Disaster management leaders recognized
The Pacific Risk Management ʻOhana, chaired by UH NDPTC executive director Karl Kim, has selected four recipients for their outstanding efforts in disaster resilience awards.
Hurricane Harvey’s a harsh reminder for Hawaiʻi
This editorial by Karl Kim was published in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser on September 3, 2017. Kim is the executive director of the National Disaster Preparedness Training Center at the University of Hawaiʻi and is a professor in the UH Mānoa…
Mānoa volcanologists receive top international awards
Bruce Houghton and Sébastien Biass have received two of the top three awards from the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior.
Papaliʻi Failautusi Avegalio receives Community Resilience Leadership Award
The annual award recognizes Avegalio’s significant contributions to making communities better able to withstand, respond to and recover from natural disasters.
UH Research Center appoints unmanned aerial systems expert
Ted Ralston will determine best practices on the use of unmanned aerial systems for Hawaiʻi.
Zika video released by UH’s National Disaster Preparedness Training Center
The National Disaster Preparedness Training Center develops a short video as part of its Just-in-Time training initiative to promote awareness and deliver basic information about the Zika Virus.
UH Mānoa Professor Dolores Foley receives community resilience award
Dolores Foley recognized by the National Disaster Preparedness Training Center for significant contributions to disaster preparedness and management.
Disaster preparedness the focus of Pacific Risk Management ʻOhana conference
Disaster preparedness, response and recovery, climate adaptation and more at the2016 PRiMO Conference.
Helping Hawaiʻi prepare for coastal hazards aim of NOAA grant
NOAA awards UH Sea Grant College Program $845,160 grant to help Hawaiʻi communities reduce vulnerability to natural hazards and climate change
UH hosts the Sultan of Tidore
The Sultan of Ternate, His Excellency Husain Syiah, visited the UH Manoa campus and met with Hawaii scientists and emergency managers.
