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MEDIA RELEASE Dr. Thomas Lumpkin has been named Outstanding Alumnus for his work to reduce poverty and improve food security worldwide, and Big Island food industry executive Derek Kurisu will receive the Ka Lei Hano Heritage Award for advocacy on behalf of agricultural producers in post-sugar Hawaii by the University of Hawaii at Manoa’s College […]

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MEDIA RELEASE In a study published in the scientific journal PLOS ONE, UH Manoa researchers in the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources compared the historical and modern-day distributions of a native Hawaiian leafroller moth, tracking its steep decline and exploring possible causes for this decline. The moth, Omiodes continuatalis, used to be one […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR), at the University of Hawaii at Manoa has received $500,000 from Monsanto Company to establish the Monsanto Research Fellows Fund. The fund will assist graduate students pursuing a Masters or Ph.D. degree and post doctoral researchers at the College related to the study of […]

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MEDIA RELEASE UH Manoa’s College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR) has been awarded a $24.8 million grant to develop food, nutrition and physical activity intervention, training, monitoring and evaluation systems, together with local communities, in order, to guide sustainable children’s obesity prevention program and policy development in the Pacific region. The five-year competitive […]

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MEDIA RELEASE With a $100,000 gift, Monsanto Company has established the Monsanto Scholarship Fund in the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR), at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Their goal is to support the education of students interested in the plant sciences, including plant biotechnology and biological engineering. The scholarship award can […]

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Andrew Hashimoto, dean and director of the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR) at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, gave the following testimony to the Senate Ad-Hoc Committee about the potential impacts of laying off  Department of Agriculture staff. I am pleased to provide personal testimony relating to the potential impacts on […]

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