Heather Greenwood Junkermeier (FCS) recently published an article in Maui News entitled “Osteoporosis Affects Both Genders.” She explains what osteoporosis is and what the risk factors of the disease are, and then suggests ways to mitigate them.

We are saddened to report the passing of Victor Phillips, who served as CTAHR’s Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs in the 1990s before moving to Wisconsin to become Dean of Natural Resources at the University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point. He died of pneumonia last week at 68.

Come to CTAHR’s second annual 3-Minute Elevator Pitch Competition, in which the college’s top 24 Student Research Symposium awardees will compete to present their research in three minutes in a compelling way that’s understandable to a general audience!

Feeling fashion-forward? Save the date for FDM’s 52nd annual spring fashion show, “EN ROUTE”! It’s on April 29, from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the UH Manoa Campus Center Ballroom, and will feature a wide array of fashion from senior, junior, and specialty designers and a silent auction. 

The CTAHR Farm Food Safety Team, in collaboration with Hawai‘i State Departments of Health and Agriculture, has released a new video on Rat Lung Worm (RLW) disease prevention. It is a potentially scary disease, but this video offers practical and down-to-earth advice that can help.