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    Explore the relationship between plants and their environment across a diverse array of ecosystems

  • Plant Diversity

    Explore the systematics, evolution, and biogeography of plants, algae, and fungi

  • Conservation

    Explore rare species, invasive species, and ecological restoration

  • Ethnobotany

    Explore the relationship between plants and people

  • Marine Botany

    Explore the plant and algal life of the ocean

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News & Events

Hauoli Mau Loa Foundation Graduate Assistantship opportunity for MS students

The Hau‘oli Mau Loa Foundation (www.hauolimauloa.org) and the College of Natural Sciences are pleased to announce the availability of a graduate assistantship for local students dedicated to careers in natural resource management in the state of Hawai‘i. The graduate assistantship comes with generous support for two years (2nd year pending satisfactory academic performance), including a […]

November 18th

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Congratulations to Botany Scholarship & Fellowship winners!

Congratulations to the following students, who have been awarded Botany scholarships or fellowships for the 2019-2020 academic year: Winona Pi’ilani Char Scholarship: Julia Douglas Kathleen Aquino Beatrice Krauss Fellowship Fund in Botany: Smrity Ramavarapu Aimee Sato Zoe Hastings Charles H. Lamoureux Fellowship in Plant Conservation Fund: Elizabeth Conlon Kelsey Brock Torrey-Degener-Rock Scholarship Endowed Fund: Feresa […]

April 8th

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Professor Don Drake and PhD candidate Amy Hruska published in Science

Congratulations to Don Drake and Amy Hruska, who co-authored the following article in Science: “Structure, spatial dynamics, and stability of novel seed dispersal mutualistic networks in Hawai’i” Their article appeared in the 05 April 2019 issue of the journal.

April 8th

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Botany PhD student awarded OVCR Excellence in Research Award (Doctoral)

Congratulations to Rachael Wade, who has been awarded the 2019 Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research Excellence in Research Award at the Doctoral level! Rachael recently defended her dissertation, and did her PhD in the Sherwood Lab.

March 29th

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