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Pint-Sized Plants Could Be Our Secret Weapon In Fight Against Invasive Beetle David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023

Pint-Sized Plants Could Be Our Secret Weapon In Fight Against Invasive Beetle

Coconut rhinoceros beetles have decimated yields across the Pacific, but there may be a surprising workaround.

Bill To Expand Free College Tuition Program Advances Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Bill To Expand Free College Tuition Program Advances

Funding the Hawaii Promise Scholarship is expected to cost $23 million a year.

UH Journalism Students Join Civil Beat To Cover The Legislature

UH Journalism Students Join Civil Beat To Cover The Legislature

We're partnering with the University of Hawaii Manoa journalism program to teach students for the second year in a row.
University Of Hawaii Proposes Tuition Hike Amid Inflation Worries Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

University Of Hawaii Proposes Tuition Hike Amid Inflation Worries

University of Hawaii administrators recommended a phased plan that would start with a 2% increase for students at the law school in 2024.
Pacific Islands Call For More Climate Financing At Hawaii Conference Getty Images/iStockphoto

Pacific Islands Call For More Climate Financing At Hawaii Conference

Representatives from 15 countries and territories convened in Honolulu for the Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders.
The University Of Hawaii Lifts Its Indoor Mask Mandate Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

The University Of Hawaii Lifts Its Indoor Mask Mandate

Masks will no longer be required indoors at UH campuses after Friday after the university sought advice from health experts.
University Of Hawaii To Maintain Indoor Mask Mandate For Now Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

University Of Hawaii To Maintain Indoor Mask Mandate For Now

The university said officials will revisit the decision in mid-September after consulting with the state Department of Health on Covid guidelines.
UH Task Force Detects Fuel In Navy Water After It Was Deemed Safe Courtesy: DOH/2021

UH Task Force Detects Fuel In Navy Water After It Was Deemed Safe

The Navy and Hawaii's Department of Health stood by their findings that the water is now safe after last year's contamination crisis.
Anonymous Donor Gives $3M To UH Hilo And LGBTQ Students University of Hawaii Hilo

Anonymous Donor Gives $3M To UH Hilo And LGBTQ Students

The scholarships will support LGBTQ students and students who are the first in their family to attend college.