HONOLULU, Hawaii, Dec. 6 -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: The Nancy Atmospera-Walch School of Nursing proudly announces the appointment of Deborah J. Mattheus, PhD, APRN-Rx, CPNP, associate professor as the inaugural Nancy Atmospera-Walch Professor in School Health, effective October 1, 2021. This endowed professorship was established in 2021 by Nancy Atmospera-Walch for a nursing faculty who is dedicated to increasing the academic success of Hawaii youth by provid more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Dec. 6 (TNSAwa) -- The Hawaii Department of Education issued the following news release: Waiakea High teacher Whitney Aragaki was named the 2022 Hawaii State Teacher of the Year. Aragaki received the state's top teaching award from Gov. David Ige and Interim Superintendent Keith Hayashi during a virtual awards ceremony. The Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE) today named Waiakea High School teacher Whitney Aragaki the 2022 Hawaii State Teacher of the Year. Aragaki re more PR

NEW YORK, Dec. 7 -- ABC News, the news division of Walt Disney Television, issued the following statement on Dec. 6, 2021, by President Kim Godwin: * * * ABC News president Kim Godwin sent the following note to the news division announcing that Mireya Villarreal has joined ABC News as a Dallas-based correspondent. "Team - "I am excited to share that Mireya Villarreal has joined ABC News as a Dallas-based correspondent beginning today. "Mireya comes to us from CBS News, where she was a Wes more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Dec. 11 (TNSOps) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release on Dec. 10, 2021: UHA Health Insurance is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its founding with a $1 million donation to the University of Hawaii at Manoa John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) to support student learning. The donation establishes the UHA Health Insurance and Dr. Max G. Botticelli Medical Innovation Endowment, which will support JABSOM's efforts to develop and implement innovati more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Dec. 7 (TNSOps) -- The University of Hawaii Cancer Center issued the following news: The National Cancer Institute has awarded University of Hawaii Cancer Center's Alexandra Binder, ScD, $1.8 million to investigate how epigenetic age can be used to characterize the risk of chemotherapy side effects, and whether an exercise intervention can reduce the rate of epigenetic aging over treatment. Binder and collaborators hope to use findings from this study to improve health outcome more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Dec. 8 (TNSRep) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: A University of Hawaii at Hilo Professor Emeritus of Biology has his article on the rediscovery of the azure-tailed skink on Hawaii Island published in the December 2021 issue of Herpetological Review. Professor William Mautz is the author of "The Azure-tailed Skink, Emoia impar, Remains Extant on Hawai'i Island, USA," which reports that the lizard species, once common throughout the Hawaiian Islan more PR

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Dec. 7 (TNSOps) -- The University of Virginia issued the following news release: The Japanese attack on the United States military facility at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii 80 years ago pulled the U.S. into World War II. It also drew the U.S. more deeply into Asia. For the United States, the war started at 7:55 a.m. on Sunday morning, Dec. 7, 1941, when waves of carrier-launched Japanese fighter planes strafed, bombed and torpedoed U.S. military facilities at Pearl Harbor.  more PR