News items about HIMB faculty.

December 26, 2023

HIMB Director Search is Underway (Accepting Applications NOW!)

Opening Date: December 20, 2023 Closing Date: Continuous until filled Nominations and applications are sought for the position of Director, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB), […]
August 10, 2023

White House Selects Dr. Kawika Winter for National Panel on Ocean Policy

SOEST News, first published on August 9, 2023. The biodiversity of the world’s oceans faces many threats such as climate change, invasive species, and more. President […]
February 22, 2023

In Memoriam: Global Conservationist, Groundbreaking Scientist Eleanor Sterling

UH News, first published February 21, 2023. Eleanor Jane Sterling, director of the Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, died on February 11, 2023. […]
August 18, 2022

HIMB Whale Work Featured in PBS Documentary “Changing Seas”

PBS, first aired June 22, 2022. The Marine Mammal Research Program (MMRP) at the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) and the Alaska Whale Foundation was […]
May 27, 2022

UH Awarded $20M to Support State-Wide Climate Resilience Through Data Science

SOEST News, first published May 20, 2022. The National Science Foundation has awarded the University of Hawaiʻi’s Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (Hawaiʻi EPSCoR) a five-year $20-million grant to […]
May 3, 2022

HIMB Recruits Ruth D. Gates Endowed Chair Position in Coral Reef Systems (UPDATED)

Photo Credit: Elyse Butler Ruth D. Gates Endowed Chair in Coral Reef Systems Updated Application Deadline: July 15, 2022 The Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology is […]
February 16, 2022

UH Lab: Stranded Humpback Whale Calf Had Traumatic Brain Injury

(Photo credit: UH Health and Stranding Lab, NOAA Fisheries Permit #18786) UH News, first published on 2/15/2022 In response to a dead humpback whale calf near the Wailupe peninsula on Oʻahu, the […]
January 19, 2022

HIMB Honors Heʻeia ahupuaʻa, moʻolelo to Welcome New Director, Eleanor Sterling

Marcie Grabowski, first published on 01/11/2022 at SOEST News On the tranquil shores of Moku o Loʻe (Coconut Island) in Kāneʻohe Bay, Eleanor Sterling, the newly appointed director of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Hawaiʻi Institute […]