Alumni News

Adapting to the pandemic is tough all around, but especially for frustrated parents trying to homeschool their children through the crisis.

In the fast-growing pantheon of online lessons, here’s a cool new one from the Dept. of Family and Consumer Sciences’ Human Development and Family Studies program.

Living in Hawaiʻi and seeing firsthand the global impacts of plastic on local shores, and being part of grassroots change in plastic consumption, got postdoc Megan Barnes “really interested in using my skills to help make a difference in the global challenge of plastic pollution.”

Bayer AG is a global player with job opportunities in a wide range of fields. Bayer has also graciously agreed to speak with CTAHR students for our first CareerLaunch meeting!

When COVID-19 hit our shores, the number of calls to Aloha United Way 211 increased by 600 percent. These are Hawaii families and individuals who desperately need your help. Rent remains the top concern, with health care and employment/income close behind.

Nearly a millennium before Europeans explored the Pacific, Native Hawaiians had already introduced sugarcane to the islands. In fact, they cultivated kō extensively in many ecosystems, using diverse agricultural systems and developing dozens of native varieties.