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Reading time: 2 minutes (Photo credit: Karsten Winegeart/Unsplash) A new project led by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa will use artificial intelligence (AI) to help predict how rising seas and stronger storms could threaten coastal freshwater supplies and ecosystems. Associate Professor Jonghyun “Harry” Lee of the UH Mānoa Water Resources Research Center and Department […]

Reading time: 2 minutes UH Mānoa students share oral history projects documenting the stories and cultural legacy of the Waialeʻe community on Oʻahu’s North Shore. The Center for Oral History (COH) in the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s College of Social Sciences is marking its 50th anniversary, commemorating five decades of preserving the state’s history

Reading time: 3 minutes Illustration of the Roman Space Telescope. (Credit: NASA) Set to launch on August 30, NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will begin a mission to capture sweeping views of the universe on a scale never before possible, studying billions of stars, distant galaxies, and worlds beyond our solar system. Decades of

Reading time: 2 minutes John Shepherd with the Body Composition Lab team at the IAEA collaboration ceremony. In a major boost for global health, the University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center‘s Body Composition Laboratory has earned an international designation from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). As one of only eight Collaborating Centres worldwide—and the only

Reading time: 2 minutes Molecular beams machine with integrated chemical microreactor A team of researchers led by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Department of Chemistry has uncovered a faster way that large carbon-based molecules may form in space, helping solve a long-standing mystery about how some of the building blocks of the universe grow.

Reading time: 2 minutes While long-term data shows that Hawaiʻi is getting drier overall, short, intense downpours that cause sudden, dangerous flash floods are getting stronger in the islands, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Published in the International Journal of Climatology, the research from the College

Reading time: 2 minutes A University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo graduate student studying a surprising connection between ʻōpelu (mackerel scad) and koholā (humpback whales) earned top honors at the 2026 Hawaiʻi Conservation Conference. Her research could help scientists better understand how recovering humpback whale populations contribute nutrients to Hawaiʻi‘s marine food webs and fisheries. Bree

Reading time: 2 minutes Left to right: Mason Caldwell, Philip Lee and Sasha Rovinsky Three University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) students are exploring ways to expand access to specialized orthopedic care across the Pacific, where patients often travel hundreds or thousands of miles for treatment. Students Philip Lee,

Reading time: 2 minutes A new study by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researchers shows that nearly 23% of short-finned pilot whales that stranded over 13 years in the main Hawaiian Islands ingested several pounds of plastic ropes, netting, fishing gear and plastic bags that were discarded in the ocean. Published in Marine Pollution Bulletin,

Reading time: 4 minutes Despite the ongoing overhaul of federal science funding that has rocked university research across the country, the University of Hawaiʻi has secured its second highest extramural funding record amount of $647.3 million in fiscal year 2026 (FY 2026). While it represents a slight decrease of 11.8% from last year’s record-setting total