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Print Last spring, a group of UC Irvine staff and students who work across departments in Asian American studies, public health and the university library’s Southeast Asian archive began discussing a project that would help document the impact of COVID-19 on Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. They settled on a project based on photography or a photovoice research technique in which participants use a camera to document and express experiences from their own point of view. The intention of the technique is to foster community empowerment and social change in an ethical way that...

MIT’s second climate action plan, titled Fast Forward: MIT’s Climate Action Plan for the Decade, was announced by President L. Rafael Reif, Vice President for Research Maria Zuber, Associate Provost Richard Lester, Dean of Engineering Anantha Chandrakasan, and Executive Vice President and Treasurer Glen Shor in a May 12 email to MIT community members. The email writes that MIT is in a position “to set a standard of climate leadership” and that with the plan, it commits to “a coordinated set of leadership actions to spur innovation, accelerate action, and deliver impact.” The devel...

Credits: Image: Adam Glanzman Next image At dinnertime in Zaina Moussa’s childhood home, the table would be filled with an array of Moroccan and Syrian dishes, representing her parents’ different backgrounds. A mix of French, Arabic, and English words would fill the air as Moussa’s siblings chattered, waiting for their father to join them. As her diabetic father pricked his finger to check his blood sugar, she and her siblings would shout out numbers to predict the results before the monitor.  From a young age, Moussa appreciated how accessible medical...

UH Mānoa’s 2021 Awards recognizes the leadership and service of its finest faculty, staff and students committed to enhancing the university’s mission of excellence.

Credits: Photo: John Freidah Caption: The summer before her junior year, Flora Klise traveled to Tanzania alongside members of MIT D-Lab to work on the Okoa Project, an ambulance trailer that can be attached to motorcycles. While there, she discovered her interest in water research after seeing children use a well pump to get clean water. Credits: Photo courtesy of the Okoa Project. Caption: After graduating this June, Klise will join Xylem, one of the largest wate...