Public Outreach
"Oregon State University researchers have discovered a new class of compounds that contributes to the ashy or smoky flavors in wine made with grapes exposed to wildfire smoke. This development is significant for winemakers who have struggled to combat the impact of smoke on grapes at a time when climate change is leading to an increase in the number and severity of wildfires..."
"The National Science Foundation has awarded a nearly $1-million grant to the University of Hawaiʻi Hawaiʻi Data Science Institute (HI-DSI) supporting cyberinfrastructure (CI) training for climate scientists and students in the Hawaiʻi-Pacific region. The three-year grant will help create workshop and curriculum models for undergraduate and graduate students to increase their cyberinfrastructure skills across the climate science domain..."
"Recent work from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources in collaboration with the University of British Columbia, led by Bjarne Bartlett, a graduate student in the Department of Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering, looked at modern, digital metrics (termed “altmetrics”) and their potential to reduce biases that have systematically devalued the achievements of women in STEM. The research is published in Scientometrics..."
KTUH’s goal is to raise $34,000 for much needed equipment and renovations, including a new 1,000-watt backup transmitter and receive antenna. The college radio station has been running for over 50 years.
"KTUH, a student-run non-commercial educational radio station broadcasting from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, was honored by the Honolulu City Council on September 4 in recognition of its 50th anniversary. KTUH operates with a staff of more than 70 student and community volunteers annually."
"Stefanie Joho was 22 when she was diagnosed with colon cancer. She has been in remission for more than a year thanks to an immunotherapy treatment aimed at a genetic glitch, rather than aiming at the disease itself like chemotherapy does.""
"Within two or three months of enrolling in the trial, Mr Chettle's symptoms began to ease off. "I was able to turn my neck again," he said. By the time his daughter's wedding took place a few months later, he was able to walk her down the aisle..."
Bjarne Bartlett, Julie Fortin, Michael Kantar, Michelle Tseng, and Zia Mehrabi
"Altmetrics (short for "alternative metrics") have emerged as a tool for quantifying the amount of interest a paper garners on digital platforms such as online news and social media. Altmetric.com is one of the largest aggregators of altmetric scores, and hundreds of journals now publish the Altmetric Attention Score for individual journal articles."
Because of the democratizing effect of broad online audiences, altmetrics could help level the playing field for women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
During this one-week summer program, students learned and implemented principles of public communication and public engagement with respect to science. There are more ways than ever to create connections between people and communicate complicated subjects. This short course developed skills in communicating complex scientific topics to all audiences. Students were introduced to different methods of public communication including writing (magazines, newspapers, and blogs), video (instructional and informative), audio (podcasts and radio). The remainder of the course focused on the development of 2-minute radio shorts that were broadcast on KTUH, the University of Hawaii Student Radio station.
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MALAMA, stands for “Mini Ahupuaʻa for Lifestyle and Mea'ai through Aquaponics.” This podcast was produced for KTUH in partnership with Ilima Ho-Lastimosa, the Community Coordinator for the Waimanalo Learning Center of the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, Dr. Ted Radovich, and Dr. Jane Chung-Do. The MALAMA program seeks community engagement in agriculture and food production through a Native Hawaiian lens. The MALAMA program has built a community aquaponics system and implemented multiple aquaponics workshops.
When I have time as a graduate student, I seek to interview interesting people about their professional work on KTUH.