UH study: 19-year life expectancy gap among Hawaiʻi groups
A new University of Hawaiʻi study reveals a striking 19-year difference in life expectancy among Hawaiʻi’s major ethnic groups. The updated analysis, published in the Hawaiʻi Journal of Health and Social Welfare (PDF), shows that while the state continues to rank among the nation’s healthiest, Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders continue to face the greatest disparities. Researchers from UH Mānoa’s Thompson School of […]
$1.1M to boost Native Hawaiian sea cucumber spawning
The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa has secured a nearly $1.1 million grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to unlock reliable spawning techniques for a Native Hawaiian sea cucumber species, the warty sea cucumber (stichopus horrens). The project aims to address a major barrier in developing sustainable aquaculture in Hawaiʻi and supporting traditional Hawaiian fishpond (loko iʻa) restoration […]