Hawai‘i STEM Conference connects teachers, students with UHM scientists

Change Hawaiʻi team member Rosie Alegado, an associate professor in the UH Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST), delivered a keynote address at the 2023 Hawaiʻi STEM Conference. Her talk, “Our Science, Our Way,” focused on the importance of asking science questions about problems that affect our local communities. “I emphasized […]

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Congratulations to Change Hawaiʻi team members on tenure and promotion!

Congratulations to Hawaiʻi EPSCoR Change Hawaiʻi team members Peter Sadowski and Giuseppe Torri on receiving tenure and promotion and Kasey Barton and Alexander Stokes on receiving promotion this year! Tenure and Promotion Peter SadowskiAssociate ProfessorCollege of Natural Sciences Giuseppe TorriAssociate ProfessorSchool of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology Promotion Kasey BartonProfessorCollege of Natural Sciences Alexander StokesAssociate ProfessorJohn A. Burns

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UH Hilo grad students present invasive species research in New Zealand

Two graduate students from the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo tropical conservation biology and environmental science program joined scientists from around the world who gathered in Aotearoa New Zealand in May to share new findings on invasive alien species and their impact on biodiversity, ecological systems and food production. Olivia Jarvis and Naiʻa Odachi presented their research at the 4th International Congress

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Board of Regents medals awarded for teaching excellence

The Regents’ Medal for Excellence in Teaching is awarded by the Board of Regents as tribute to faculty members who exhibit an extraordinary level of subject mastery and scholarship, teaching effectiveness and creativity and personal values that benefit students. Two Change Hawaiʻi researchers Rossana Alegado and Alexander Stokes received this honor. Alegado is a member

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UH part of $17M grant to improve AI through Indigenous knowledge

The University of Hawaiʻi is part of an international group of researchers and Indigenous practitioners that has been awarded a $23-million (Canadian and approximately $17-million U.S.) grant from Canada’s New Frontiers in Research Fund to work on improving artificial intelligence (AI) through Indigenous knowledge. The project, “Abundant Intelligences: Expanding Artificial Intelligence through Indigenous Knowledge Systems,” is Indigenous-led and involves 37

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Cybersecurity interns share success stories with Sen. Hirono

U.S. Sen. and University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa alumna Mazie Hirono learned first hand about the impact a cybersecurity internship is having on UH students who have flourished in the few years the program has been running. Hirono visited the UH Mānoa campus April 12, and met with students and faculty who are part of the U.S. Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Cybersecurity Internship

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John Burns and Colleagues of MEGA Lab are Pioneering a New Era of Marine Science

The MEGA Lab of UH Hilo is shifting the ‘culture of science’ with unprecedented engagement from students and community members. The MEGA Lab is reshaping research opportunities for students designed by co-founders John Burns, Cliff Kapono, and Hauani Kane. During their surfing trips together as students, they shared frustrated opinions on stigmas in the culture

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Hawaiʻi EPSCoR Annual Meeting

Join the Hawaiʻi EPSCoR annual meeting for updates on the Change Hawaiʻi project that focuses on interdisciplinary climate and data science research for the state. Our cohort of data science fellows will present their projects in the areas such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, data analysis, data visualization, and natural language processing. Friday, May 5,

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