UH Research News

Reading time: 2 minutes Northern fur seals haul out on shore. (Photo credit: NOAA Fisheries/ Kristin Wilkinson) Understanding how northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus) navigate the North Pacific is crucial not only for marine science but also for managing rising tensions between wildlife and fisheries. A new study by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, […]

Reading time: 3 minutes (Photo credit: Hawaiʻi Department of Land and Natural Resources) Deaths by suicide and drug overdose significantly increased in the aftermath of the August 2023 Maui wildfire, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). Public health must be adequately prepared to respond to serious

Reading time: 2 minutes MauiWES recruitment event Two years after the devastating Maui wildfires, a new University of Hawaiʻi study paints a complex picture: the physical and emotional scars of the disaster remain, but strong community ties are proving to be a powerful force for recovery. The research, published on August 6 in JAMA Network

Reading time: 2 minutes Kalina Heimuli showcasing her project on tracing geo-ecological island resilience following major storm events Approximately 90 undergraduate students from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Leeward Community College and other universities across the nation showcased their research and creative projects at the 2025 Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) Symposium on August

Reading time: 6 minutes Mariana Gerschenson in the cryogenic laboratory. Gerschenson is the principal investigator for a diabetes research project at JABSOM. Despite growing uncertainty in federal research support, the University of Hawaiʻi has once again set a new extramural funding record reaching $734 million in fiscal year 2025 (FY 2025). This marks the fourth

Reading time: 2 minutes AI-generated illustration of the distant Solar System object “Ammonite.” Photo design: Ying-Tung Chen (ASIAA) Scientists using the Subaru Telescope on Maunakea have discovered a new celestial object that could provide groundbreaking insight into the earliest days of our Solar System. The object, officially named 2023 KQ14 and nicknamed “Ammonite” by the

Reading time: 2 minutes While more Maui fire-affected residents are transitioning into permanent housing and reporting greater economic stability, many remain displaced, face high rent burdens, or continue to deal with long-term income loss. That’s according to a new report released August 5, by the University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization (UHERO), offering the most

Reading time: 2 minutes (Photo credit: Roger Victorino/Unsplash) A tsunami warning that sparked mass evacuations and traffic gridlock in many areas across the state, including Waikīkī, is drawing renewed attention to a 2022 University of Hawaiʻi study that modeled how to save lives during a short-notice tsunami event. On July 29, a magnitude-8.8 earthquake off

Reading time: 2 minutes (Photo credit: David Kovalenko) To understand Hawaiʻi’s path to 100% renewable energy by 2045, researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and other institutions co-authored a report Assessment of the Scope of Tasks to Completely Phase out Fossil Fuels in Hawaiʻi. The report addresses the state’s legal mandate to generate

Reading time: 2 minutes Scientists on their way to deploy instruments off the west coast of Hawai‘i Island during a groundbreaking two-week expedition in search of fresh water hidden beneath the seafloor. A groundbreaking scientific expedition was just completed off the west coast of Hawaiʻi Island in search of something unexpected: fresh water beneath the