HONOLULU, Hawaii, Aug. 12 (TNSMon) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release on Aug. 11, 2021: A pair of anonymous $1 million gifts from the same donor to the University of Hawaii at Manoa's College of Engineering establishes the college's first endowed chair in honor of world-renowned Hawaii engineer Alfred A. Yee. Yee helped design some of Honolulu's most complex structures, from Alfred Preis's floating Arizona Memorial to Ossipoff's Diamond Head Apartments, the first prec more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Aug. 12 (TNSMon) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: A new infusion of $6 million from the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, and Expeditionary Warfare Center will allow the Hawaii Natural Energy Institute (HNEI) at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, to continue to provide critical research and logistical support to the only grid-connected wave energy testing site in the nation. The U.S. Navy's Wave Energy Test Site (WETS), off Marine Corps Base H more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Aug. 14 -- The Hawaii Department of Education issued the following news release: All Hawaii State Department of Education employees will be required to be tested weekly for COVID-19 beginning Aug. 23 to comply with Gov. David Ige's emergency proclamation and to help ensure a safe environment for students and staff, the Department announced today. If an employee can certify and provide proof of full vaccination, the employee will not be subject to the weekly testing requiremen more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Aug. 12 -- Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on Aug. 11, 2021: Gov. David Ige today signed Executive Order 21-05 setting statewide limits for social gatherings, restaurants, bars, and social establishments. "The Delta variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has changed the course of the pandemic in Hawaii. We are seeing case numbers in the 600s - the highest numbers we've seen since this pandemic began," said Gov. Ige. "This requires immediate and serious at more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Aug. 13 (TNSRes) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: A new comet discovered this summer by University of Hawaii's Pan-STARRS1 telescope atop Hakeakala may become bright enough for spectators to see as it moves closer to Earth. UH Institute for Astronomy (IfA) astronomer Robert Weryk first spotted the comet on July 26, and after it was reported to the Minor Planet Center, telescopes from around the globe confirmed its cometary nature. The discovery wa more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Aug. 10 (TNSJou) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: After two years of investigating the cause of death of a Fraser's dolphin that was stranded on Maui in 2018, researchers discovered a novel strain of morbillivirus, a marine mammal disease responsible for deadly outbreaks among dolphins and whales worldwide. The University of Hawaii at Manoa Health and Stranding Lab conducted the necropsy (an animal autopsy) and published the report of the morbilli more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Aug. 11 (TNSJou) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: The reefs at Palmyra Atoll, a small outlying atoll in the equatorial Pacific Ocean, have been undergoing a shift from stony corals to systems dominated by corallimorphs, marine invertebrates that share traits with both anemones and hard corals. A published study in Coral Reefs led by University of Hawaii at Manoa marine biology researchers discovered that although the invading corallimorph is the s more PR