CTAHR participated in the Sustainability Showcase at Honolulu Community College’s annual Ho‘olaule‘a on Wednesday, April 11, by sharing some of the college’s contributions toward a sustainable future with students, counselors, and parents.

CTAHR students and other volunteers engaged 169 elementary first- and fourth-graders in garden activities over the spring semester, teaching them about nutrition for people and plants.

Congratulations to Emily Teng (TPSS), winner of this year’s Ka Hana Po‘okela award for student service, and Jenee Odani (HNFAS), recipient of the Ka Pouhana mentor award! Come cheer Emily, Jenee, and the other illustrious CTAHR awardees at this year’s Awards Banquet on May 4! 

Genome sequencing of the perennial sunflower may provide clues to how plants adapt to changing climates. Researcher Michael Kantar explains in recent article in the online journal Quartz

How do you help a forest to recover? Come to the latest offering in the Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences Seminar Series, “Applied Nucleation and Forest Recovery in the Tropics – A Decade-Long Restoration Study,” to find out.