Honolulu ARCS Scholar and University of Hawai‘i alumna Heidi Hammel has been inducted into the national ARCS Alumni Hall of Fame. Vice President for Science at the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA), a consortium that operates NASA and National Science Foundation observatories, Dr. Hammel served as Interdisciplinary Scientist...
1987 ARCS Scholar Dr. Paul Lucey is a recipient of the Eugene Shoemaker Distinguished Scientist Medal by NASA. The organization's lifetime achievement award for contributions to understanding the Moon, Mars, and other rocky planets, it includes a certificate and medal with the apt Shakespearian quote: “And he will make the face...
1996 ARCS Scholar Eric VanderWerf is relocating seabirds whose habitat lies just six feet above current sea level in a race against climate change. "Tern Island is washing away" as sea levels rise, the biologist told the Associated Press. Pacific Rim Conservation, the non-profit VanderWerf founded with his wife and fellow...
The University of Hawai‘i at Manoa's Life Sciences Building has been named in honor of 2000 ARCS Scientist of the Year Dr. Isabella Abbott. The late "Izzy" Abbott is known as "first lady of limu" for her pioneering work not only in identifying 200 species of limu (marine algae), but in...
Marine ecology expert and 2021 Honolulu Scientist of the Year Dr. Mark Hixon is the featured speaker for the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa’s College of Natural Sciences Pilina ‘Ao “Living Links” online talk series Wednesday Oct. 26 at 2 p.m. Hawai‘i Standard Time (5 p.m. PDT, 8 p.m. EDT).
The American Association for Cancer Research has awarded Honolulu's ARCS Scientist of the Year Loïc Le Marchand its 2022 Distinguished Lectureship on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities. The University of Hawai‘i at Manoa Cancer Center researcher and interim director discussed cancer health disparities documented by the MultiEthnic Cohort Study at an...
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 of six...
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 details.
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...
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 ARCS Honolulu partner university...
