How are humans impacting the amazing corals in the ocean with runoff and other stressors? Find out at Anita Tsang’s defense of her master’s thesis proposal, “Using an endemic Hawaiian soft coral, Sarcothelia edmondsoni, as a bioindicator of freshwater input and anthropogenic influence.”

Normally awarded at the CTAHR Annual Banquet, this year’s Dean’s Award recipients will be honored here, on your laptops and tablets, and with their names carved into the plaques that adorn Gilmore Hall. Prize monies will also be distributed. The 2020 Dean’s Award for Ka Hana Po‘okela student service goes to AlannaMarie Salas and Michelle Au.

Get ready to applaud the many and amazing accomplishments of CTAHR’s Spring 2020 graduating class! Our first Virtual Convocation ceremony, hosted by the Academic and Student Affairs Office (ASAO), is happening this Friday, May 15.

Entomology PhD student Abdulla Ali’s dissertation project, “Captive Rearing and Semiochemical Ecology of Trichogramma papilionis (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae),” was mischaracterized in the May 4 story “Fighting Insects With Insects.” CTAHR Notes apologizes for the error.

Join in as the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management spotlights outstanding undergraduate and graduate student work through Zoom presentations on Tuesday, May 5, and Wednesday, May 6.