MANOA, Hawaii, Dec. 8 -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: The University of Hawaii Board of Regents awarded honorary doctorate of humane letters degrees to the late pioneering Native Hawaiian scholar Haunani-Kay Trask and legendary UH Manoa women's volleyball head coach Dave Shoji. The board voted to approve the honors at its December 7 meeting. Trask had an influential academic career and a pronounced impact on Indigenous and gender studies, the univer  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Dec. 8 -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: The University of Hawai'i Board of Regents awarded honorary doctorate of humane letters degrees to the late pioneering Native Hawaiian scholar Haunani-Kay Trask and legendary UH Manoa women's volleyball head coach Dave Shoji. The board voted to approve the honors at its December 7 meeting. Trask had an influential academic career and a pronounced impact on Indigenous and gender studies, the university and   more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Dec. 8 -- The Hawaii Department of Health issued the following news release: The Hawai'i Department of Health (DOH) continues to monitor air quality in wildfire-impacted areas of Maui. "DOH will continue both real-time air monitoring and air sampling to provide the community with data on whether debris removal or other activities are impacting air quality," said Deputy Director for Environmental Health Kathleen Ho. "It's important to remember that air monitoring and sampling   more

KANE'OHE, Hawaii, Dec. 8 -- The Hawaii Department of Education issued the following news release: After engaging with a host of prospective employers at her school's revamped career exposure fair, Castle High senior Koryn Amuro said she walked away with renewed confidence that she'll be able to apply her knack for business and planning to almost any future career path. "I want to do something in business and each company had a business aspect to it. Learning about the different companies made   more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Dec. 6 -- Gov. Josh Green, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Governor Josh Green, M.D., marked the completion of his first year in office with an address detailing bold actions he has taken to serve the people of Hawaii. The Governor and his new administration addressed the highest cost of living in the U.S.; the second-highest rate of homelessness per capita; the long-festering affordable housing shortage of some 50,000 units; the Red Hill water contamination cris  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Dec. 7 -- Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on Dec. 6, 2023: Today, Lieutenant Governor Sylvia Luke joined Ikaika 'Ohana and Bezos Academy for a blessing ceremony commemorating the construction of a new affordable housing project, Kaiaulu o Kuku'ia, in Lahaina, Maui, which will include a new Bezos Academy preschool. The blessing ceremony, led by Kahu Wayne Higa, brought together project partners and members of the community to honor the land whe  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Dec. 6 -- Hawaii State Auditor issued the following report (No. 23-13) on Dec. 5, 2023, entitled "Review of Special Funds, Revolving Funds, Trust Funds, and Trust Accounts of the Department of Agriculture." Here are excerpts: * * * AUDITOR'S SUMMARY Five Special Funds, two revolving fund, and two trust funds did not meet criteria OUR REVIEW of fourteen special funds, seven revolving funds, six trust funds, and six trust accounts of the Department of Agriculture (HDOA) foun  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Dec. 8 -- Texas A&M University issued the following news on Dec. 6, 2023: James R. McIlroy was walking with friends on a Sunday morning, on their way to catch a movie at the on-campus theater, when another student with a radio told the group the news: Japan had bombed the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii. It was Dec. 7, 1941, and McIlroy was just three months into his freshman year at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. Draft laws at the  more

MANOA, Hawaii, Dec. 4 (TNSres) -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: A team of researchers from the University of Hawaii at Hilo and UH Manoa are leading the charge to explore the relationship between hooved animals and the spread of Rapid ohi'a Death (ROD). Maps of hard hit districts on Hawaii Island were recently released online from a collaborative study involving community, county, state and federal experts and show the destructive role animals such as   more

MANOA, Hawaii, Dec. 5 -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: The Honorable Governor Lemanu P. S. Mauga and University of Hawai'i (UH) President David Lassner united to officially open the first physical UH-American Samoa facility on Tuesday, November 28, 2023. The blessing and invocation for the ribbon-cutting ceremony were led by Reverend Elder Fouvale Asiata at the UH-American Samoa Center in the village of Puapua. UH is grateful to landlords Henry and Tui  more

MANOA, Hawaii, Dec. 7 (TNSres) -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: A University of Hawai'i Cancer Center study challenges existing research notions about the potential link between trichomoniasis, a sexually transmitted infection caused by a parasite called Trichomonas vaginalis, and advanced prostate cancer. The study was recently published in the journal Cancers. Prostate cancer, a common concern both in the United States and globally, holds the title   more

MANOA, Hawaii, Dec. 5 (TNSres) -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: Micrometeorites (small particles of rock in space, usually weighing less than a gram) originating from icy celestial bodies in the outer solar system may be responsible for transporting nitrogen to the near-Earth region in the early days of our solar system. That discovery, based on material gathered from an asteroid, was published on November 30 in Nature Astronomy by an international tea  more

MANOA, Hawaii, Dec. 7 (TNSres) -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: Our Sun actively produces solar flares that can impact Earth, with the strongest flares having the capacity to cause blackouts and disrupt communications--potentially on a global scale. While solar flares can be powerful, they are insignificant compared to the thousands of "super flares" observed by NASA's Kepler and TESS missions. "Super flares" are produced by stars that are 100-10,000 t  more

MANOA, Hawaii, Dec. 5 (TNSres) -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: In the wake of the devastating Lahaina wildfire in August 2023, researchers from different fields at the University of Hawai'i are embarking on two public impact research projects focused on transforming how we monitor and respond to disasters in the agricultural sector, and analyzing the possible effects of chromium on Lahaina agricultural lands. The projects earned a combined more than $  more