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Reading time: 2 minutes The 2023 Maui wildfires were linked to significantly higher levels of depression and anxiety among residents, with impacts extending beyond the burn zones and closely tied to housing and income disruption. That’s according to a new University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa study published March 11 in JAMA Psychiatry. The study examined […]

Reading time: 2 minutes A $2-million gift from Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos is supporting University of Hawaiʻi-led research aimed at restoring fire-prone grasslands on Maui and reducing the risk of future wildfires, building on earlier investments in watershed protection and long-term recovery following the devastating 2023 fires. Guinea grass Much of Maui’s former

Reading time: 2 minutes A new report from the University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization (UHERO) emphasizes the crucial role of the UH Community Colleges’ Good Jobs Hawaiʻi (GJH) program in successfully placing residents into high-demand, higher-paying careers. The preliminary analysis by Rachel Inafuku provides more evidence that these targeted training programs are helping families

Reading time: 2 minutes A University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa study confirms that outrigger canoe paddling is far more than a state team sport. It’s a way of life that supports physical, emotional, cultural and spiritual health for paddlers in Hawaiʻi. Related UH News story: High canoe-paddling rates among NHPI could help health outcomes The

Reading time: 2 minutes The gap between what Hawaiʻi residents can afford compared to elsewhere in the U.S. widens every year, not because of high prices, but because of lagging productivity and wage growth, according to a new analysis released March 5, by the University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization (UHERO). The state’s economic stagnation,

Reading time: 2 minutes From left, Kainoa Hauanio, UH Hilo’s boating program coordinator, and John Burns, associate professor of marine science. A new 38-foot teaching and research vessel has arrived in Hilo, giving marine science students at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo a powerful new ocean laboratory. The aluminum workboat, named Kaiola, meaning “sealife,”

Reading time: 2 minutes The molecular beam machine incorporating the catalytic microreactor at the Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Department of Chemistry have developed a new step-by-step chemical process that converts methane, the primary component of natural gas, into valuable chemicals. Because the catalyst (a

Reading time: 3 minutes Two new grants totaling nearly $800,000 will support the University of Hawaiʻi’s ongoing Maui Wildfire Exposure Study (MauiWES), a long-term effort tracking the health impacts of the 2023 Lahaina fires on Maui residents. The Hawaiʻi Community Foundation has awarded $450,000 through its Maui Strong Fund, and Kaiser Permanente has committed $337,500

Reading time: 2 minutes Tourism has stabilized but is not yet expanding, according to UHERO‘s first quarter forecast for 2026. (Photo credit: Sung Shin/Unsplash) Hawaiʻi’s economy is moving beyond last year’s mild recession, but the recovery will be gradual, according to the University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization’s (UHERO) first quarter forecast for 2026 released