We are relieved to report that ARCS Honolulu member and Maui resident Alanna Bodenstab and her husband are safe in the wake of devastating wildfies on Maui Island. Two homes in Alanna's Kula neighborhood burned in the Upcountry Maui fire (over an hour's drive from the horrific blaze that leveled... Read more
Congratulations to the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa for a second consecutive year of record-setting research funding. The UH System received $516 million in extramural funding during FY2023—a $10 million jump over the previous year. The largest portion, nearly $343 million, was secured by the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa,... Read more
Dr. Nicholas Krueger received the 2023 University of Hawai‘i at Hilo Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching. The 2018 Honolulu ARCS Scholar (pictured with UH Hilo Chancellor Bonnie Irwin) is an instructor in the university's College of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resource Management, with experiise in tropical agronomy, tropical soils, and... Read more
Honolulu ARCS Scholar and 2023 ARCS Alumni Hall of Fame inductee Heidi Hammel was among the scientists interviewed for a PBS NewsHour story marking the first anniversary of observations by the James Webb Space Telescope. View the interview on YouTube.
Congratulations to the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa's Dr. Ryuzo Yanagimachi, who received the prestigious 2023 Kyoto prize for biotechnology and medical technology. The professor emeritus of anatomy and reproductive deveoped pioneering invitro fertilization techniques that have enabled millions of people worldwide to bear children and directed the laboraory that... Read more
2023 Scholar of the Year Sefa Muñoz was on Guam to do her research on green sea turtles when Typhoon Mawar struck. She has no power and extremely spotty internet after the strongest storm to hit the U.S. territory in two decades, but is thankful to have running... Read more
Congratulations to 2021 Maybelle F. Roth ARCS Scholar in Conservation Biology Manya Singh, who successfully defended her Botany PhD dissertation on Mechanisms and Mitigation of Soil Legacies in May. She has accepted a position with the US Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District as a biologist/study manager in the... Read more
The University of Hawai‘i at Manoa's John A. Burns School of Medicine was ranked 16th in the nation by U.S. News and World Report for primary care. ARCS Honolulu Chapter supports the medical school with ARCS Awards for PhD students in Biomedical Sciences, Developmental and Reproductive Biology, and Tropical Medicine.... Read more
University of Hawai‘i at Manoa PhD students in atmospheric sciences and marine biology were named 2023 ARCS Scholars of the Year at the Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Award Banquet this month. Katherine Ackerman received the physical sciences honor for her studies of sea salt aerosols. Josefa Muñoz received he... Read more
