Honolulu ARCS Scholar Alumna Dr. Heidi B. Hammel shares her front-line experience with the James Webb Space Telescope in a special online talk hosted by ARCS Foundation Honolulu Chapter and the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa's Institute for Astronomy on Tuesday, September 13. The UH–trained astronomer has been one... Read more
The Honolulu Chapter kicks off the 2022–2023 year with two talks—by Scholar Alumna Dr. Heidi Hammel on the James Webb Space Telescope Septmeber 13 and Scientist of the Year Dr. Rachel Novotny on Children's Healthy Living in the Pacific on October 18. Watch the events announcements page for... Read more
2020 Honolulu ARCS Scholar Tristan McKenzie is co-author on a research paper suggesting that more than half of known human pathogenic diseases can be aggravated by climate change. The list, which includes dengue, hepatitis, pneumonia, malaria and Zika, was published August 8 in Nature Climate Change. The team of University... Read more
The 10-campus University of Hawaiʻi System has topped a half a billion dollars in extramural funding for the first time. UH secured $505 million in extramural funding in fiscal year 2022, a 4 percent increase over the previous year. UH Mānoa, the system’s flagship campus and
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
