Xudong Sun, assistant astronomer at the UH Mānoa's Institute for Astronomy, received a $620,590 grant for a five-year term from the National Science Foundation.
University of Hawaiʻi–West Oʻahu's D. Nandi Odhiambo and UH Mānoa's Jean Toyama have been named 2019 recipients of the Elliot Cades Award for Literature.
The two-year paid fellowship, named after Emeritus Professor E. Gordon Grau, will place early-career professionals with municipal, state or federal host agencies.
Avis Poai oversees archives, legal history and student outreach at the William S. Richardson School of Law Ka Huli Ao Center for Excellence in Native Hawaiian Law.
University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo researchers awarded for incorporating non-native, non-invasive plant species into the restoration of disturbed native ecosystems.
Krista Hiser, a Kapiʻolani Community College faculty member, has been named to two national organizations designed to help guide environmental and sustainability curriculum development.