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Zonta local, international STEM awards given to University of Hawai‘i student

Danielle Bartz, doctorate candidate in marine biology at University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, was first awarded the $2,000 STEM Award from Zonta Club of Hilo, advancing her to the international level, where she won the $10,000 2026 Zonta International Women in STEM Award.

New eDNA Technology Used to Assess Coral Reefs

Scientists at the UH Mānoa have developed a technique for measuring the amount of living coral on a reef by analyzing DNA in small samples of seawater.