Pioneering UH female astronomer featured in new book on navigating male-dominated field June 21, 2022 UH News Ann Merchant Boesgaard is an astronomer emerita at IfA who began her career at UH in 1967.
Maunakea telescopes capture near-Sun comet roasting to death June 14, 2022 UH News The sighting could help explain the scarcity of the near-Sun population of periodic comets and asteroids.
UH astronomy, medical students named ARCS Scholars of the Year June 6, 2022 UH News Twenty University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa PhD candidates named ARCS Scholars in 2022.
UH astronomers mentor Maui keiki for future science careers June 3, 2022 UH News About 75% of HI STAR students have gone on to enter the regional science fair and win awards at state and international levels.
Waipahu HS research telescope developed with UH astronomers’ aid May 31, 2022 UH News The 12.5-foot dome, which houses a 17-inch telescope, is geared toward helping build student interest in STEM-related careers and is mounted on a building rooftop on the school’s campus.
$2.5M grant to monitor space weather, making space travel safer May 29, 2022 UH News The project will measure the most powerful particles emitted by the Sun.
AstroDay makes full return after 2-year hiatus May 18, 2022 UH News More than 70 volunteers presented science and technology activities to hundreds of keiki and adults.
UH, community partners host STEM learning event for IHS at-risk keiki, women May 16, 2022 UH News Students, faculty and staff taught two dozen children and women about STEM through many different hands-on activities.
Board of Regents honors faculty for excellence in research May 16, 2022 UH News Brian N. Popp, Rui Sun and Xudong Sun was awarded the Board of Regents’ Medal for Excellence in Research
Maunakea observatories play crucial role in first image of Milky Way black hole May 12, 2022 UH News The image provides overwhelming evidence that the object, 4-million-times more massive than the Sun, is indeed a black hole.