#Hawaii Pacific University

Hawai‘i Pacific University’s Center for Marine Debris Research is set to host its inaugural in-person Marine Debris Circularity Academy this summer on Oʻahu. The series of short courses is designed to promote sustainable solutions to the global plastic pollution crisis, with a focus on creating a “circular economy for plastics” in Hawai‘i and beyond. 

The Oceanic Institute of Hawaiʻi Pacific University marked a historic milestone last week by releasing over 300 aquacultured juvenile yellow tang (lauʻīpala) into the waters of Oʻahu. This initiative, carried out in collaboration with Georgia Aquarium and Disney’s Aulani Resort, represented the first documented release of fish in Hawaiʻi aimed specifically at ecosystem restoration rather than food production—a significant step toward preserving Hawaiʻi’s coral reefs.

Advancing mentorship opportunities for emerging Native Hawaiian filmmakers currently living in Hawai‘i, the Sundance Institute’s 2024 Indigenous Program this month wrapped its short film-focused intensive earlier in Honolulu—the Sundance Indigenous Intensive x Hawai‘i.

This summer, the Maui Economic Development Board’s (MEDB) STEMworks program welcomed its largest cohort of interns to date. A total of 89 high school and college students from across the state participated—64 in the STEMworks Innovation Internship program, and 25 in the Maui County Agriculture Business and Technology program. 

Hawai‘i Pacific University (HPU) has been awarded a $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation’s Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program.

The severity of anxiety and depressive symptoms in the planetary science community is greater than in the general US population, according to a study led by a University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa scientist and published in Nature Astronomy.

Hawaiʻi Marine Animal Response announced on Wednesday the launch of the first full-time sea turtle emergency care and rehabilitation facility on Oʻahu.

Tiara Fernandez, who began her career at Maui Ocean Center as an intern nearly 10 years ago, has been named the aquarium’s new Director of Education.

Hawaiʻi’s timeshare industry recently teed up to provide financial support for Maui’s recovery and relief efforts. ARDA-Hawaiʻi’s 19th Annual Golf Tournament raised $125,000 for Hawaiʻi Community Foundation’s Maui Strong Fund. One hundred percent of the gross proceeds from the tournament were donated to the fund. 

Recognizing that the road to recovery and healing on Maui will be long, the American Resort Development Association, Hawaiʻi chapter (ARDA-Hawaiʻi) has refocused its 19th Annual Memorial Scholarship Golf Tournament to benefit Maui Strong. The tournament is scheduled to take place on Friday, Oct. 13, 2023, at Hoakalei Country Club on Oʻahu, with a shotgun start at 12 noon. 

In a ceremony today, 106 seniors from Kamehameha Schools Kapālama graduated with their Associate of Arts (AA) degrees from Hawai‘i Pacific University (HPU), more than three weeks ahead of receiving their high school diplomas on May 29.

Hawai‘i Pacific University has extended the deadline of its Guaranteed Scholarship and Admission Program to Jan. 15, 2023. The GSAP is available to all Hawai‘i high school seniors that have a 2023 graduation date from an accredited Hawai‘i high school. 

Hawai‘i Pacific University and former Hawaiʻi Gov. Linda Lingle established a scholarship for students who show potential to become exceptional leaders.

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.

Hawai‘i has been experiencing an uptick in foreign and domestic fish aggregating devices, or “FADs”, that are adrift in nearshore waters or washing up along the coast, creating navigation hazards and entanglement of marine mammals, birds and turtles.  

Hawaiian is offering students registered for fall classes at Chaminade University, Hawai‘i Pacific University and the University of Hawai‘i a five percent fare discount on its transpacific flights, two complimentary checked bags and a flexible booking policy on all flights.

Meetings will be held on Maui, Oʻahu, and Hawaiʻi Island in March.

ASB staff also contributed a total of 15,025 community service hours with more than 245 organizations.

For the first time in 25 years, researchers in Hawaiʻi have the opportunity to examine a rare Risso’s dolphin after an adult male stranded itself off Maui’s north shore on Nov. 16.

The Hawaii All-Star Cheerleaders are hosting “The Show Offs” on Saturday, March 9, at the War Memorial Gym, beginning at 4 p.m.