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Lauren Akitake, who serves as the first executive director and legal counsel for the Maui County Board of Ethics, has been elected chair of the University of Hawaiʻi Board of Regents for the 2026-27 academic year.

Trauma from vehicle collisions caused the majority of documented deaths for the Pueo (Hawaiian short-eared owl), according to a statewide study led by researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. The findings represent the most extensive mortality assessment to date for this culturally significant raptor, which is native to the Hawaiian Islands.

The first published live observations of the rare goblin shark (Mitsukurina owstoni) in its natural deep ocean habitat were reported by a University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa-led team of oceanographers.

A Lahaina Community Sharing Session focused on coastal ecosystem recovery following the August 2023 Lahaina wildfires is set for Wednesday May 27 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Lahaina Civic Center.

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researchers are part of a team that was recently awarded a three-year, $5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to address the environmental and public health impacts of outdated wastewater infrastructure in island communities.

The University of Hawaiʻi has doubled down on the use of AI chatbots across all 10 of its campuses to help support students’ well-being in and out of the classroom.

A new study co-led by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and  Southern California Superfund Research and Training Program for PFAS Assessment, Remediation and Prevention Center has linked certain common “forever chemicals” to a higher risk of liver disease in adolescents. These synthetic compounds, known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, may as much as triple […]

Aloha Pacific Federal Credit Union has entered into a 10-year partnership with the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, pledging significant financial support to advance the university’s esports program.

Tiny, sun-powered organisms found in freshwater pools could soon fuel Hawaiʻi’s sustainable future.

From land-borne pathogens to high-speed vessel strikes, Pacific whales and dolphins are caught in a “perfect storm” where human-caused trauma and infectious diseases were found in more than 65% of investigated strandings. A study spanning nearly two decades by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researchers provides insights into the threats whales and dolphins face in the Pacific Islands. 

A new study from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology has uncovered that endangered Hawaiian monk seals posses a far more complex underwater vocal repertoire than previously known, revealing 25 distinct call types used across the Hawaiian Islands.

The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa will play a leading role in a new $25.6 million National Science Foundation project designed to take artificial intelligence out of the lab and into the natural world.

A new University of Hawaiʻi study reveals a striking 19-year difference in life expectancy among Hawaiʻi’s major ethnic groups.

The lyrics of traditional Okinawan songs were found to record past climate and geological history of the Ryukyu Islands (now called Okinawa Prefecture, Japan), according to a new study by a University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Earth scientist and fellow Ryukyuan music practitioners.

A new study co-authored by a UH professor found that invasive animal species impact island seed dispersal even more than the loss of native animals.

Enrollment across the 10 campuses of the University of Hawaiʻi reached 51,411 students in fall 2025, a 2% increase from last fall and the highest enrollment since 2017.

The trillions of microbes that live in the human gut may play a bigger role in health than previously thought, according to a new research by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. The article, published in September 2025 in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, explores how gut bacteria interact with human genes in ways that could shape disease risk, aging and even future medical treatments.

Families and professionals are invited to register for ECHO Autism Hawaiʻi’s free virtual learning sessions, an opportunity to gain practical strategies and expert support to improve support for autistic individuals.

The University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa Thompson School of Social Work & Public Health is hosting a free, semester-long online series centered on Native Hawaiian cultural perspectives in health and wellbeing, particularly ways of understanding and preventing intergenerational trauma.

A researcher-keiki collaboration aims to foster a deep connection to the land and community through storytelling. The Coastal Research Collaborative (CRC) at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa developed The Sand Dance, a storybook that was inspired by a play researchers co-created with students at Ka‘a‘awa Elementary.