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State adds $2.3M to Maui Wildfire Exposure Study, launches survivor registry

September 3, 2024
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The study offers comprehensive health screenings and enrolls affected individuals into the most extensive social and bio-monitoring study in Hawaiʻi following a disaster.

Electricity pricing change for large Hawaiʻi businesses proposed

August 29, 2024
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This approach would charge customers based on the hourly marginal cost of electricity production, a model known as locational marginal pricing.

Rural Hawaiʻi faces major health challenges, UH report finds

August 25, 2024
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This is the first rural health report targeted specifically for Hawaiʻi that measures data at the individual level.

Which college majors pay the most in Hawaiʻi and the U.S.?

August 22, 2024
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Report authors utilized data from the American Community Survey in their analysis.

Lahaina Obon Ceremony honors wildfire victims, celebrates resilience

August 13, 2024
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The ceremony, which took place at Lahaina Cannery Mall, featured traditional dancing, food vendors and a sense of community healing.

$1.4M NIH grant boosts Maui Wildfire Exposure Study research

August 6, 2024
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The grant will help fund the longitudinal aspect of the study for up to 1,000 participants for two years.

UH sweeps student journalism awards, others with ties recognized

August 1, 2024
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In addition, four students with UH ties earned paid summer journalism internships.

Universal preschool in Hawaiʻi: benefits now and later

August 1, 2024
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In 2020, the state legislature enacted Act 46, an initiative aimed at dramatically increasing preschool accessibility with the ambitious goal of universal access by 2032.

Free summer intelligence program gains momentum in second year

July 30, 2024
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Participants who successfully completed the program earned three college credits for POLS 120: Introduction to World Politics.

Tax hike for Maui short-term rentals, UHERO blog suggests

July 29, 2024
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This approach parallels a policy solution that a growing number of cities have used to try and address housing shortages: levying higher taxes on vacant housing units.