CTAHR’s study-abroad program in South Africa is an exciting opportunity for students to visit Africa while learning about African ecology and conservation ecology. The course can be taken as a 3- or 6-credit class or as non-credit. If you’ve ever been curious about what it’s like to live in the African bush and see beautiful animals, or if you just want to make positive impact, this is the perfect class for you!

Extension faculty are invited to the annual Agricultural Professional Development training (AgPro) offered by CTAHR’S Sustainable and Organic Agriculture Program (SOAP), supported by the Western Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program (WSARE) on November 5–6 on Kaua‘i at the Courtyard by Marriott Kaua'i at Coconut Beach.

A healthy and sustainable project spearheaded by TPSS’s Ted Radovich and Ilima Ho-Lastimosa, as well as Public Health Studies professor Jane Chung-Do, got props from Civil Beat in a recent laudatory article. The MALAMA (Mini Ahupua‘a for Lifestyle and Mea‘ai through Aquaponics) project helps Native Hawaiian families and communities to create aquaponic systems in their back yards.

Interested in biofuels from oilseeds? Come to a special seminar in the TPSS Departmental Seminar Series, where Jay Thelen, a professor of biochemistry at the University of Missouri – Columbia, will be discussing “New Insights on the Regulation of de Novo Fatty Acid Synthesis in Plants.” Dr. Thelen’s lab studies how to leverage findings about the regulation of de novo fatty acid biosynthesis in plants to improve oil production.

Local and national journalists know FDM professor Andy Reilly is the one to consult about sartorial choices and Hawai'i fashion history. He's been interviewed for and quoted in several news stories recently, for Hawaii News Now and even Huffington Post, from everything about the origins of the rubber slipper to the potential mood-altering effects of clothing.