PEPS faculty and grad students Islam Hamim, Wayne Borth, Josaiah Marquez, James Green, and Mike Melzer recently published a paper on transgenic papaya that attempts to explain why the complete and durable resistance to Papaya Ringspot Virus attained by Hawai‘i GM cultivars has not been duplicated elsewhere.

Barbara Kawakami, a 1979 Fashion Design and Merchandising alumna, was honored by the Hawai‘i Historical Society with the Kahu ‘Ikena (Caretaker of Knowledge) Award for her dedication to the preservation of Hawaiian history and her efforts to gather, record, translate, and share memories of Issei women in Hawai‘i.

Applications are now being accepted for the L. Stephen Lau Water Research Endowed Scholarship of $1,500, which will be awarded in Fall 2018.

CTAHR will be hosting the 30th Annual Student Research Symposium on April 6–7 in the Ag Sci building. Open to all graduate and undergraduate students conducting scholarly work under the supervision of faculty in CTAHR and the UHM College of Engineering, the Symposium serves as a multi-disciplinary forum for the discussion and exchange of scholarly information.

There will be an open house showcasing observations of a colorful carrot variety trial conducted at the Poamoho Research Station on Wednesday, February 28, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.