HONOLULU, Hawaii, Nov. 20 -- The Hawaii Department of Education issued the following news release: The Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE) shared its 2019-20 Strive HI Performance System results at today's Board of Education (BOE) meeting. Due to the unprecedented impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, all states sought and received waivers from federally required standardized testing as well as associated accountability, school identification, and reporting requirements for the 2019-20 sch more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Nov. 18 -- Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Gov. David Ige issued a 15th COVID-19 emergency proclamation that extends and clarifies the statewide mask mandate as agreed to by all four counties and the state. The proclamation states: All persons in the State shall wear a face covering over their nose and mouth when in public. The requirements of this statewide mask mandate are set forth in Exhibit J, which will be enforced in each county. All perso more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Nov. 20 -- Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on Nov. 19: Gov. David Ige announced today that starting on Nov. 24, travelers wishing to bypass the 14-day mandatory quarantine must have their COVID-19 test results - from a trusted testing partner - prior to departure for the State of Hawaii. If test results are not available before boarding the final leg of the trip, the traveler must quarantine for 14 days or the length of the stay, whichever is short more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Nov. 16 -- Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: The State of Hawaii has added new trusted partners for its domestic transpacific and inter-county pre-travel testing programs. The state will accept COVID-19 test results from the new partners starting Nov. 17. Partners were selected based on their ability to administer the test and expand the testing network, with the goal of making it easier to safely travel to Hawaii. DOMESTIC TRANSPACIFIC PRE-TRAVEL  more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Nov. 20 (TNSJou) -- Michigan State University issued the following news release: An oceanic plateau has been observed for the first time in the Earth's lower mantle, 800 kilometers deep underneath Eastern Siberia, pushing Hawaii's birthplace back to 100 million years, says a Michigan State University geophysicist. The discovery came when Songqiao "Shawn" Wei, an Endowed Assistant Professor of Geological Sciences in MSU's Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, n more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Nov. 20 (TNSJou) -- Michigan State University's College of Natural Science issued the following news: An oceanic plateau has been observed for the first time in the Earth's lower mantle, 800 kilometers deep underneath Eastern Siberia, pushing Hawaii's birthplace back to 100 million years, says a Michigan State University geophysicist. The discovery came when Songqiao "Shawn" Wei, Endowed Assistant Professor of Geological Sciences in MSU's Department of Earth and Environ more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Nov. 19 -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: A comprehensive plan to improve literacy for Hawaii's people, the Hawaii State Literacy Plan has been released. The theme of the plan, "Lifelong Literacy for All," is based on the belief that being literate empowers individuals to achieve economic success, and to attain their aspirations. While Hawaii has made some progress in increasing access to high-quality experiences supporting literacy, one in six ad more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Nov. 18 (TNSJou) -- The University of Hawaii's Institute for Astronomy issued the following news release: A collaboration between the LOw Frequency ARray (LOFAR) radio telescope in Europe and two telescopes on the summit of Maunakea, the Gemini Observatory and the NASA InfraRed Telescope Facility (IRTF), has led to the first direct discovery of a cold brown dwarf from its radio emission. In addition to demonstrating a new way for future brown dwarf discoveries, this result is  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Nov. 20 (TNSRes) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: To trace the volatile elements that form the atmospheres of planets, NASA's Astrobiology Program awarded a five-year, $5-million grant to an interdisciplinary consortium, including researchers at the University of Hawaii. The award will help establish a scientific foundation for detecting the signatures of life on other worlds. The research targets elements and molecules such as nitrogen, water, c more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Nov. 19 (TNSJou) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: The sinking carcasses of fish from near-surface waters deliver toxic mercury pollution to the most remote and inaccessible parts of the world's oceans, including the deepest spot of all: the 36,000-foot-deep Mariana Trench in the northwest Pacific Ocean. And most of that mercury began its long journey to the deep-sea trenches as atmospheric emissions from coal-fired power plants, mining operations, more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Nov. 18 (TNSRes) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: Pacific Islands are on the forefront of bearing the effects of climate change, which are becoming more apparent every year. With partners from across Hawaii and the US-Affiliated Pacific Islands (USAPI), Pacific Islands Climate Adaptation Science Center (PI-CASC) is organizing a virtual science summit to highlight its resources and capabilities, and those of its partner organizations, for addressin more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Nov. 21 (TNSJou) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: The impact of sea surface temperature variations in the tropical Pacific on global climate has long been recognized. For example, the episodic warming of the tropical Pacific during El Nino events causes melt of sea ice in far-reaching parts of the Southern Ocean via its effect on the global atmospheric circulation. A new study, by an international team including University of Hawaii at Manoa Assis more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Nov. 20 (TNSMon) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: Health care leaders here at home and around the world recognize that teamwork is critical to the delivery of safe patient care while recognizing that such efforts do not come naturally to health sciences students or practitioners who are trained with distinctly different philosophical worldviews to meet specific roles. Anchored by the University of Hawaii at Manoa School of Nursing and Dental Hygie more PR