HONOLULU, Hawaii, Oct. 20 (TNSPer) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release on Oct. 19, 2021: Sandra Fujiyama has been named executive director of the Pacific Asian Center for Entrepreneurship (PACE) at University of Hawaii at Manoa's Shidler College of Business, effective October 19. In this leadership role, Fujiyama will spearhead community outreach efforts, along with the board of directors and corporate partners, to elevate and promote entrepreneurship education, local more PR

DURHAM, North Carolina, Oct. 19 (TNSBook) -- Duke University Pratt School of Engineering issued the following news: Kishor Trivedi has published four books on his favorite computing topic--reliability--and last year, he was honored with the IEEE Reliability Society Lifetime Achievement Award, in recognition of sustained contributions to the methods, tools and education in the reliability assessment of hardware-software systems. Yet the most prized memory of his career isn't of receiving an awa more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Oct. 19 (TNSRes) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: Driven by large enrollment gains at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, enrollment for the University of Hawaii 10-campus system increased for the first time in a decade. The fall 2021 systemwide headcount credit enrollment of 49,773 students is a 0.4% increase compared to fall 2020. This bucks the nationwide trend of downward enrollment since 2010 that has been accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Oct. 23 -- The Hawaii Department of Education issued the following news release: The Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE) announced today that federal funds will be used to help offset an increase in after-school plus programming (A+) fees for the remainder of the 2021-22 school year. A+ fees will begin to transition to a new monthly rate effective Nov. 1, 2021; however, families will not be impacted during this stage in the transition. Monthly fees for A+ programming more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Oct. 23 -- The Hawaii Department of Education issued the following news release: The Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE) shared its 2020-21 Strive HI Performance System results at today's Board of Education (BOE) General Business Meeting. The data reflect downward trends in academic performance seen across the nation due to impacts from the pandemic. For the 2020-21 school year that ended in May, the U.S. Department of Education offered states a waiver from certain a more PR

LA JOLLA, California, Oct. 23 (TNSRes) -- The University of California-San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography issued the following news: * * * The new Munk Guyot southwest of Hawaii was mapped by research vessel Sally Ride in 2019 * * * Researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego announced this week the naming of a newly discovered seafloor feature for the late Scripps Oceanography geophysicist Walter Munk. The International Hydrographic Organization approved t more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Oct. 22 (TNSRes) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: Fall 2021 is a landmark semester for the University of Hawaii at Hilo. In addition to a 2.5% increase in enrollment, the University launched a new brand created entirely in-house through the collaboration of faculty, staff, students, and alumni. The new brand - "Your Journey is our Focus" ('O kau huaka'i ko makou kuleana) and "Connecting Learning, Life and Aloha," ('O ka 'imi na'auao, ke ola a me  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Oct. 19 (TNSOps) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: A new pilot legal clinic will assist individuals who are formerly or currently incarcerated, and have been unfairly or overly sentenced. The clinic, called Beyond Guilt Hawaii, will begin in January 2022 at the University of Hawaii at Manoa William S. Richardson School of Law. Beyond Guilt Hawaii's mission will be to serve the community by offering free legal services to those with unjust sentenc more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Oct. 22 (TNSJou) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: Scientists are sounding the alarm. The biodiversity of islands around the world is becoming increasingly threatened, due in large part to habitat loss, overexploitation, invasive species and climate change. If healthy island environments are to be conserved and restored, immediate action is needed by everyone, from policymakers to the general population. These findings and recommendations are in "S more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Oct. 20 (TNSJou) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: A study co-authored by University of Hawaii at Manoa scientists suggests that Mylodon--a ground sloth that lived in South America until about 10,000 to 12,000 years ago--was not a strict vegetarian like all of its living relatives. Based on a chemical analysis of amino acids preserved in sloth hair, the researchers uncovered evidence that this gigantic extinct sloth was an omnivore, at times eating more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Oct. 21 (TNSJou) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release on Oct. 20, 2021: New international research on plant and animal changes over the past 50,000 years suggests that climate change was a primary driver of extinction and reduced diversity in the North. "The disappearance of large animals in the Arctic, the so-called 'charismatic megafauna' like woolly mammoths, has fascinated scientists for decades," said co-author David W. Beilman, professor and und more PR