Nursing alumna Patricia Hensley receives tenure at UH Hilo
Assistant Professor Patricia Hensley plans to build on her research and continue contributing to UH Hilo’s School of Nursing.
Category: Research
Grant to support humpback whale research awarded to Adam Pack
The grant will help support Prof. Pack’s ongoing research of humpback whales, including monitoring population abundance, distribution and trends, behavior, and overall health.
UH Hilo researchers return to Kīlauea as eruption continues
Steve Lundblad, professor of geology at UH Hilo, leads a team of volunteer geology students and alumni on the exploratory field work, the continuation of a 55-year ongoing study.
UH Hilo astronomy professor leads team that solves gravitational lens phenomenon
UH Hilo physics and astronomy students assisted with data analysis, observations, and obtaining spectroscopic measurements using telescopes from Gemini and W.M. Keck observatories.
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.
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.
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.
