Growing up on Rapa Nui, Maile alum Noah Paoa spent his summers camping by the shore, bodyboarding, and exploring the island’s landscape with his family. A pivotal moment occurred in 2010 when, at fifteen years old, a massive earthquake in Chile triggered a tsunami warning for the island. Paoa watched the shoreline recede so far […]
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Spring 2026 graduates of the Global Environmental Science (GES) undergraduate program at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa took with them a bachelor’s degree and real-world, hands-on experiences with research that benefits communities and ecosystems in Hawaiʻi and far beyond. Through the GES program in the Department of Oceanography at the UH Mānoa School of […]
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The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa ballroom dance team, including Earth Sciences undergraduate student and Maile mentee Alexander Picken, won their third consecutive national title at the National Collegiate DanceSport Championships (NCDC), in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, March 27–29. Competing against 37 colleges, UH Mānoa once again took first place for “highest point average,” as well as a close second place for the overall team championship, […]
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For some students, the path to a career in science is a straight line. For Sean Michael Valencia Monte, it included a serendipitous route. Born and raised in the Philippines before moving to Waipahu at age seven, Monte entered the University of Hawai‘i (UH) at Mānoa with a clear plan: he wanted to continue his […]
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Amy Deatherage, Global Environmental Science major, was honored with an Undergraduate Poster Presentation Award in Marine Sciences at the SACNAS 2025 NDiSTEM Conference, the leading multidisciplinary and multicultural STEM conference in the country. Deatherage presented her work to characterize the aggregating behavior of ha‘uke‘uke–a native species of sea urchin in Hawai‘i. Her mentors are Kuʻi […]
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After graduating from Kalaheo High School, Hope Kanoa knew she wanted to focus on Hawaiʻi’s water resources while attending the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. She found a fitting option in the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST), which offers a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Earth Science. As an undergraduate student, […]
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For Kelsea Kanoho Hosoda, receiving the American Indian Science and Engineering Society’s (AISES) Blazing Flame Professional Award marks a full-circle moment in her mission to uplift Indigenous students in STEM. The national honor recognizes her decades of work expanding opportunities for Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander students. “I’ve been a part of AISES since I […]
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The lyrics of traditional Okinawan songs were found to record past climate and geological history of the Ryukyu Islands (now called Okinawa Prefecture, Japan), according to a new study by a University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Earth scientist and fellow Ryukyuan music practitioners. Their study was published in Geoscience Communication and was selected as an […]
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With a focus on communicating science to children through holistic, age-appropriate storytelling, the Coastal Research Collaborative (CRC) at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa developed an educational initiative for keiki that aims to foster a deep connection to the land and community. Helena Andrade, Earth Sciences doctoral student, created CRC Keiki, the educational offshoot of […]
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May is Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander Heritage Month. This is a time to reflect on and celebrate the important role that Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (AANHPIs) have played in American history, culture, and society. We pay tribute to the generations of AANHPI people who enriched America’s history and are instrumental […]
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