UH Hilo grad student’s legacy: Pohnpei water quality research
Bryan Tonga, a UH Hilo graduate student, led Pohnpei’s first island-wide nearshore water quality study–the work published nearly four years after his death.
UH Hilo study confirms sewage leaks into Keaukaha waters
UH Hilo marine scientists and students confirmed sewage is reaching nearshore waters, harming coral reefs and posing health risks.
Presidential award in math, science teaching honors UH alumni Aragaki, Kent
Aragaki and Kent received a certificate signed by then President Joe Biden, a trip to Washington, D.C. and a $10,000 award from the National Science Foundation.
UH Hilo alumna’s path to bird conservation: ‘What’s the deal with female birds?’
Conservation biologist Joanna Wu, a UH Hilo alumna, is shining a bright spotlight on the study of North American songbirds.
Hilo alum creates map showing near collapse of reef
Katie Gaut helped create an online map that documents sewage pollution issues at Puakō, backed by scientific research conducted at UH Hilo.
UH Hilo researchers track sewage leakage rate into Kahaluʻu Bay
UH Hilo researchers used dye to track sewage leakage from local homes into Kahaluʻu Bay, revealing flow rates carry wastewater to the shoreline in less than six hours.
Drone technology aids restoration, resilience of Native Hawaiian fishponds
Scientists and kiaʻi loko (fishpond practitioners) are using drone technology to aid their efforts to restore and ensure the resilience of Native Hawaiian fishponds.
Cultivating conservation, eco stewards: 20th anniversary for UH Hilo program
Students who completed the TCBES graduate program now serve as conservation and environmental scientists and managers throughout Hawaiʻi.
Feral cattle, pigs exacerbate spread of Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death on Hawaiʻi Island
Newly published online maps show fencing can help prevent the spread of the disease.
126K pounds of marine debris removed, sea turtles rescued at Papahānaumokuākea
Thirteen of the 16 team members who were involved have ties to UH.
