Dr. Peter Huybers, a professor of climate science in the Department of Earth and Planetary Science at Harvard University, will be coming to UH for a sabbatical year. Given the wide scope of his research, Dr. Huybers wants to meet with many departments at UH, as well as start a journal club to...

A group in CTAHR is attempting to quantify the amount of money spent by the college’s researchers on external lab fees. Anyone who has paid an independent laboratory to conduct analyses in the past three years is asked to please contact Noa Lincoln (TPSS) at

Lynn Takahara is the new secretary in the Office of the Associate Dean & Associate Director for Extension. She previously worked at the Honolulu Fire Department, where she served the fire chief. Darren Park is now the manager for CTAHR’s Agricultural Diagnostic Service Center. He comes...

Cooperative Extension agent Robert Cating (PEPS) recently completed a course in floral design to help him understand the needs of floral designers for tropical flowers and foliage. To prepare for a floral design workshop for youths, he conducted a hands-on practice session using faculty, staff,...

The Center on the Family, the state grantee for the nationwide KIDS COUNT project, has released the 30th edition of the KIDS COUNT^® Data Book, an annual data study funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation that examines trends in child well-being. The Data Book uses...

Crucial learning can happen in a classroom. But in a newly published article, two CTAHR scholars are showing that’s not the only place it happens. Kent Kobayashi and Kauahi Perez (both TPSS) wanted to introduce more student-centered, active learning to supplement lectures and to promote and...

We are saddened to report the passing of PEPS alumna Dr. Verna Subere. Verna graduated cum laude with a B.S. in agriculture and an M.S. in entomology from Leyte State University in the Philippines and then worked as a scientist at Dole Philippines before coming to CTAHR in 2004 to pursue her...

Members of the CTAHR ‘ohana are invited to participate in a Sustainability Fair sponsored by Kapolei Shopping Center on Saturday, June 29, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. This is a free event targeting communities from Ewa Beach to Wai‘anae. There’s no cost to participating...

The 57th Annual Hawaii State Farm Fair is coming up on Saturday, July 13, and Sunday, July 14, at Kualoa Ranch in Kane‘ohe—and CTAHR is invited to exhibit in the “Buy Local, It Matters" educational pavilion. To join as an exhibitor, go to the Hawaii Farm...

If you haven’t yet submitted your pre-proposal for funding from the Center for Tropical and Subtropical Aquaculture, now’s the time to do it—the deadline is June 14! In the most recent CTSA newsletter, Cheng-Sheng Lee encourages applicants to figure out how their research can...

For almost two-thirds of children under age 6 in Hawai‘i, all of their residential parents are in the workforce. For families with two keiki, childcare is the single most expensive budget item after housing. No wonder childcare is a key issue in work–family conflicts. CTAHR’s...

Kyle Caires (HNFAS) recently presented an important breakthrough stemming from his reproductive physiology research at the XXIII Brazilian Congress of Animal Reproduction held in Gramado, RS, Brazil. This project involved research trials using classic and contemporary techniques in embryology to...

There’s a laudatory article on the many benefits of 4-H in the May–June issue of the Hawai‘i Island-focused Ke Ola Magazine—appropriate, since “ola” can mean “health,” and that’s just what one of the four H’s stands for. State...

The Phytopathology News newsletter, published by the American Phytopathological Society, featured PhD student Islam Hamim (PEPS) as its Grad Student Spotlight PhD student for the month of May 2019. Islam, who is getting his doctorate in tropical plant pathology, is mentored by John...

Need some funding for a project that will benefit Maui County or be conducted there? Make sure you submit a proposal for the annually awarded Maui County grant! This is a great opportunity for both junior and experienced faculty! There should be $100,000 available for distribution, and proposals...

As Center for Tropical and Subtropical Aquaculture director Cheng-Sheng Lee argues in this month's Letter from the Director, Earth Day and Earth Month are a perfect time to reflect on the importance of using precious natural resources wisely and effectively…a goal that...

A potentially historic collaborative project between CTAHR and the College of Engineering hit a triumphant milestone when the Box Farm project won 1st place in the Francis Rhodes Montgomery Design Competition. Kent Kobayashi (TPSS) advised the team of Mechanical Engineering and Biology students...

Students at the recent Convocation showed the usual pride, excitement, and stacks of colorful lei. But there was something different about their appearance this year. Spring 2019 was the first class to receive a congratulatory CTAHR stole, handmade by committed students and faculty of the...

Members of CTAHR teamed up with volunteers from WCCHC, Kamehameha Schools, Sacred Hearts Church, and Hoa Aina O Makaha to do some good on the West side. At ‘Ohana Night at Wai‘anae Elementary, a nutrition outreach event coordinated with Wai‘anae Coast Comprehensive Health...

TPSS PhD student Emily Teng is featured in an article in the magazine Greenhouse Management that showcases the qualities that led her to be honored with last year’s Ka Hana Po‘okela student service award. Emily works at Pang’s Nursery while...

Marie Kainoa Fialkowski Revilla (HNFAS) has been accepted as a 2019–2021 Diversity Leader with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Her application demonstrated exemplary commitment to the profession, as well as a desire to grow as a leader within it. During the two-year Diversity...

Suicide is the leading cause of fatal injuries among Hawai‘i residents, outpacing unintentional poisoning, drowning, car accidents, and homicides. To alert the community to the dangers of suicide and ways to help, Thao Le (HDFS) discussed teen suicide prevention and intervention and...

In “Pedagogy in Reminiscence and Life Review,” Lori Yancura, Andy Reilly, and Young Bahng (all FCS) discuss how reminiscence methodology, in the form of oral history or life story projects, can be used to offer students not only the experience of working with older adults and learning...

Budi Waluyo, a former PhD student of Sothy Eng (FCS), recently published a study based on his dissertation examining how an influential international scholarship program impacted the recipients’ capabilities, instead of looking at what’s typically measured, their economic success. It...