Go West: WDCS to hold annual meeting in Hawaiʻi
This summer, strengthen your skills by presenting your research, participating in the student competition, networking, and learning about …
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Creativity and kindness bloom in Valentine’s Day flower arranging
In an effort to show support for those who are struggling with mental health issues, University of Hawaiʻi …
Data driven agriculture student program includes $4K stipend
February 7, 2023 UH News The summer research program allows students to hone their STEM skills alongside their peers. A free program (covering food, lodging and travel) aims to provide students with tools to slow erosion, combat weeds and improve agriculture yields through data driven agriculture (DDA). This involves growing plants, recording and analyzing their […]
Grad student discovers ʻāina-based kuleana at UH
A deep-seated gut instinct urged Kahealani Acosta to leave her roots in San Jose and attend the University …
$3.4M award to study fungal-bacterial interactions on climate change
September 21, 2022 UH News CTAHR soil scientists Jonathan Deenik, Tai Maaz, and Nhu Nguyen To study the effect of fungal-bacterial interactions on nutrients such as carbon and nitrogen in soil, a three-year $3.4 million grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy to an interdisciplinary team headed by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa […]
$4M to improve maize breeding, food production
September 17, 2021 UH News Maize nursery in Waimānalo. Improved, practical crop breeding tools are essential to meet the increasing global demands for sustainable and secure food production, made more urgent by the unpredictable stresses driven by a changing climate. To help meet this need, the National Science Foundation Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research […]
Next generation of Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander scientists shine
August 5, 2022 UH News A summer research program provided 11 Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander (NHPI) college students from across the Pacific a valuable opportunity to develop their scientific research skills while tackling challenges facing Pacific Island communities. The 10-week program, hosted by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, culminated with student presentations […]
Back to plants: A career journalist becomes an Ag scientist
By John Steinhorst Constantly digging in the dirt as a kid, I’m not sure when I first became …
TPSS grad student featured in national newsletter
by Shannon Takahashi “I’m excited that TPSS is being featured on a national scale,” says Myles Ritchie, when …
Nitrogen study could help farmers and protect water, ecosystems
August 3, 2021 UH News Tai Maaz Nitrogen is the unsung hero of food production—an essential nutrient for plant growth and health. Nitrogen is found in the chlorophyll needed for photosynthesis, the amino acids that form proteins, the adenosine triphosphate compounds that release energy, and the DNA that codes all plant life. Yet, because nitrogen […]