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Aug 7, 2024 | 
hawaiinewsnow.com | Summer Steinsrud
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A Honolulu company has trained and mentored some of the brightest scientific minds across the country this summer. Each year, Oceanit selects a handful of interns nationwide for their summer program that teaches them to apply their academics to real-world problems. The projects have zero limitations and can apply to any field or subject.
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Jul 25, 2024 | 
hawaiinewsnow.com | Summer Steinsrud
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Iolani School on Wednesday unveiled a 3D fly-through of its new $10 million student center. Construction is now underway on the new 60,000-square-foot, three-story Arrillaga Student Center. The facility will feature amenities such as 16 new classrooms, outdoor covered dining space, a campus store, a health wellness center, and a tea house, making it one of the most unique student centers in the nation.
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Jul 24, 2024 | 
hawaiinewsnow.com | Summer Steinsrud
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The University of Hawaii-West Oahu campus hosted its third annual Hawaii Threat Assessment Conference to discuss and learn how to recognize warning signs of societal threats. The conference, which took place July 17 through 19, featured both local and national expert speakers offering a collaborative and community-based educational opportunity for first responders, educators, law enforcement and military personnel.
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Jul 22, 2024 | 
hawaiinewsnow.com | Summer Steinsrud
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A University of Hawaii project has been awarded a 5-year, $6.5 million grant aimed at supporting the enhancement of cyberinfrastructure adoption, capacity and training in the Pacific region. The grant comes from the National Science Foundation. The project will provide both students and faculty with educational opportunities for research programs in advancedcyberinfrastructure across the Pacific.
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Jul 16, 2024 | 
fox8live.com | Keahi Tucker |Summer Steinsrud |Jordan Gartner
HONOLULU (KHNL/Gray News) - A family in Hawaii surprised their mother with her long-awaited high school diploma in a special birthday event. Ethel Nishimoto was meant to graduate from Farrington High School in 1942, but her class was denied their ceremony following a remarkable sacrifice. After the Pearl Harbor attack, the school closed in 1941. It was later reopened to serve as a hospital for the wounded.
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Jul 16, 2024 | 
wkyt.com | Keahi Tucker |Summer Steinsrud |Jordan Gartner
HONOLULU (KHNL/Gray News) - A family in Hawaii surprised their mother with her long-awaited high school diploma in a special birthday event. Ethel Nishimoto was meant to graduate from Farrington High School in 1942, but her class was denied their ceremony following a remarkable sacrifice. After the Pearl Harbor attack, the school closed in 1941. It was later reopened to serve as a hospital for the wounded.
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Jul 16, 2024 | 
wbtv.com | Keahi Tucker |Summer Steinsrud |Jordan Gartner
HONOLULU (KHNL/Gray News) - A family in Hawaii surprised their mother with her long-awaited high school diploma in a special birthday event. Ethel Nishimoto was meant to graduate from Farrington High School in 1942, but her class was denied their ceremony following a remarkable sacrifice. After the Pearl Harbor attack, the school closed in 1941. It was later reopened to serve as a hospital for the wounded.
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Jul 11, 2024 | 
hawaiinewsnow.com | Summer Steinsrud
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The HNN Investigates series, " Hope for Hawaii Island," has been awarded the 2024 Mental Health America (MHA) Media Award for the Broadcast category. The series follows psychiatrist Dr. Chad Koyanagi and HNN investigative reporter Allyson Blair as they spotlight the increasing need for mental health support in local communities.
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Jul 9, 2024 | 
hawaiinewsnow.com | Summer Steinsrud
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - An Ewa Makai Middle School student has placed second in a national contest. The inaugural "America's Field Trip" is a nationwide scholastic contest sponsored by America250. The contest encourages students from elementary through high school to reflect on what America means to them. Through artwork, video, or essay submissions, students responded to the prompt 'What does America mean to you?'.
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Jun 24, 2024 | 
hawaiinewsnow.com | Summer Steinsrud
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The East-West Center's biennial International Media Conference is underway in Manila this week, with dozens coming in from Hawaii to take part. The four-day event runs through Wednesday at the Philippines International Convention Center, with topics ranging from a Q&A with Meta, artificial Intelligence, fake news and the threat to democracies around the globe, as well as climate change and the media's role as stewards of science and truth.
