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The team will digitize and catalog more than 55,000 plant specimens, many of which are extinct, to preserve and improve access worldwide to one of the oldest collections of Pacific plants.

A new red algae species from Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument was named after the late conservation leader Laura Kalaukapu Thompson.

The award-winning documentary is being shown in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Title IX, and to honor its namesake–Maui’s own Patsy Takemoto Mink.

Students across the University of Hawaiʻi System who are interested in entrepreneurship can apply to live at Residences for Innovative Student Entrepreneurs (RISE).

An innovative scientific instrument developed by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researchers is expected to be a game changer in the search for life — existing or extinct — on Earth and other planets.

Governor David Ige signed into law a package of bills that advance his effort to improve digital access for communities across the state.

The University of Hawaiʻi will host a free online forum for the community to learn more about statewide efforts to expand broadband services and digital literacy opportunities. The forum, which is open to the public, will be held via Zoom from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Thursday, June 23.

In a recent University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa study, 23% of Hawaiʻi nurses surveyed said they are considered leaving the workforce because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Homebridge Financial Services in Hawai‘i announced today that Maui’s Faith Armanini and Oahu’s Team Hi Five (Preston Sims and Rylan Maddox) are its top producers for May.

The study examines climate-change scenarios over a 100-year period to project potential impacts of rising sea surface temperatures on humpback whale breeding grounds.

To support beginning and small farmers, American AgCredit and CoBank increased their investment in the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s farmer training program GoFarm Hawaiʻi with a $1 million gift.

The UH Board of Regents on May 19 unanimously approved an update to the comprehensive management plan of Maunakea land managed by UH.

University of Hawaiʻi-created Cumulina, the world’s first cloned mouse, was sent to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in Washington, DC. 

Twenty-three faculty members at the University of Hawaiʻi have received top awards for their inspirational teaching and world-class research, including two teachers from UH Maui College.

The National Science Foundation has awarded the University of Hawaiʻi’s Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research a five-year, $20-million grant to fund research and capacity building in support of actionable climate science through a collaboration called Change HI. 

Free short-term training classes leading to industry credentials in the resilient sectors of healthcare, technology and the skilled trades are being offered this summer at University of Hawai‘i Community Colleges through the Hana Career Pathways program.

The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is recruiting Native Hawaiian and Hawaiʻi students entering 9th through 12th grades on Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, Oʻahu, Kauaʻi and the Big Island for a free one-year program called Project Hōkūlani.

Microbes may be small, but they are highly impactful to environmental and human health amid a changing climate, according to a new report co-authored by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa oceanographer David Karl.

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa law student Keoni Williams was named the 2022 Patsy Takemoto Mink Legislative Fellow.

Bobby Pahia will be the featured speaker at the Maui Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce’s, return to in-person Talk Story event at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 28, at the Maui Tropical Plantation Tram Station in Waikapū.