Program saving endangered Hawaiʻi plants earns national award
The award was presented in Washington, D.C. by a group of approximately 30 local, regional and national conservation organizations.
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.
Improving the community through research wins student national honor
Maile Wong will receive a $375 stipend, a certificate and will present her research at the NCHC conference this November in Chicago.
Less limu pālahalaha? Study looks at ways to protect native seaweed species
Future research will explore linkages between wastewater management and limu.
UH News Image of the Week: Hanauma Bay
This week's image is from UH Mānoa's Mark Hixon.
$10.7M for human, environmental microbiome research
A second grant of more than $10 million from the National Institutes of Health furthers UH as a microbiome research center of excellence.
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.
Restoring critical Windward Oʻahu agroforest
A UH and Kākoʻo ʻŌiwi partnership has transformed the area into an agroforest.
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.
Lyon Arboretum Hawaiʻi rare plant expert retires after 35 years of service
Nellie Sugii managed the Hawaiian Rare Plant Program for 25 years and most recently served as Lyon’s interim director for the past two years.
