Discovery finds new bacteria in an AC unit; students get involved
Student Maxwell Darris cultivated bacteria from a biofilm hanging from a pipe carrying condensed water from an air conditioner in Honolulu.
Chemistry professor’s gift to bring joy to undergraduate students
Seff established the Karl, Rose, and Joseph Seff Endowment in 2012.
Hawaiian culture in education, art, among undergraduate student showcase projects
Each year, UROP awards more than $500,000 in merit-based scholarships directly to students.
Free math boot camps to prep incoming UH Mānoa students for college
The math department requires an exam for placement in courses across several different disciplines.
Less limu pālahalaha? Study looks at ways to protect native seaweed species
Future research will explore linkages between wastewater management and limu.
$424K grant to better predict weather, climate through machine learning, AI
Peter Sadowski’s project will help forecast solar irradiance and precipitation.
New campaign highlights herbivore fishes key to healthy coral reefs
When herbivores are in low abundance, coral reefs are overgrown with seaweeds and begin to suffocate and die.
5 UH Mānoa programs among nation’s top 20
In addition, UH’s flagship campus ranked in 17 other narrow subject areas, all in the nation’s top 100.
UH math department translates pandemic knowledge into K–12 curriculum
The UH team has partnered with four schools to bring their newly developed curriculum into the classroom.
Colorful Kuiper Belt puzzle solved by UH researchers
The problem involved the Kuiper Belt, which is a massive disk of icy bodies located just outside of Neptune’s orbit in our solar system.
