Hardships for Asian Americans in STEM highlighted by Hilo student
Biology student Taylor Barongan shared her voice on Asian Americans hardships in the STEM field through a commentary article published in July 2023 issue of Cell.
New funding to focus on future prevention of wildfires, trauma-informed education
Three projects focus on data science and the fourth focuses on the human element.
Art program inspires keiki to explore ocean science
UH Hilo’s MEGA Lab co-hosted the camp to empower young people through bridging art and science.
HS interns use AI, develop expense-tracking app in 48 hours
The students created the app through an internship with Project Hōkūlani at UH Mānoa’s Center on Disability Studies.
$5M to support Hawaiian, Pacific Island students in marine, environmental science
Over the five-year grant period, the team expects to support approximately 250 scholars.
$300K to train, engage aspiring math teachers at UH West Oʻahu
The grant will provide problem-based, hands-on activities for preservice math teachers.
24 Marshallese students earn master’s in education from UH
This is the third cohort from the Republic of Marshall Islands to graduate from the the PACMED program since 2017.
Advancing science of mentorships, inclusion a goal for UH alumna
Kelsea Kanoho Hosoda is taking her experiences at UH Mānoa to further the science of mentorship and multi-cultural identity integration.
Wahine basketball hosts 2nd STEM leadership youth program
More than 80 young wahine grades 5–8 were part of this year’s Youth Impact Program for girls.
Marine science summer program for HS students celebrates 10 years
Since 2013 the Research Experiences in Marine Science program has served about 150 high school students.
