There's not a lot of funding dedicated to research on rainbows, but a passion for photography and the spiritual draw of the atmospheric phenomenon keeps University of Hawai‘i Professor Steven Businger on the chase.
The certified consulting meteorologist and ARCS Scholar advisor shared his knowledge—from ancient Greek and Hawaiian observations... Read more
The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa's John A. Burns School of Medicine is part of a $20 million, four-year national study tackling underrepresetation of some ethnic groups in clinical research trials. As one of 10 participating universities and health care systems surveying marginalized communities, UH Manoa will focus on Native... Read more
2022 ARCS Scholar T.J. Corrigan's research on a devastating 2018 supercell thunderstorm over Kaua‘i was featured in The Honolulu Star Advertiser. The storm shattered a 40-year U.S. record for most rainfall during a 24-hour period and caused extensive flooding. Corrigan and his advisor, Dr. Steven Businger of the... Read more
University of Hawai‘i at Manoa Institute for Astronomy doctoral candidate Miles Lucas and John A. Burns School of Medicine PhD student Nicholas Kawasaki were named 2022 ARCS Scholars of the Year at ARCS Foundation Honolulu Chapter’s 2022 Scholar Awards Banquet on May 5. Lucas received the Jacquie Maly ARCS Scholar... Read more
Join ARCS Honolulu Chapter for a Pau Hana hybrid presentation by special guest Dr. Steven Businger, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa professor of atmospheric sciences, ARCS Scholar advisor and co-creator of the RainbowChase phone app, on Thursday, June 16. ... Read more
Honolulu ARCS member Dr. Margaret McFall-Ngai has joined the Carnegie Institution for Sciences as inaugural director of a newly created research division focusing on life and environmental sciences. The division, which includes the Department of Embryology in Baltimore and Departments of Global Ecology and Plant Biology in Stanford, will deploy... Read more
Congratulations to ARCS Honolulu Chapter's partner institution, the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, on being reaffirmed for a full 10 years, the longest period possible, by the Senior College & University Commission of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). Read more.... Read more
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Honolulu ARCS Scholar Dr. Anthony Amendhas demonstrated that an easily and inexpensively produced smoothie can reduce damage from ‘Ohia rust in critically endangered native Hawaiian nioi plants. Amend, an associate professor of botany at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, used a blender to make a slurry... Read more
Windward Community College Professor Emerita and Honolulu Chapter Co-President Jacquie Maly has issued a $10,000 matching challenge for the WCC Meals with a Mission drive to provide nourishment to students struggly to get by on scholarships. Jacquie, who also is a generous supporter of ARCS Scholar Awards, notes that the... Read more