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Ōhiʻa Love 31 January 2024

Ōhiʻa Love

Statewide fests bring the community together around ROD

With partners from Maui, Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, Hilo and Kona, CTAHR’s Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death team hosted the statewide seventh annual ‘Ohia Love fests. This year’s theme was Ka ʻUpena O Ke Ola, a metaphor for how life is interconnected mauka to makai, like a fishing net, and ʻōhiʻa is a keystone species that holds it all together, explains Charlotte Godfrey-Romo.

Rebuilding Maui 31 January 2024

Rebuilding Maui

Extension workshops on disaster training may also facilitate healing

“The recent disasters of COVID-19 and wildfires have caused forced disruptions in activity, limited information about the future, and economic instability,” says Nancy Ooki of Maui Extension. “The combination has placed the Maui community in a position of feeling a sense of loss of control, decision-making ability, and uncertainty of the future. 

Enhancing Connections 31 January 2024

Enhancing Connections

UH pursues collaborations with the Korea Food Research Institute

A decade ago, a college-to-college memorandum of understanding between UH and the Korea Food Research Institute had facilitated a robust exchange of research programs, labs, conferences, workshops, and more.

Dolphin Doodoo 31 January 2024

Dolphin Doodoo

CTAHR student joins study on marine mammals

For the first time, researchers at the UH Health and Stranding Lab have successfully detected Fraser’s morbillivirus, which can cause respiratory and neurological disease, in the feces of a dolphin. And one co-author is CTAHR grad student Cody Clifton."Understanding disease threats is important to the animal sciences,” says Cody. 

Learning About Fashion in Hilo 15 January 2024

Learning About Fashion in Hilo

E ka moku nui lehua i ka ua mao ʻole, aloha nō kākou. To the vast verdant land of lehua in the never ceasing rain, greetings to you all. I am currently a senior undergraduate student at the University of Hawaiʻi studying Hawaiian Language and Hawaiian Studies. Once I complete my bachelor's degree I plan on entering graduate school to receive my master's in Hawaiian Language where I will research linguistics in Hawaiian Language to expand on the teaching styles of Kealaleo to incorporate linguistic explanation of the Hawaiian Language. I also plan on studying Hawaiian lauhala weaving or pandanous weaving to provide explanation and documentation of patterns and styles throughout the archipelago.......For more information, click the following "Read More" button.

 

 

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