Dr Jenny Engels wins the “Dr. Amefil Agbayani Faculty Diversity Enhancement Award”
Dr Jenny Engels, HIGP Affiliate Faculty, recently won the "Dr. Amefil “Amy” Agbayani Faculty Diversity Enhancement Award". This annual award program recognizes faculty that have…
Barbara Bruno wins University of Hawai’i at Mānoa Presidential award for Outstanding Service by a Faculty Specialist
Dr Barbara Bruno, HIGP specialist, has been awarded the 2021 "University of Hawai'i at Mānoa Presidential award for Outstanding Service by a Faculty Specialist". This…
Shuai Li selected by NASA to serve on Korean Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter mission
HIGP Assistant Researcher Shuai Li is one of nine scientists recently funded by NASA to serve on the Korean Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter mission team. Shuai…
Don Thomas receives Citizen’s Award for Exceptional Service from USGS
For his sustained and selfless contributions to volcanology, education, the HVO, and the USGS, HIGP's Dr. Don Thomas has granted the Department of the Interior’s…
Hope Ishii appointed to editorial board of Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
HIGP Researcher Hope Ishii has joined the Editorial Board of Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta as an Associate Editor. GCA publishes research papers in a wide…
Nicole Lautze elected to the Board of Directors of Geothermal Rising
HIGP Associate Specialist Dr Nicole Lautze has recently been elected to the Board of Directors of Geothermal Rising. Formerly the Geothermal Resources Council, Geothermal Rising…
New book on “The Volcanoes of Mars”
Emeritus Researcher Pete Mouginis-Mark and his co-authors (Jim Zimbelman, David Crown and Tracy Gregg) have just published a new book entitled "The Volcanoes of Mars".…
HIGP scientists discover that water occurs across the surface of the Moon, not just in Polar craters
New research by HIGP scientists has revealed that water, in the form of the H2O molecule, is present across the surface of the Moon, not…
Neutron-1 safely aboard the ISS
The Hawai'i Space Flight Laboratory's Neutron-1 satellite is now safely aboard the International Space Station. The S.S. Kalpana Chawla was captured on October 5, by…
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx samples Asteroid Bennu, with HIGP faculty part of the team
Earlier today, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft "bumped into" asteroid Bennu, about 300 million km from Earth, and grabbed a sample of material from its surface. This…
HIGP scientists discover that Earth is turning its Moon rusty
To the surprise of many planetary scientists, the oxidized iron mineral hematite has been discovered at high latitudes on the Moon, according to a study published…
Successful Completion and Delivery of Neutron-1 CubeSat
Miguel Nunes, Deputy Director of the Hawaii Space Flight Laboratory (HSFL) announced today that HSFL successfully delivered the Neutron-1 CubeSat to Nanoracks aerospace company for…