🔍 #UHMResearch: Unusual microbes from the deep-sea hold clues to early life - Researchers from the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology - SOEST and others used cutting-edge molecular methods to study these microbes, which thrive in the hot, oxygen-free fluids that flow through Earth’s crust. Called Hydrothermarchaeota, this group of microbes lives in such an extreme environment that they have never been cultivated in a laboratory for study. Read more about their research here: https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2019/02/11/unusual-microbes-deep-sea/

👀 A ranking by The Political Science 400 lists two UH Manoa Political Science professors, Kathy E. Ferguson and Michael J. Shapiro, among the top 25 most-cited political theorists in the United States! Learn more here: https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2019/02/01/political-science-professors-top-25/ #FacesOfManoa

👀✨ Sinclair Library to become center for student success! Planning has begun with a $700K state appropriation and Governor David Ige has included the university’s $41 million request for the project in his proposed budget. Learn more about the project here: https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2019/01/30/sinclair-library-renovations/ #MakeManoaYours #ExploreUHM

☕🗓️ STUDENTS: Pick up a free #UHManoa mug, also called #UglyMug, at Campus Center from February 19 to 21, 10am to 2pm. Students using their #uglymug at Simply To Go pay $1 for coffee, and get 10 cents off the regular price when using other reusable cups, until May 2, 2019. The #uglymug project is a collaboration between Sodexo UH Manoa, the University of Hawaiʻi Office of Sustainability, Surfrider UH Club and Campus Help. Learn more about their collaborative effort here: https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2019/02/15/uh-rescues-4000-uglymug/

#UHsustainability

🗣️ Your voice matters! Have you taken the UH Student Campus Climate Survey on Sexual Harrassment and Gender-Based Violence yet? #BeHeardUH

👀 NOW OPEN: A new living reef exhibit at the Waikiki Aquarium showcases cutting-edge coral research by #UHManoa scientists. The exhibit includes 12 wall tanks, interactive kiosk and 3-D educational polyp sculpture. The exhibit is dedicated to Ruth Gates, the late UH researcher and world-renowned coral expert. Be sure to stop by!

📗 #UHMResearch: Journal publishes largest collection of scientific publications by Native Hawaiians - The work collectively highlights #Hawaii as a global leader in the realm of biocultural restoration and aims to influence policy both locally and internationally. Learn more here: https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2019/02/11/largest-collection-of-scientific-publications-by-native-hawaiians/

🚬 #UHMResearch: University of Hawaii Cancer Center studies show Native Hawaiian and African American smokers have a higher risk of acquiring lung cancer than smokers of other ethnic/racial groups. Read more here: https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2019/02/06/new-lung-cancer-study/

🔍 #UHMResearch: Foster children who become homeless have increased risk for HIV - These findings were revealed in a recent AIDS and Behavior journal article by lead author Amanda Yoshioka-Maxwell, an assistant professor in the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work. Learn more about her research here: https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2019/02/14/foster-children-homeless-hiv/

🗓️🗣️ ACLU's Legal Director David Cole will be speaking at #UHManoa on Thursday, February 28, 7pm at Orvis Auditorium providing Lessons from the Legal Resistance. Learn more here: https://www.hawaii.edu/calendar/uh/2019/02/28/34745.html?et_id=45662

🚢 MAHALO! PacIOOS wave buoy recovered after drifting 800 nautical miles - After a #PacIOOS buoy had drifted 920 statute miles offshore, the U.S. Coast Guard Hawaii Pacific made a recovery rescue and brought it safely back to #Guam. Read more here: https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2019/02/04/pacioos-wave-buoy-recovered/

🔭 #UHMResearch: The UH Institute for Astronomy, in conjunction with the Space Telescope in Baltimore, Maryland, is releasing the second edition of data from Pan-STARRS—the Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System—the world’s largest digital sky survey. This second release contains more than 1.6 petabytes of data, making it the largest volume of astronomical information ever released. The amount of imaging data is equivalent to two billion selfies or 30,000 times the total text content of Wikipedia. The catalog data is 15 times the volume of the Library of Congress. Learn more here: https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2019/01/28/second-pan-starrs-digital-sky-survey/

Happy #AlohaFriday!

🔍 #UHMResearch: Are Hawaiian corals adjusting to warmer temperatures? A team of researchers from the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology - SOEST and the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum conducted a study of coral resiliency that showed some corals are better able to tolerate heat than similar corals tested in the 1970’s. But scientists say it will not be fast enough to fight off rising sea temperatures. Learn more about their research here: https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2019/01/28/hawaiian-corals-warmer-temperatures/

👀⚖️ The William S. Richardson School of Law earned an A+ for 2019 from The National Jurist Magazine, which ranks American Bar Association-accredited U.S. law schools based on their diversity. Since 2016, when the UH law school earned an A-, it has moved up to the top grade and is now ranked fourth in the country. Learn more here: https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2019/01/29/uh-law-school-a-plus-for-diversity/

#MakeManoaYours #FacesOfManoa

🏫 Your #UHManoa is one of 12 institutions included on the list of U.S. colleges and universities that produced the most 2018–2019 Fulbright U.S. Scholars. Each year the Exchange Programs - U.S. Department of State announces the top-producing institutions for the Fulbright Program, the U.S. government’s flagship international educational exchange program. We last received this recognition in 2010–2011. Read more here: https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2019/02/12/uh-manoa-top-producer-of-fulbright/

💚💚💚 As many alumni couples would attest, cupid has nothing on #UHManoa when it comes to finding a perfect match. In honor of #ValentinesDay, University of Hawaii Alumni is celebrating alumni love by sharing the romantic, unusual and sometimes unexpected ways UH Manoa lovebirds found one another! Share your story by using the hashtag #MatchMadeInManoa

💼 Register by Friday, February 15 to compete in the UH Business Plan Competition (BPC), sponsored by American Savings Bank. The competition provides aspiring UH entrepreneurs with a platform to receive real-world feedback on a business idea; develop a business plan; and pitch to investors. Teams must have two to five members; and one of the members must be a currently-enrolled, classified #UHohana student from any of the 10 campuses. The online form takes less than 5 minutes to complete! Learn more at pace.shidler.hawaii.edu/bpc

Pacific Asian Center for Entrepreneurship - PACEHawaii
Shidler College of Business

👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️ #China is facing an increasing demand for health professionals with a background in global health issues, and University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Office of Public Health Studies Professor Yuanan Lu is working to help Chinese universities meet this demand for a highly-trained public health workforce. Learn more: https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2019/01/31/china-global-health-curriculum/

🧸🧸🧸 Happening tonight at the Campus Center Ballroom! The University of Hawaii at Manoa Campus Center Board Activities Council is hosting their semesterly Create-A-Bear event, Bearuary! You will be able to choose the animal, stuff it, and decorate a white shirt to dress it up in. If you are a validated #UHManoa student, enjoy your first stuffed animal FREE!

💼 Register by Friday, February 15 to compete in the UH Business Plan Competition (BPC), sponsored by American Savings Bank. The competition provides aspiring UH entrepreneurs with a platform to receive real-world feedback on a business idea; develop a business plan; and pitch to investors. Teams must have two to five members; and one of the members must be a currently-enrolled, classified #UHohana student from any of the 10 campuses. The online form takes less than 5 minutes to complete! Learn more at pace.shidler.hawaii.edu/bpc

Pacific Asian Center for Entrepreneurship - PACEHawaii
Shidler College of Business

Applying to #UHManoa this fall? You could win a FREE semester courtesy of University of Hawaii Federal Credit Union!! Find out how to enter at http://hine.ws/makemanoayours

#MakeManoaYours

🙌 #UHMOhana campus celebrates diversity and builds community - We celebrated the diversity we have at #UHManoa and the respect we have for each other! Learn more about last week's celebration here: https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2019/02/08/campus-celebrates-diversity/ #MakeManoaYours #FacesOfManoa