CTAHR was well represented at the Oʻahu District FFA Career Development Event (CDE) Competition held December 14 at Kāhala Elementary School. FFA members competed in public speaking, parliamentary procedure, and knowledge contests.

Kent Kobayashi has been in the Dept. of Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences for more than 40 years. Throughout his career, he has attended the annual conference of the American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS), which this year will be held at Hilton Hawaiian Village, September 23-27.

Since 2019, Ted Radovich has been conducting science interviews as part of the “Science Zone” segment on his radio show, “In Your Head with Professor Ted,” which airs this Friday 9-12 on KTUH. Ted’s show, which is supported by producer Mikey Kantar (both of the Dept. of Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences), has interviewed more than 50 scientists on different projects related to Hawaiʻi and the world. 

Is Kent Kobayashi a perpetual motion machine? The long-tenured professor in the Dept. of Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences was recently named Interim Department Chair for TPSS. He will be teaching a newly developed course in the upcoming semester, "Controlled Environment Agriculture,” and is planning another new course, "Artificial Intelligence in Horticulture," scheduled for Fall 2025.

The 61st annual meeting of The Clay Minerals Society and 5th Asian Clay Conference, held jointly at UHM, could not have come at a better time, given the pressing environmental challenges facing the Pacific Islands.