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At the March 28 University of Hawaiʻi Board of Regents meeting, President David Lassner unveiled the renewal of the UH System’s sustainability and resilience initiative with a video highlighting UH’s dedication to the issue. The five-minute video, produced by the UH Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation, was the result of more than five months of interviews and filming with key UH faculty …

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Students in the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa College of Engineering have developed a small, four-sensor, solar-powered device that could transform well-water monitoring throughout the Hawaiian Islands. Tamra Oyama, a graduate scholar and graduate engineering student in the ʻIke Wai project is leading the effort to develop the Downwell Remote Operating Platform (DROP). “The DROP module has potential to be a useful tool for well …

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by S. Anne Wallace Encouraging critical thinking about water sustainability, Kapi‘olani Community College (KCC) offers students a unique learning experience in fieldwork, lab work, and experimental design. Science 295 (SCI 295) is a student-centered variable topic course. During the Fall 2018 and Spring 2019 semesters, one section, cross-listed as Geology & Geophysics 399 at the …

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The University of Hawaii at Hilo is offering for the first time this fall a certificate program in data science. Take Me To The Hawaii Tribune Herald Article To Read More…

Transforming Contemporary Science with Traditional Hawaiian Knowledge by Surely A. Wallace The 25th annual Hawai‘i Conservation Conference, held on July 25, 2018 at the Hawai‘i Convention Center, featured A‘ohe pau ka ‘ike i ka hālau ho ‘okahi: Advancing modern science with Hawaiian knowledge. This conference session was proposed and convened by ‘Ike Wai students and …

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An article in the UH news discusses how the translation of Hawaiian language newspapers led to new information on a major hurricane that impacted the islands in 1871. Here’s an excerpt from the article: “A major hurricane struck the islands of Hawai‘i and Maui on August 9, 1871, and wrought widespread destruction from Hilo to Lahaina. A …

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The `Ike Wai project is featured prominently in the latest Water Resources Research Center Newsletter.  In addition to the overview of the project, the newsletter includes highlights of many `Ike Wai researchers.  To read the newsletter, click here.

by Susan Enright David Arakawa and Renee Bellinger. Photo by Elijah Owens. Genome research conducted by a recent graduate of the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo will lead to a better understanding of the unique evolution of the Hawaiian honeycreeper, a group of endemic and endangered birds found in the forests of Hawaiʻi. David Arakawa, who hails from Oʻahu and graduated from UH Hilo …

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