Attending conferences gets expensive for graduate students. Last year’s orchid sale by the Plant Pathology Graduate Student Organization provided funding to FOUR graduate students to represent UH at national meetings. You can support our budding scientists – and get some beautiful...
Looking to spend your summer learning and working in a 200-acre...
“I recently joined researchers from the University of...
Dr. Eugene Y.C. Shang, Emeritus Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family, on February 20, 2023 in Sacramento, California. Dr. Shang joined the University of Hawaiʻi in 1964, first with the Economic Research Center.
A novel virus, potentially fatal to whales and dolphins, has been discovered by researchers in the Dept. of
Rotting and leafless avocado trees are spreading nationwide due to lace bugs. With the trees in jeopardy, Extension agents in the Dept. Of Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences are doing extensive research to determine the most effective courses of action to get rid of these pests. Their research thus...
For many 4-H youths, the National 4-H Congress is a highly anticipated annual event that celebrates the culmination of a year’s worth of personal growth, hard work, and service-learning. Hundreds of 4-H delegates gather every year in Atlanta, Georgia to network with other 4-H peers from...
This Valentine’s day, the Dept. of Family and Consumer Sciences’ Home Garden Network worked with Mental Health Kokua to show support for those struggling with mental health challenges by making and donating ikebana flower arrangements.
With seasonal rains coming down seemingly nonstop, the topic of irrigation was front and center as Oʻahu County Extension hosted a workshop for backyard and Master Gardeners. Guests welcomed the opportunity to get out of the rains to attend the educational workshop as Extension agents explained...
What is CTAHR doing to benefit people of the state of Hawaiʻi? Lawmakers and Executive leadership at the state level got to see and find out for themselves at the first-ever Manoa Research Day at the Capital, held Feb. 7 in the rotunda and 4th floor.
The Kohala (Humpback Whale) and Kōlea (Pacific Golden Plover) are two migratory species that travel between the tropics and arctic in their search for food and breeding areas. They’re also keen subjects of interest for conservationists, who must rely on a worldwide network of like-minded...
This summer, strengthen your skills by presenting your research, participating in the student competition, networking, and learning about agriculture, agronomy, crops, and soils in Hawaiʻi at the Western Society of Crop Science Annual Meeting.
Since as early as the 1980s, scientists have studied the phenomena of many tropical trees of various species flowering at nearly the same time. Now, an international team of researchers, including Tomoaki Miura in the Dept. of Natural Resources and Environmental Management, have for the first...
Jenee Odani and Julie Bennington, CTAHR’s...
For decades, the Fashion Design and Merchandising program of the Dept. of Family and Consumer Sciences has been providing UH students with the knowledge and skills needed for careers in apparel and fashion-related fields. Held annually, FDM’s fashion show is a culmination of the...
Hibiscus betacarmovirus and hibiscus soymovirus are two new viruses discovered on Oʻahu by John Hu, Michael Melzer, and Xupeng Wang of the Dept. of Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences. “The main concern is whether these viruses infect and impact our native hibiscus, some of which...