PISCES STARS Program Recognized in National STEM Report

PISCES STARS Program Recognized in National STEM Report

Above: Students of the 2019 STARS Program show their graduation certificates on the last day of the week-long space and science camp at the HI-SEAS habitat on Mauna Loa. The Women’s STARS (STEM Aerospace Research Scholars) program coordinated by PISCES has been...
STARS Graduate Interns at NASA-JPL to Search for Life on Mars

STARS Graduate Interns at NASA-JPL to Search for Life on Mars

Above: University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa undergrad Schelin Ireland at her NASA-JPL workstation where she ran tests on SHERLOC. Photo: NASA-JPL-Caltech/Kim Orr. Schelin Ireland (left) and Marianna Oka (right—a student of Kamehameha Schools’ Kapalama campus), suited...
PISCES Women’s STARS Program Awarded $15,000

PISCES Women’s STARS Program Awarded $15,000

Above: Students and staff pose with the Helelani planetary rover outside HI-SEAS on Mauna Loa during the 2018 Women’s STARS Program organized by PISCES. The PISCES Women’s STARS (STEM Aerospace Research Scholars) Program has received $15,000 in grant and sponsorship...
STARS Alumnus Receives First Hokuala Scholarship

STARS Alumnus Receives First Hokuala Scholarship

Honoka’a High School senior Keilani Steele will receive the first-ever Hokūala Scholarship award to major in astronomy at a college of her choice. Steele is a PISCES Women’s STARS (STEM Aerospace Research Scholars) Program alumnus and landed the scholarship...
2017 STARS Program Inspires Young Women in STEM

2017 STARS Program Inspires Young Women in STEM

With nearly half of the U.S. workforce consisting of women, why is it that they occupy only a quarter of STEM careers (U.S. Census Survey, 2009)? The answers to this question may be varied, but one thing is clear—young women need more encouragement and support to...