Climate change research funded by NASA; UH Hilo students to investigate coastal erosion
The purpose of the NASA funding is to equip students with the skills necessary to assess and analyze the impacts of sea level rise upon coastal ecosystems.
Category: Faculty
Two UH Hilo marine science students win awards to fund their ocean conservation projects
Marine science majors Kara Murphy and Cecelia Rudo will apply the monetary awards to their projects focused on engaging the community in ocean conservation.
Weekly Newsletter for Faculty and Staff, Oct. 5, 2021
Featured in this week’s issue of Ha‘ilono o UH Hilo (News of UH Hilo): Bonnie Irwin, Carolyn Ma, Pua Auyong, Greg Chun, Doug Simons, John Burns, and Kekailiko Medeiros.
UH Hilo livestream camera in waters off Kona is revolutionizing marine science education and research
Free to the public, it is the world’s only off-shore, scientifically surveyed and maintained, virtual observatory system.
Weekly Newsletter for Faculty and Staff, Sept. 28, 2021
Featured in this week’s issue of Ha‘ilono o UH Hilo (News of UH Hilo): Sophia Romanic, Pila Wilson, Reid Kusano, Seri Luangphinith, Kit Neikirk, Kaleihalia Tolentino-Perry, Caesar Hjerten, and Kolokea Kauaʻula.
Meet UH Hilo undergraduate Kit Neikirk, geneticist and editor-in-chief
Kit Neikirk’s research focuses on recording and analyzing the changes to mitochondria in relation to knock down of genes. He is currently on exchange studying abroad in Scotland, his first stop this academic year while continuing his studies in Europe.
UH Hilo researcher tasked with identifying descendants of Korean activists
Seri Luangphinith has spent years conducting extensive research into the history of Korean immigrants to Hawai‘i Island. Her published research not only unveils past mysteries about the island’s Korean immigrants, but connects local Korean families to their ancestors.
Hawaiian History Month: The history of Ke Kula ʻO Nāwahīokalaniʻōpuʻu, UH Hilo’s Hawaiian language medium laboratory school
UH Hilo’s Ke Kula ʻO Nāwahīokalaniʻōpuʻu Iki, a Laboratory Public Charter School located in Keaʻau on Hawaiʻi Island, is the most developed school taught through Indigenous language in the United States and Canada.
