UH students win top 2 places at state tech hackathon
This year’s challenges ranged from improving the state’s open data portal, better energy efficiency and creating a game to help identify bird species in Hawaiʻi.
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UH students launch genki balls to combat Ala Wai water pollution
The activity aligns with the course’s microbiome unit and is part of a new General Education pathway focused on sustainability and climate change solutions.
$10K Soroptimist awards fund groundbreaking women’s research studies
This is the 13th consecutive year that doctoral candidates from UH Mānoa received these fellowships.
Math in action: Students create genki balls to help fight water pollution
The genki balls will be released into the Ala Wai Canal following a three-week maturation period.
Islands host 1/3 of Earth’s plant species, conservation needed
The study also highlighted the urgent conservation needs of island plants.
Invasive seaweed may better adapt to changes than native species in Hawaiʻi waters
This critical finding could have wide-ranging implications from the fish we catch and eat to the overall health of our coral reefs.