News & Events (page 9)

Roger W. Babcock

DR. ROGER BABCOCK JOINS HONOLULU MAYOR BLANGIARDI’S CABINETJANUARY 2021

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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…
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Cesspools: Hawai‘i’s Dirty Little SecretNovember 2020

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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…
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WRRC Welcomes Geoscientist Dr. Lionel Benoit

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Please welcome geoscientist Dr. Lionel Benoit, an Early Postdoc Mobility research fellow from the Swiss National Science Foundation. At WRRC, his research will…
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Document Preservation: The Environmental Center ProjectOcotber 2020

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In 2018, the Environmental Center Project (ECP) was established to preserve the unique and crucial documents accumulated by the University of Hawai‘i…
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To Protect Nature’s Benefits, Focus on PeopleOctober 2020

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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…
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UH Team Developing Wildfire Risk ManagementSeptember 2020

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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

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PRAKIT SAINGAM, RECIPIENT OF THE 2020 L. STEPHEN LAU SCHOLARSHIP I am very grateful to receive the 2020 L. Stephen Lau Water Research…
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Jumpstarting Hawai‘i’s Economy—One Cesspool at a TimeJuly 2020

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Faced with the economic downturn of the local economy with the coronavirus pandemic, it is imperative that Hawai‘i reflects on the past…
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Fire and Rain: The Legacy of Hurricane Lane in Hawai‘iJuly 2020

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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…