HONOLULU, Hawaii, Oct. 25 (TNSres) -- The Hawaii Department of Education posted the following news release: Amid across-the-board national declines in reading and math scores, Hawaii's fourth-graders held steady, performing above national averages in reading and math, according to the 2022 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) results released on Monday (12:01 a.m. Eastern Time). Hawaii's steady performance is notable given the pandemic's adverse impact on student learning locally  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Oct. 28 (TNSfund) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: CoolingCancer.org has expanded its support of the University of Hawaii Cancer Center with a gift of $100,000 to aid in cancer research. Since 2013, the nonprofit organization has given a total of $445,000 to support cancer research at UH. Drew Santos, president of CoolingCancer and president of Admor HVAC Products, and his wife, Shirley Santos, presented the gift on October 12 to Loic Le Marchand more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Oct. 26 -- Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Gov. David Ige and Consul General of Israel in Los Angeles Dr. Hillel Newman signed a Joint Declaration establishing a strategic partnership for friendly exchanges and cooperation between Hawai'i and Israel. A signing ceremony was held Oct. 19 in Gov. Ige's office at the Hawai'i State Capitol. The ceremony was attended by (left-to-right) County of Hawai'i Mayor Mitch Roth, former Gov. Linda Lingle, Consu more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Oct. 27 -- The Hawaii Department of Education issued the following news release: The Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE) has received three grants from the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) partnership that will focus on enhancing college and career skills in the Campbell, Kapolei and Radford complexes and world language learning opportunities in the Kalaheo complex for military-dependent students at select schools over the next five years. DoDEA provi more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Oct. 25 (TNSres) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: A collection of papers from the late Hawaii congressman and University of Hawaii alumnus K. Mark Takai (1967-2016) is now available for public access in the UH Manoa Hamilton Library. Housed in the Hawaii Congressional Papers Collection, the collection was generously donated by Takai's wife, Sami. The papers document the congressman's work in the Hawaii State Legislature, his time in Congress, as  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Oct. 27 (TNSjou) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: Coral reef halos, also known as grazing halos or sand halos, are bands of bare, sandy seafloor that surround coral patch reefs. These features, clearly-visible from satellite imagery, may provide a window into reef health around the world, according to a published study by researchers at the University of Hawaii at Manoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST). Scientists have obs more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Oct. 28 (TNSres) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: * * * Researchers from the University of Rhode Island and the University of Hawaii are collaborating on a robot-based iceberg mapping mission * * * Icebergs originating from Greenland not only impact the environment by affecting sea-level rise and local ecosystems, but they can also damage offshore equipment and disrupt marine transportation. Researchers Mingxi Zhou and Chris Roman from the more PR