Posted on January 8, 2026by Staff The new degree and courses reflect the College of Business and Economics’ response to workforce demand for AI and analytics skills, and UH Hilo’s broader commitment to interdisciplinary education and responsible AI development. By Susan Enright/UH Hilo Stories. University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo is making a number of changes to their business […]
GIS Day is an annual celebration of geographic information systems and the many ways geospatial science helps shape human understanding of the world. The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo hosted more than 150 high school students and educators from across East Hawaiʻi on Nov. 20 for GIS Day, an annual celebration of geographic information systems and the
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Reading time: 2 minutes The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa will play a leading role in a new $25.6 million National Science Foundation (NSF) project designed to take artificial intelligence (AI) out of the lab and into the natural world. The initiative, called Sage Grande, will place 300 advanced sensor systems in locations across the country to monitor the environment and provide
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Reading time: 2 minutes A team from the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo is taking a bird’s-eye view in the fight against one of Hawaiʻi’s most damaging invasive insects, the coconut rhinoceros beetle (CRB). Researchers from UH Hilo’s Spatial Data Analysis and Visualization (SDAV) Lab joined the Big Island Invasive Species Committee (BIISC) on an aerial survey over Kona in October. Flying aboard a helicopter
Reading time: 2 minutes To discuss a topic described as long overdue—the current status of Hawaiʻi‘s streams—a diverse group of researchers, resource managers, educators and community members were brought together in August by Yinphan Tsang, an associate professor of hydrology at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. This gathering on the ʻIolani School campus was a chance for scientists, community members, and
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Reading time: 2 minutes A multidisciplinary team of professors at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa was awarded a $400,000 grant to develop an augmented reality learning system for design education. Led by architecture, computer science and education faculty the three-year project aims to create a more immersive and collaborative learning experience for undergraduate students. “This grant will allow us
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Reading time: 2 minutes The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa launched a free artificial intelligence (AI) and data science public lecture series on September 15, with a talk by Eliane Ubalijoro, chief executive officer of the Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry. Ubalijoro, based in Nairobi, Kenya, spoke on AI governance policies and ethics for managing land, biodiversity and
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Students to gain unprecedented access to cutting-edge, open AI research and technology Enabled through Hawaiʻi EPSCoR, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo has been awarded over $1.4 million as part of a landmark $152 million artificial intelligence (AI) project jointly sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and NVIDIA to the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence
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By Daphne McCanse Set across 10 campuses on four Hawaiian islands, the University of Hawaii System presents unique challenges and opportunities for providing research computing support. FY 2024 was a record year for external funding, with the system bringing in more than $615 million. CaRCC spoke with Sean Cleveland, Interim Director for Cyberinfrastructure at the University of Hawaii
Scientists at the University of Hawaiʻi have developed new wildfire risk maps to better predict fire danger across the state. Unlike the current Red Flag Warning system, which relies on weather from a limited number of stations, these maps provide a daily, high-resolution look at the most current fire ignition risks statewide. “This new mapping system gives
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