HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 19 -- The Hawaii Department of Education issued the following news release: The Hawaii State Department of Education has launched a study to evaluate alternatives for a grade-separated pedestrian crossing at Piilani Highway to serve the new high school being built in Kihei. The study will assess overpass and underpass alternatives as a step toward satisfying the state Land Use Commission requirement for a grade-separated crossing for the project. The study will be condu more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 23 -- Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Gov. David Ige signed a third emergency proclamation to allow the continuation of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in line with the federal COVID emergency. "Many Hawaii families continue to suffer from food insecurity as they struggle to provide food for themselves and their families because of the effects of the pandemic. "Without additional support from SNAP, families may exp more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 23 -- The Hawaii Department of Health issued the following news release: The Hawaii Department of Health (DOH) has identified three additional cases of monkeypox. This brings the total number of cases in Hawaii to eleven. Two individuals are Oahu residents. DOH established a connection to a previously reported case for one Oahu resident. Connections to previously reported cases are under investigation for the second Oahu resident. The third individual is a non-resident w more PR

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, July 20 -- Discovery Education, a division of Discovery Communications, issued the following news release on July 19, 2022: Hawaii's Kihei Elementary School today announced that it has expanded its partnership with Discovery Education, which has supported the school's educators in creating engaging digital learning environments since 2015. Through this new phase of collaboration, educators at Kihei Elementary School will add Mystery Science, an award-winning digital res more PR

FLAGSTAFF, Arizona, July 19 (TNSres) -- Northern Arizona University issued the following news: Asteroid impacts are the only potentially preventable natural disaster on Earth--assuming a threatening asteroid is detected with enough lead time to launch a mission into space to deflect it. Through its Planetary Defense Coordination Office, NASA sponsors projects to track and characterize potentially hazardous asteroids (PHAs) and other near-Earth objects (NEOs) whose orbits predict they will come more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 20 (TNSres) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: The University of Hawaii at Manoa has been awarded $1.5 million for scholarships for low-income students who are pursuing degrees focusing on the biological application of data science. The five-year grant through the National Science Foundation's Scholarships in STEM (S-STEM) program, Student Training through Immersive Data Science Education (STRIDE) and will fund 67 scholarships for undergraduate more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 19 (TNSres) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: University of Hawaii Cancer Center researchers in collaboration with the University of Southern California, and University of California, San Francisco, were awarded $700,000 to study the role of structural racism on racial and ethnic inequities in lung cancer risks. This National Cancer Institute-funded study, led by UH Cancer Center researchers S. Lani Park and Iona Cheng, will examine various m more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 19 (TNSres) -- The University of Hawaii Cancer Center issued the following news: University of Hawaii Cancer Center researchers S. Lani Park, PhD, MPH, and Iona Cheng, PhD, MPH, in collaboration with the University of Southern California, and University of California, San Francisco, have received over $700,000 in funding from the National Cancer Institute to study the role of structural racism on racial and ethnic inequities in lung cancer risks. This study will examine v more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 22 (TNSfund) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: For the first time in its history, the University of Hawaii 10-campus system topped half a billion dollars in extramural funding with a record $505 million in fiscal year 2022 (FY2022), which ended June 30. The record total tops UH's previous record of $488.6 million in FY2011 and is a $19.5 million or 4% increase over FY2021. Extramural funding is external investments from the federal government more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 20 (TNSacc) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: The University of Hawaii Maui College has received accreditation for the next eight years from the WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC). The Commission's decision was based on a campus visit in March, as well as a great deal of supporting information and documentation prepared by deans, faculty coordinator, and their support staff all led by Dean and Accreditation Liaison Officer L more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 21 (TNSacc) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: The University of Hawaii-West O'ahu has been reaffirmed for eight years of accreditation by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) Senior College and University Commission. The accreditation process is a marker of institutional quality, and accreditation is required by the U.S. Department of Education for students to be able to access federal financial assistance, including student  more PR