DR. ROGER BABCOCK JOINS HONOLULU MAYOR BLANGIARDI’S CABINETJANUARY 2021
The WRRC ohana is proud to announce Roger Babcock’s appointment as the Director and Chief Engineer of the Department of Facility Maintenance for the…
Cesspools: Hawai‘i’s Dirty Little SecretNovember 2020
Congratulations to Michael Mezzacapo (WRRC Outreach Specialist) and colleagues who recently published an article in the Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education. Upgrading Hawai‘i’s…
WRRC Welcomes Geoscientist Dr. Lionel Benoit
Please welcome geoscientist Dr. Lionel Benoit, an Early Postdoc Mobility research fellow from the Swiss National Science Foundation. At WRRC, his research will…
Document Preservation: The Environmental Center ProjectOcotber 2020
In 2018, the Environmental Center Project (ECP) was established to preserve the unique and crucial documents accumulated by the University of Hawai‘i…
To Protect Nature’s Benefits, Focus on PeopleOctober 2020
Congratulations to Leah Bremer and colleagues who published “Increasing Decision Relevance of Ecosystem Service Science” in the journal Nature Sustainability. New research published in Nature…
UH Team Developing Wildfire Risk ManagementSeptember 2020
The devastating West Coast wildfires highlight the importance of preparation and understanding the threat as it applies to Hawai‘i. To address this,…
2020 WRRC Student Awards: Congratulations to Prakit Saingam and Ahmed Afifi
PRAKIT SAINGAM, RECIPIENT OF THE 2020 L. STEPHEN LAU SCHOLARSHIP I am very grateful to receive the 2020 L. Stephen Lau Water Research…
Jumpstarting Hawai‘i’s Economy—One Cesspool at a TimeJuly 2020
Faced with the economic downturn of the local economy with the coronavirus pandemic, it is imperative that Hawai‘i reflects on the past…
Fire and Rain: The Legacy of Hurricane Lane in Hawai‘iJuly 2020
Congratulations to WRRC Director Tom Giambellica and colleagues who published “Fire and Rain: The Legacy of Hurricane Lane in Hawai‘i“ During a four-day period in August…