HONOLULU, Hawaii, Oct. 4 -- The Hawaii Department of Education issued the following news release: The Hawai'i State Board of Education has appointed veteran public policy and government affairs leader Capsun M. Poe as its executive director overseeing the planning, coordination, monitoring and improvement of the Board's operations. The state Constitution grants the Board the power to formulate statewide educational policy. "I am excited for this opportunity to empower the Board of Education's  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Oct. 4 -- The Hawaii Department of Education issued the following news release on Oct. 3, 2023: The Hawai'i State Department of Education (HIDOE) named Leilehua High School's natural resources teacher Jackie Freitas the 2024 Hawai'i State Teacher of the Year. Freitas received the state's top teaching award from Gov. Josh Green and Superintendent Keith Hayashi during an awards ceremony at Washington Place this afternoon. The honor is presented annually to a classroom teacher s more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Oct. 5 -- The Hawaii Department of Education issued the following news release: * * * Students from the Fashion and Artisan Design program worked closely with Tori Richard designers for a hands-on learning experience starting from the initial brainstorming sessions of the print to the final stages of pattern creation and garment construction. * * * Pearl City High School (PCHS) fashion students collaborated with island sportswear company Tori Richard on a unique, custom al more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Oct. 6 -- The Hawaii Department of Education issued the following news release on Oct. 5, 2023: * * * Members of the public are invited to submit written comments to the Regional Advisory Committees for consideration as they conduct needs-sensing activities and determine priorities for their region. * * * The U.S. Department of Education has established ten Regional Advisory Committees (RAC). Members of the public are invited to submit written comments to the RACs for cons more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Oct. 5 -- Gov. Josh Green, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on Oct. 4, 2023: Governor Josh Green, M.D., today announced that the state Office of Planning and Sustainable Development (OPSD) is applying for a $9.9 million grant with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing (PRO Housing) program, which will help generate thousands of new affordable homes in Hawaii. The HUD PRO Housing grant program aims to reduce b more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Oct. 7 (TNSres) -- The Hawaii Department of Health issued the following news release: The Hawai'i Department of Health (DOH) will conduct a needs assessment survey for residents affected by the wildfires. The DOH survey will assess ongoing priorities identified by the community and barriers to accessing healthcare and other essential services. "It's critical that efforts by the Department of Health and our partners are driven by needs identified by Maui communities, and this  more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Oct. 6 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release: Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown joined a multistate coalition of 17 Attorneys General in support of Hawaii's request to the Ninth Circuit to rehear an appeal defending Hawaii's ban on butterfly knives. The petition seeks en banc or panel rehearing of a decision, issued in Teter v. Lopez on August 7, 2023, that invalidated Hawaii's butterfly knife ban under the Second Amendment more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 6 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel joined a multistate coalition of 17 attorneys general in support of Hawaii's request to the Ninth Circuit to rehear an appeal defending Hawaii's ban on butterfly knives. The petition seeks a full en banc review of a panel opinion issued in Teter v. Lopez on August 7, 2023, that invalidated Hawaii's butterfly knife ban, holding that it violates the Second Am more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Oct. 6 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Through community-based research with organizations that work to "ho'omomona hou i ka 'aina," or "restore that which feeds back to abundance," PhD student Aja Grande has embarked on a healing journey of her own. * * * By Laura Rosado, MIT News correspondent Aja Grande grew up on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, between the Kona and Ewa districts, nurtured by her community and  more PR

MANOA, Hawaii, Oct. 3 -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: A new space telescope designed to search for exoplanets and do groundbreaking cosmology is set to deploy by 2027. A University of Hawai'i astronomer is co-leading a team that was recently awarded $11 million to develop critical tools for NASA's trailblazing Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (Roman). The telescope will focus on the search for planets as well as aim to unravel the secrets of dark ene more PR

MANOA, Hawaii, Oct. 7 -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: Beginning Fall 2024, the University of Hawai'i at Hilo mental health counseling program, also known as the Master of Arts Program in Counseling Psychology, Specialization: Clinical Mental Health Counseling, will offer a new Certified Substance Abuse Counselor (CSAC) concentration and expand its program to admit up to 30 new students each year. Dr. Charmaine Higa-McMillan, director of the program,  more PR

MANOA, Hawaii, Oct. 4 -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: Wouldn't it be helpful to have a tool that can help identify potential cases of mental health conditions and developmental issues? Imagine the amount of people that could be helped earlier with powerful instruments and aids as part of that diagnosis. Diagnosing mental health conditions and developmental delays such as autism and ADHD in individuals through video may one day be possible using artif more PR

MANOA, Hawaii, Oct. 3 (TNSres) -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: In a critical race against time, the dedicated staff and volunteers of Kaua'i Community College's Apiary Project are working tirelessly to combat the alarming decline of honeybee populations in the United States. In June, an annual report on honey bees in the United States showed that beekeepers lost nearly half (48%) of their managed colonies, the second-highest death rate on record. Th more PR

MANOA, Hawaii, Oct. 3 (TNSres) -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: Four University of Hawai'i-led projects received a total of approximately $800,000 in expedited RAPID grants from the National Science Foundation in the wake of the deadly Maui wildfires. RAPID funding is used for proposals having a severe urgency with regard to availability of, or access to data, facilities or specialized equipment, including quick-response research on natural disasters.  more PR