HONOLULU, Hawaii, Nov. 9 (TNSMon) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: A world-class innovation and entrepreneurship center being built on the site of the former Atherton YMCA will receive $500,000 in support. Hawaiian Electric Industries (HEI) and American Savings Bank (ASB) have each committed a $250,000 gift to the University of Hawaii Foundation for the live-learn-work community at RISE--Residences for Innovative Student Entrepreneurs, which will be operated by the more PR

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, Nov. 11 (TNSRes) -- Clark University issued the following news: Abby Frazier, assistant professor of geography, has been selected to lead the Hawaii and U.S.-affiliated Pacific Islands chapter of the Fifth National Climate Assessment. Established through a 1989 presidential initiative, the congressionally mandated report works as part of the U.S. Global Change Research Program to assist the nation in understanding, assessing, predicting, and responding to the human-ind more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Nov. 9 -- Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on Nov. 8, 2021: Gov. David Ige participated in several events at the COP25 Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland today. They included a panel discussion called Role of States and Regions in the Climate Decade with Oregon Governor Kate Brown, and a press conference entitled U.S. Governors United on Climate Action and a Net-Zero Future with Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, Washington State Gov. Jay Inslee and more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Nov. 9 -- Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Gov. David Ige announced the launch of the Hawaii ABLE (Achieving a Better Life Experience) Savings Program, which allows eligible individuals with disabilities to save money without jeopardizing their federal or state disability benefits. ABLE accounts are federally established and managed at the state level. "I encourage all Hawaii residents with a qualifying disability to open a Hawaii ABLE Savings acco more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Nov. 9 -- The Hawaii Department of Education issued the following news release: Kalihi Uka Elementary hosted the first Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE) school-based vaccination clinic for 5- to 11-year-olds Monday, providing shots for several dozen students in partnership with Safeway Pharmacy. "We're grateful and excited to be the first public school to hold a vaccination clinic for younger students. This adds another layer of protection for our school and broade more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Nov. 10 (TNSRes) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: Two research projects involving University of Hawaii at Manoa scientists have been endorsed as part of the United Nations (UN) Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (Ocean Decade) program. Bruce Howe and Justin Stopa are part of projects focused on the deep sea--a dynamic, poorly known realm that is a vast repository for biodiversity, provides critical climate regulation, and houses a more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Nov. 11 (TNSRes) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: Hawaii Island's vulnerability to climate change and sea-level rise was highlighted on the global stage at the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP26, on November 8. A local, community-based solution, co-developed by the University of Hawaii at Hilo and Hawaii County was showcased as a model approach to climate change adaptation challenges. An inspiring video presented the details of a pro more PR