation for further research and informs policies to protect coral reefs.

Ocean climate change research sets benchmark

February 28, 2018
UH News

UH has completed 300 research cruises to Station ALOHA, about 60 miles north of Oʻahu, one of the best-sampled places in the world’s oceans with a decades-long record of how the ocean responds to climate change.

2018 President’s Green Awards recognize leadership in sustainability across campuses

February 12, 2018
UH News

Winners of the UH President’s Green Initiative Awards were honored in a ceremony on February 8 as part of the Hawaiʻi Sustainability in Higher Education Summit.

UH experts appointed to city climate change commission

January 31, 2018
UH News

The role of the commission, which includes UH Mānoa's Rosie Alegado, Makena Coffman and Chip Fletcher, is to gather the latest science and information on climate change impacts to Hawaiʻi.

UH virtual symposium to advance sustainability across curriculum

January 11, 2018
UH News

This year’s summit will focus on accelerating University of Hawaiʻi systemwide sustainability curricular initiatives.

Initiative to address challenges facing Hawaiʻi and the world launches with research projects

November 13, 2017
UH News

Inaugural UH Mānoa Strategic Investment Initiative projects capitalize on the strengths of the university and focuses on a challenge facing Hawaiʻi, the solutions of which can be exported to the world.