Pacific region HS students experience transportation, STEM careers
Activities included a combination of field trips and in-class modules.
Green olivine may be ‘crystal clock’ unlocking volcanic history
An assistant researcher received $554,181 from a National Science Foundation CAREER award over the next five years.
$2.4M grant for ʻāina-based STEM education at UH Maui College
Project STEMulate is a STEM problem-based learning curriculum implemented at Upward Bound sites for underrepresented and low-income high school students.
$641K grant to boost Native Hawaiians in engineering
The project will provide resources for Native Hawaiians at the undergraduate level to support student retention and encourage the pursuit of graduate engineering degrees.
UH Mānoa engineering students to tutor, mentor Castle HS students
The program was made possible by a Harold K.L. Castle Foundation grant.
New metrics could reduce gender gap in STEM fields
UH Mānoa research looked at modern, digital metrics and their potential to reduce biases that have systematically devalued the achievements of women in STEM.
UH honored by Honolulu for environmental heroism
Volunteer efforts by these clean water heroes include creating awareness of storm water pollution and water quality issues in streams and the ocean.
800-year-old taro farming techniques revealed
Research revealed that farmers used a form of hydraulic engineering to grow taro.
Inaugural DataCamp launches Pacific-wide STEM community
UH Hilo supports an online data analytics course with students from Hawaiʻi and 10 other Pacific partners.
Keiki learn to appreciate the fungi of their labor
CTAHR Extension educators sent out more than 250 mushroom-growing kits to children statewide.
