As a 2018–2019 Leshner Leadership Institute Public Engagement Fellow in food and water security, Michael Kantar will promote public engagement and institutional change in issues at the intersection of science and society.

Samir Khanal (MBBE) has recent been awarded a highly competitive $150,000 grant from Western Regional Sun Grant Center focusing on bioconversion of food wastes/agri-residues using black soldier fly (BSF) (Hermetia illucens).

Fashion Design and Merchandising Associate Professor Andrew Reilly is president-elect of the Textile and Apparel Programs Accreditation Commission, which serves as the accrediting body for collegiate programs in textiles and apparel.
 

The 61st Annual Hawai‘i County 4-H Livestock Show and Sale was held at the Rocking Chair Ranch (aka Anderson Arena). It was the project conclusion for 40 youth who had been working for many weeks feeding, training, and grooming their steers, heifers, pigs, goats, lambs, rabbits, and poultry.

Associate Dean for Extension Kelvin Sewake was interviewed for an article in Supply Chain Dive about the effects of Kilauea's volcanic activity on the supply chain on the Big Island and throughout the state. The article reported that he and other members of the college are working to help find solutions so farmers won’t have to stop farming.