HONOLULU, Hawaii, Feb. 10 (TNSOps) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: A $500,000 grant awarded to the University of Hawaii at Hilo will fund a pilot program that will partner student peer mentors with faculty to grow and secure the pipeline to college for youth on Hawaii Island. Oak Foundation seeded the innovative tiered program being developed at the UH Hilo Center for Place-Based Socioemotional Development, also known as The Hilo Center. The grant was recently aw more PR

AMES, Iowa, Feb. 8 (TNSRes) -- Iowa State University issued the following news release: During the dramatic halt to in-person events in 2020, the use of video call software skyrocketed, transforming Zoom into a household name, opening the door to telehealth, and spurring ongoing conversations about the future of work. The COVID-19 pandemic will eventually subside, but videoconference calls, whether through Zoom, Webex or some other platform, are here to stay. An innovative, first-of-its-kind s more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Feb. 11 (TNSRes) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: The explosion of the underwater volcano Hunga Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai on January 15, released a blast "sound" wave that reverberated through Earth's atmosphere and was recorded around the world by monitoring stations--and smartphones. The devastating eruption produced the most powerful air blast since the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa in Indonesia. Monitoring systems at the University of Hawaii at Manoa t more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Feb. 9 (TNSOps) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: A $1-million donation to the University of Hawaii-West O'ahu Sustainable Community Food Systems program will support undergraduate and public education, collaborative research, communications and planning activities to enhance the long-term sustainability and resilience of Hawaii's food system by creating a new Hawaii Institute for Sustainable Community Food Systems. The gift from the W. K. Kellogg more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Feb. 8 (TNSRes) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: A new white paper by the University of Hawaii at Manoa Pacific Health Analytics Collaborative finds that the state could save lives and increase tax revenue by increasing alcohol taxes by just $0.10 per drink. Key takeaways include: * Alcohol kills an estimated 6 people every week in Hawaii. * Excessive alcohol use costs Hawaii nearly $1 billion per year. * Binge drinking accounts for 75% of tot more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Feb. 9 (TNSJou) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release on Feb. 8, 2022: Astronomers at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy (IfA) are part of a team that recently discovered three planets orbiting dangerously close to stars nearing the ends of their lives. Out of the thousands of extrasolar planets found so far, these three gas giant planets, first detected by the NASA TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) Mission, have some of the sh more PR