Alumni News

The Office of Student Equity Excellence and Diversity (SEED) is now accepting applications for SEED IDEAS. “IDEAS” stands for “Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access and Success,” and the IDEAS grant can provide funding for initiatives that support a diverse and inclusive environment at UH. Faculty and staff at any of the UH campuses are eligible to apply.

As part of a collaboration between livestock Extension agent Kyle Caires and King Kekaulike High School’s Agricultural Program in Maui, Phase III of forage research and pasture trials started on January 2 with new plantings of pasture grasses and forage crops. This collaboration has generated valuable data for industry and provided hands-on learning opportunities for high school ag students.

Extension faculty and staff at the Poamoho Station just presented a Cucurbit Powdery Mildew Management Field Day. Besides giving the participants an overview of the disease and its effects, the field day offered the results of a trial comparing three commercially available products reported to control powdery mildew on cucurbits.

Kyle Caires (HNFAS) wrapped up a productive year in livestock extension by hosting an animal health and handling workshop on Maui for more than 40 4-H youth and adults in early December at Kaonoulu Ranch. Attendees got hands-on experience administering dewormers and vaccines, as well as trimming hoofs and treating hoof problems in sheep and goats.

Noa Lincoln (TPSS) is one of the guest editors of a special issue of the journal Sustainability focusing on biocultural restoration in Hawai‘i that is the largest collection of scientific publications by Native Hawaiians. Biocultural restoration incorporates humanity and its connections to nature in a larger effort to restore the health, function, and resilience of land- and seascapes.