PISCES Receives $4K from HTDC for Women’s STEM Program

PISCES Receives $4K from HTDC for Women’s STEM Program

We are pleased to announce the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation (HTDC) has approved a $4,000 sponsorship award to fund the 2018 Summer STARS (STem Aerospace Research Scholars) Program for Hawaii high school girls. HTDC also sponsored the STARS Program in...
Former PISCES Intern Launches Science Café in Hilo

Former PISCES Intern Launches Science Café in Hilo

Above: Event organizer Niki Thomas separates strawberry DNA for a drink concoction during Hilo’s first Science Café held at Kuku’au Studio on Nov. 17.  Early on a Friday evening, a mixed audience of college students and adults are learning about the inner workings of...
PISCES & KOYD Bring Robotics to Keaukaha Youth

PISCES & KOYD Bring Robotics to Keaukaha Youth

Above: Volunteers Joel Paye and Tayeh Madjeska introduce VEX IQ robotics kits to elementary students at the first RISE robotics class on Nov. 13. Keaukaha’s first after-school robotics program has officially launched, giving local elementary students the chance to...
Lawmakers Visit Shuttle Simulator at Kea’au High School

Lawmakers Visit Shuttle Simulator at Kea’au High School

Lawmakers from the Hawaii State Senate Ways and Means (WAM) committee took a look inside an authentic replica of the Space Shuttle Challenger at Kea’au High School on Saturday morning, Oct. 28. The refurbished shuttle cockpit and flight simulator was a...
UH Scientists Play Key Role in Landmark Astronomy Discovery

UH Scientists Play Key Role in Landmark Astronomy Discovery

Artist rendering of a binary neutron star merger and resulting explosion. Created by Robin Dienel, courtesy of the Carnegie Institution for Science. A team of University of Hawaiʻi (UH) astronomers played a major role in identifying the location of the first-ever...
Hawaii Island Educator Receives MIT Award

Hawaii Island Educator Receives MIT Award

Kealakehe High School educator Justin Brown (wearing glasses, seventh from left) stands with Rep. Tulsi Gabbard and students/mentors from Kealakehe’s “Tiki Techs” Robotics Team. Justin Brown, career and technical education coordinator at Kealakehe...