BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Dec. 12 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: Name: Griffin Armstrong College: College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Major: Human nutrition, foods, and exercise Hometown: It's complicated. Armstrong was born in Fairbanks, Alaska, but as the son of an Army officer, he has lived all over the world in Hawaii, Spain, and Korea. His family now lives in Blacksburg. The pathway to being a Hokie Armstrong came to Virginia Tech in January 2023, after transferring from more PR

MANOA, Hawaii, Dec. 14 -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: Hawai'i's economic expansion continues, but slowly. According to the University of Hawai'i Economic Research Organization's (UHERO) fourth quarter forecast for 2024, the incoming Trump Administration introduces broad uncertainty into the outlook. Under the assumption of policy changes that are sharp but limited in scope, we will see a short-term boost to mainland tourism and local income, but ther more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Dec. 13 -- Gov. Josh Green, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on Dec. 11, 2024: Governor Josh Green, M.D., today signed an Emergency Proclamation in response to a Red Flag Warning issued by the National Weather Service in Honolulu. The Emergency Proclamation will be in effect through Friday, December 13, 2024, for wind and low relative humidity in leeward areas of all Hawaiian Islands, unless terminated or superseded. In an effort to address existing and potential  more PR

MANOA, Hawaii, Dec. 10 (TNSres) -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: University of Hawai'i at Manoa Department of Earth Sciences researchers assessed an unprecedented 120 years of data from Kilauea volcano on Hawai'i Island, uncovering, for the first time, century-spanning patterns of deformation and stress changes. They focused on the 1975 magnitude 7.7 Kalapana earthquake, which also resulted in a 20-foot high tsunami. The study was published in the Jour more PR

MANOA, Hawaii, Dec. 11 -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: The College of Social Sciences at the University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa, in partnership with the Office of Wellness and Resilience in the Office of the Governor, launched the 2024 Hawaiʻi Quality of Life and Well-Being Dashboard, December 10. Surveying more than 8,000 residents statewide, the dashboard provides an in-depth look at pressing social, economic and health issues affecting Hawaiʻi's res more PR

MANOA, Hawaii, Dec. 13 (TNSres) -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: * * * No-fishing zones protect species and possibly lead to increases in catch rates * * * Increases in catch rates for fish such as tuna have been demonstrated near recently created Large-Scale Marine Protected Areas (LSMPAs), including Revillagigedo in Mexico. This shows that LSPMAs are large enough to protect highly migratory species such as tuna, especially bigeye tuna. Those are t more PR

MANOA, Hawaii, Dec. 12 (TNSres) -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: Proper intake of food is essential for pregnant humpback whales to pull off the extreme physical feat of annual migration between Hawaii and Alaska. Researchers at the Marine Mammal Research Program (MMRP) at University of Hawaii at Manoa Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) revealed the energetic cost and vulnerabilities of migratory humpback mothers-to-be in a study published in Th more PR