Alumni News

Proponents of food sustainability in the Islands are always looking for more locally grown starches…so what about potatoes? Cooperative Extension is offering a virtual potato production workshop on Wednesday, June 17, from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m.

Normally celebrated at the CTAHR Annual Banquet, this year’s Dean’s Award recipients will be honored here, on your laptops and tablets, and with their names carved into the plaques that adorn Gilmore Hall. This year’s 2020 Outstanding Alumnus Award goes to Steve Sato.

The Agricultural Diagnostic Service Center apologizes for the inconvenience.

Congratulations to Jinan Banna, who has been distinguished by the American Society for Nutrition with a Nutrition Education and Behavioral Sciences Research Interest Section Mid-Career Award. This highly competitive award is presented to a mid-career investigator who demonstrates outstanding research and contributions to the field of nutrition education and/or behavior change.

CTSA executive director Cheng-Sheng Lee opens the Letter from the Director in the Center’s monthly newsletter by sending “condolences and healing thoughts to all who are experiencing hardship” and reflecting on how the pandemic is shining “a major spotlight on food security,” thanking all those who continue to work in essential ag and aquaculture industries to keep the world fed.