Cooperative Extension helps everyone, but sometimes they need some help themselves! Now they’ll be getting it: with the support of the State Legislature, HDOA, Hawaii Farm Bureau, Hawaii Farmers Union United, and many external partners and stakeholders, CTAHR is able to offer 10 new positions in four counties for immediate hire!

Community psychology scholar Bobbie Yee was named a Fellow by the American Psychological Association’s Society for Community Research and Action for her work on the reciprocal relationships between individuals and the social system.

Brent Sipes was named a Fellow of the Society of Nematologists for excellence in research and Extension and service to the society—an elite honor bestowed upon less than 1 percent of members in any given year.

In a one-two pathogen punch, Food Science MS students Cherisse Chun and Bog Eum (Grace) Lee won the top two honors in the Food Microbiology Division Student Competition at the 2018 Institute of Food Technologists meeting at Chicago.

HNFAS grad student Nirvay Sah's work on egg fomulation in hen oviducts won a best research and presentation award and a travel grant to receive it at the 2018 Poultry Science Association in Texas.