Reading time: 2minutes Healani Chang will serve a four-year commitment and lead the influential organization that supports diversity in STEM disciplines.
Reading time: 2minutes Nicole Hynson was selected as a new Underground Explorer, supporting her research on the subterranean fungal network in Native Hawaiian dryland forests.
Reading time: 3minutes Researchers found that rat lungworm larvae (worms that are infectious to humans and other animals) are present in snail slime when the snails are exposed to stress.
Reading time: 4minutes The program encompasses a unique blend of Indigenous and Western science and culture, with a core focus on the field of island invasion biology in the Pacific.
Reading time: 4minutes Kiana Frank uses modern techniques in microbiology, molecular biology and geochemistry to complement the observations of her kūpuna.
Reading time: 3minutes A second grant of more than $10 million from the National Institutes of Health furthers UH as a microbiome research center of excellence.
Reading time: 3minutes Caleb-Matthew Olaso won a nationally competitive fellowship program that will take him to Nepal for a year to work in a non-profit centered around education development.
Reading time: 3minutes Hawaiian land snails, most of which are found nowhere else in the world, are among some of the most threatened animals on the planet.
Reading time: 3minutes Scientists from UH and DLNR are working together to re-establish picture-winged fly populations, including Drosophila hemipeza, an endangered species.