HONOLULU, Hawaii, Jan. 22 (TNSPer) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: University of Hawaii at Hilo Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Kris Roney announces the appointment of Dr. Miriam Mobley Smith as the interim dean of the Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy following the UH Board of Regents meeting held virtually January 20, 2022. Mobley Smith's appointment is effective February 1, 2022. She replaces Dean Carolyn Ma, who retires February 1, 2022. "As Interim D more PR

LANCASTER, Pennsylvania, Jan. 18 (TNSRes) -- Franklin and Marshall College issued the following news: Near the summit of Hawaii's Mauna Kea, senior Becca McClain recalled, she stood next to an observatory and marveled with her naked eye - not the lens of telescope - at the night sky. "We watched the sun set above the clouds, and watched the stars come out in the clearest sky I have ever seen," she said. "It was the first time I ever saw the Milky Way galaxy with my own eyes, so as an astronome more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Jan. 19 -- Hawaii Attorney General Holly T. Shikada issued the following news release: Hawaii Attorney General Holly T. Shikada announced that Navient, known as one of the nation's largest student loan servicers, will provide relief totaling $1.85 billion to resolve allegations of widespread unfair and deceptive student loan servicing practices and abuses in originating predatory student loans. This settlement, joined by a coalition of 39 attorneys general, resolves claims th more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Jan. 22 -- Hawaii Attorney General Holly T. Shikada issued the following news release: Hawaii Attorney General Holly T. Shikada joined a bipartisan coalition of 48 attorneys general from around the nation in continuing to fight to end Facebook's illegal efforts to stifle competition and protect its monopoly power. The coalition led by New York Attorney General Letitia James, filed an appeal brief arguing that the district court's ruling dismissing the states' case was in error more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Jan. 21 -- Hawaii Attorney General Holly T. Shikada issued the following news release: Hawaii Attorney General Holly T. Shikada joined a bipartisan coalition of 42 states and territories urging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to preserve state authority to enforce their consumer protection laws in connection to the sale of over-thecounter (OTC) hearing aids. The FDA is currently considering a proposal that would establish for the first time a new category of OTC hearing more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Jan. 19 -- Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on Jan. 18, 2022: Gov. David Ige today said the State of Hawaii allocated all the $1.6 billion received last May, from the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). The ARPA funds were to be used for emergency response stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. "COVID resulted in a global economic shutdown, which had devastating consequences on our state. We were force to cut many programs and services, state wor more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Jan. 22 (TNSOps) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release on Jan. 20, 2022: The Hawaii Medical Service Association (HMSA) donated $1 million to establish the HMSA Distinguished Endowed Professorship in Health Economics at the University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization (UHERO) in UH Manoa's College of Social Sciences. The endowment will support UHERO's research in the area of health economics. "This is a key part of a larger health policy initiati more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Jan. 21 (TNSRes) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: Metabolic diseases such as obesity are the leading causes of deaths among adults, and are increasingly becoming an epidemic in the U.S. A University of Hawaii Cancer Center researcher has been awarded $3.1 million from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to further his research efforts to provide new body composition technologies to detect the risks of metabolic consequence more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Jan. 22 (TNSRes) -- The University of Hawaii Cancer Center issued the following news: Metabolic diseases such as obesity are the leading causes of deaths among adults, and are increasingly becoming an epidemic in the U.S. The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) awarded University of Hawaii Cancer Center researcher John Shepherd, PhD, $3.1 million to further his research efforts to provide new body composition technologies to detect the risks of met more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Jan. 19 (TNSOps) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: The University of Hawaii Board of Regents (BOR) will consider adopting the draft Master Plan for UH-managed lands on Maunakea at the BOR January 20, 2022 meeting. The draft Master Plan for the University of Hawaii Maunakea Lands: E O I Na Leo (Listen to the Voices) requires board approval to take effect and would replace the Master Plan the BOR adopted in 2000. The draft can be found in the materi more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Jan. 20 (TNSOps) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release on Jan. 19, 2022: The University of Hawaii at Manoa's School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) announced a seven-year $50 million commitment from Dr. Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg, which will support various research groups within Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB). HIMB will leverage this gift to make meaningful progress in restoring Hawaii's ocean health. This gift wil more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Jan. 19 (TNSJou) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: A collection of 17 papers in Pacific Conservation Biology aims to transform the field of conservation biology. The special issue titled "Transforming Conservation Biology Through Indigenous Perspectives," edited by University of Hawaii at Manoa researchers Kawika Winter and Melissa Price, and Anne-Marie Jackson of the University of Otago (Aotearoa New Zealand), features papers by Indigenous authors more PR