‘A‘ohe pau ka ‘ike i ka hālau ho‘okahi │One learns from many sources │ A publication of the Office of the Chancellor, University of Hawai‘i at Hilo
A main criteria for the fellowship is having a strong commitment to a career in mental health services with ethnic minority transition age youth (ages 16 through 25) and their families, which matches up perfectly with Rachel Gibson’s career plans.
In identifying the oyster, the students did all the research from start to finish: DNA extraction, amplified a gene that’s typically used for DNA barcoding, did the analysis, and then wrote a report on what they found.
“So, day to day life for me is a little different than how it would be in the United States.” —Sienna Wareham, on life in South Korea during the coronavirus pandemic.
Twenty-five years ago, a UH Hilo biologist tagged 7,000 trees in a declining Hawai‘i Island rainforest. A recent survey of the site reveals conservationists’ efforts are paying off.
In the interest of the safety of student-athletes, coaches, staff and the public at large, Vulcan teams will not be traveling or competing until at least March 30, in accordance with an announcement from the Pacific West Conference.
Pahoa High Senior Xavier Talbot’s science project, titled “Analyzing Stellar Binary Systems to Enhance Contemporary Red Dwarf Spin Down Models,” earned him a one-year tuition waiver to UH Hilo, where he plans to major in astronomy and physics.
International Women’s Day 2020 is celebrating a number of missions this year to help forge a gender equal world. A main mission is to celebrate women’s achievements and increase their visibility. Here are ten stories of the past year from UH Hilo Stories doing just that for extraordinary women from the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo.
Teams of UH Hilo Vulcan athletes and staff from the Division of Student Affairs read their fave Dr. Seuss books to schoolchildren of East Hawai‘i on March 2 as part of nationwide Read Across America Day, a day to inspire kids to read.
Column by UH Hilo Prof. of Communication Randy Hirokawa: Navigating the morass of media information regarding COVID-19
Essay by UH Hilo kinesiologist Lincoln Gotshalk: Scientific, etymological, and political musings on the coronavirus
Column by Bruce Mathews, dean of UH Hilo agriculture college: Impact of COVID-19 on local agriculture
Column by UH Hilo Professor of Psychology Bryan Kim on the importance of social distancing during COVID-19
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