HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 19 (TNSfund) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: The University of Hawaii is in line to receive tens of millions of dollars in federal funding with the passage of the $1.5-trillion Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022, which President Joe Biden signed into law on March 15. The federal funding is expected to have an impact across the 10-campus system as it increases student financial assistance, provides millions for research important to Haw more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 19 -- Hawaii Attorney General Holly T. Shikada issued the following news release on March 17, 2022: Hawaii Attorney General Holly T. Shikada today joined a coalition of 19 state attorneys general in calling on the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to strengthen protections against lead poisoning, particularly for children living in low-income communities and communities of color. In comments on the EPA's "Draft Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disp more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, March 15 -- The Illinois Commerce Commission issued the following news release: The Illinois Commerce Commission on Thursday granted approval of a Stipulated Agreement authorizing the use of Grade Crossing Protection Funds to fund the installation of new automatic warning devices at the Hawaii Road (AAR/DOT #295011C, railroad milepost 264.20-M) grade crossing, near Richview in Washington County. Under the agreement, the Illinois Central Railroad Company (IC) is responsi more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 15 (TNSJou) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: A new species of wasp was discovered on the University of Hawaii at Manoa campus. Mymarommatoidea--a group of miniscule but very beautiful wasps, around 0.5 mm in length--had been emerging from branches of a banyan tree on campus. Living individuals in their natural environment have never been recorded in scientific literature. UH entomologists from the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human R more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 17 (TNSfund) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release on March 16, 2022: The University of Hawaii at Manoa's John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) announced a six-year, $10 million commitment from Dr. Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg. This gift will fund the new Kaua'i Medical Training Track, a multi-pronged program on Kaua'i to help address the physician shortage and improve access to healthcare services. University of Hawaii President David  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 15 (TNSJou) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: In the Ala Wai Canal in Waikiki, the abundance of Vibrio vulnificus, an infectious bacterium, is strongly influenced by the amount of rainfall in the surrounding areas, according to a published study by oceanographers at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and Hawaii Pacific University (HPU). Study authors Olivia Nigro, a former graduate student in oceanography at UH Manoa and now an assistant prof more PR