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The National Science Foundation awarded the University of Hawai‘i a major cyberinfrastructure grant, and its president has been been tapped for national information technology roles.

The five-year, $6.5 million NSF grant is intended to improve cyberinfrastructure in the Pacific. With partners from Chaminade University, University of Guam, and Texas Advanced... Read more

The first Native Hawaiian woman to receive a PhD in geology from the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, Haunani Kane has never lost sight of her cultural roots in pursuing her science career.

Most recently, the 2017 Toby Lee ARCS Scholar was co-author on a PLOS One article... Read more

Welcome to Dr. Parwinder Grewal, new Dean of the University of Hawai‘i at Manoaʻs College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources—one of the Honolulu partner universityʻs six units supported with ARCS Scholar Awards.

“I want CTAHR to have a real impact on food security in Hawaiʻi and work collaboratively with... Read more

University of Hawai‘i at Manoa Professor Alika Maunakea was named ARCS Foundation Honolulu Chapterʻs ARCS Scientist of the Year in recognition of his groundbreaking work in epigenetics — gene-environment interactions that underlie disease development.

Funded by National Institutes of Health grants throughout his 20-plus year career, Dr. Maunakea has helped... Read more