SAN BERNARDINO, California, Oct. 29 -- California State University San Bernardino campus issued the following news: Laura Woodney, professor of physics and astronomy, shared the findings at the AAS Division for Planetary Sciences' 52nd annual meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 28. The meeting, which is being held virtually, began Oct. 26 and runs through Oct. 30. The object officially designated P/2019 LD2 (hereafter LD2) has sparked excitement among astronomers since it was discovered by the ATLAS pr more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Oct. 27 -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: As Hawaii endeavors to formulate an unparalleled economic recovery plan as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the University of Hawaii has assembled leaders from diverse sectors to to help promote economic diversification and stability. The four-day virtual conference will highlight efforts in vital areas such as health care, resilient food systems and digital infrastructure to incorporate "Innovations for  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Oct. 29 -- Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors issued the following news release on Oct. 28: Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors today joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general in sending a letter to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) and its National Institutes of Health (NIH) urging them to reject recent recommendations made by the Trump Administration's NIH Human Fetal Tissue Ethics Advisory Board (Board). The Board's recommendation would withho more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Oct. 27 -- Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors issued the following news release on Oct. 26: The Department of the Attorney General and the Hawaii Department of Human Services today announced the results of a joint child recovery operation in Honolulu. Operation "Shine the Light" is a cooperative effort between federal, state and local agencies, including four non-profit organizations. The lead agencies worked with the Federal Bureau of Investigations, U.S. Marshalls, U. more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Oct. 27 -- Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on Oct. 26: As part of a $17 million CARES Act allocation, Gov. David Ige today visited an onboarding session for about 50 out-of-state healthcare workers. The visit, conducted in a strictly controlled, socially distanced environment, was held at St. Francis Healthcare System in Liliha where the visiting nurses are learning the operations of Hawaii's long term care facilities. In total, more than 170 medic more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Oct. 28 -- Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on Oct. 27: Gov. David Ige announced today that starting Friday, Nov. 6, travelers from Japan may bypass the State of Hawaii's mandatory 14-day quarantine if they take a COVID-19 test from a trusted testing partner in Japan. The test must be taken no earlier than 72 hours prior to departure and the test must be negative. This pre-travel testing program is one layer of the state's comprehensive Safe Travels more PR

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado, Oct. 30 (TNSPer) -- Colorado Mountain College issued the following news release: Justin Leibowitz has been named assistant dean of student affairs at Colorado Mountain College Leadville. He joins CMC from Kentucky, where he served as the associate director of residential life at the University of Louisville. Prior to his time in Louisville, Leibowitz worked at New Mexico State University and the University of Hawaii at Hilo. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in economics more PR

AMHERST, Massachusetts, Oct. 28 (TNSRes) -- The University of Massachusetts-Amherst issued the following news: In a new national effort, scientists led by Jeff Blanchard, biology, have received a two-year, renewable resource grant from the Department of Energy (DOE) to apply - for the first time - new genomics and omics-related techniques to microbial communities at 15 to 20 established NSF research sites across the United States, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. The new soil data will be integrated wi more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Oct. 27 (TNSRes) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: A University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy (IfA) astronomer has revealed critical new findings linked to a large asteroid expected to pass extremely close to Earth. Dave Tholen and collaborators have announced the detection of Yarkovsky acceleration on the near-Earth asteroid Apophis. This acceleration arises from an extremely weak force on an object due to non-uniform thermal radiation. This f more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Oct. 29 -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: The University of Hawaii's Culinary Institute of the Pacific (CIP) launched Phase 2 with a small, physically distanced Hawaiian blessing held on the slopes of Diamond Head on October 28. CIP is a statewide network of culinary arts academic and non-credit food innovation programs serving seven community college campuses, UH Manoa and UH West O'ahu. "We thank all of our partners for helping us to reach this  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Oct. 31 (TNSJou) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: Low-lying reef islands such as the Marshall Islands could become unstable by mid-century and permanently lost as soon as 2080 if measures to adapt to rising sea levels are not implemented, according to research led by University of Hawaii at Manoa Earth scientists. Coral reef atoll islands are home to thousands of people around the world, but researchers still do not agree on how sea-level rise wi more PR