HONOLULU, Hawaii, Aug. 14 -- The University of Hawaii Cancer Center issued the following news: Adventist Health Castle has joined the Hawaii Cancer Consortium, whose role is to support the University of Hawaii Cancer Center in achieving its mission and enhancing the ability of the UH Cancer Center to make substantive advances in the areas of cancer research, education, community outreach and oncology practice. "We are extremely pleased that Adventist Health Castle has joined the Hawaii Cancer  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Aug. 14 -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: Wild dolphin-swim tourism has grown in specific locations where Hawaiian spinner dolphins have known resting habitat. Under normal operations, Hawaii's dolphin-swim tourism industry is estimated to generate hundreds of millions annually according to a study by the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Duke University and York University published in Frontiers of Marine Science (https://www.frontiersin.org/article more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Aug. 13 -- Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on Aug. 12: Gov. Ige announced today that the State of Hawaii successfully sold $995 million of general obligation (GO) bonds. Proceeds from the sale will be used to finance capital improvement costs such as the acquisition, construction, and improvement of various public buildings and facilities, elementary and secondary schools, community college and university facilities, public libraries, and parks, and more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Aug. 11 -- Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on Aug. 10: Gov. David Ige has announced today the appointment of a new director to lead the Dept. of Taxation (DoTax) and the appointment of an acting director to head the Dept. of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR). Dept. of Taxation Gov. David Ige has appointed former State Representative Isaac Choy to serve as the interim director of the state Department of Taxation. Choy is currently controller o more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Aug. 12 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Aug. 11: Governor Phil Murphy today advised individuals traveling to New Jersey from states or territories with significant community spread of COVID-19 to quarantine for a 14-day period from the time of last contact within the identified state or territory. In addition to the Virgin Islands, the updated advisory includes two additional states Hawaii and South Dakota - with Alaska, New Mexico, O more PR

ALBANY, New York, Aug. 12 -- Gov. Andrew Cuomo, D-New York, issued the following news release on Aug. 11: Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that two additional states and Virgin Islands meet the metrics to qualify for the travel advisory requiring individuals who have traveled to New York from those areas, all of which have significant community spread, to quarantine for 14 days. The newly-added states are Hawaii and South Dakota. Alaska, New Mexico, Ohio, Rhode Island and Washington hav more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Aug. 12 -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: University of Hawaii scientists are leading one of the newly announced Key Projects on a worldwide network of telescopes called the Las Cumbres Observatory (LCO) global telescope network. Using thousands of hours of observing time, they will investigate the neighborhoods of young stars where planets are thought to be forming. The UH-led project will monitor stars that dim in a dramatic and usually unpredi more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Aug. 12 -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: The University of Hawaii Cancer Center has been awarded a five-year $1.36-million grant for a new program to address and enhance workforce training that will meet biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs to lower cancer incidence and mortality in the Pacific. The center will establish the National Institutes of Health Cancer Research Education, Advancement, Training and Empowerment (CREATE) progra more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Aug. 11 -- The University of Hawaii Cancer Center issued the following news: The University of Hawaii Cancer Center has received a five-year Research Education Program Grant (R25) totaling $1.36 million from the National Institutes of Health for "Cancer Research Education, Advancement, Training and Empowerment" (CREATE). This program will provide mentorship opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students living in Hawaii and the Pacific through hands-on cancer research e more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Aug. 12 -- The University of Hawaii Cancer Center issued the following news: A study led by University of Hawaii Cancer Center postdoctoral researcher, Danja Sarink, Ph.D., investigates racial/ethnic differences in risk and risk factors for epithelial ovarian cancer. The study was published in the American Association for Cancer Research journal, Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention. Using data from the Multiethnic Cohort Study, an epidemiological study which follow more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Aug. 11 [LXC] -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: The deep-sea, ocean depths below 650 feet (200 meters), constitutes more than 90 percent of the biosphere, harbors the most remote and extreme ecosystems on the planet, and supports biodiversity and ecosystem services of global importance. A new publication (https://www.cell.com/trends/ecology-evolution/fulltext/S0169-5347(20)30182-8) on the impacts of deep-seabed mining by 13 prominent deep-sea bio more PR