>> Narrator Kapiolani Ching: University of
Hawaii Manoa is ranked 12th among universities
internationally for Earth and environmental
sciences according to Nature Index.
>> UH Manoa Vice Chancellor for Research Michael
Bruno: We are excellent in the geosciences
across many different units.
In our School of Ocean and Earth Science and
Technology, in our College of Natural Sciences
but also in our School of Social Sciences
and in our College of Tropical Agriculture
in Human Resources, across all of these entities,
these units on campus, we have faculty working
in a very collaborative way.
>> UH Manoa School of Ocean and Earth Science
and Technology Assistant Dean Chris Ostrander:
We have some of the best people in the country
focused on earth and environmental sciences.
We have unrivaled facilities, we have unlimited
access to the ocean and marine ecosystems,
we are a truly unique University with a capability
that could not be replicated anywhere else
on the planet.
>> Narrator: The Nature Index ranks institutions
based on the number of research papers published
in Nature and a select group of 67 other prestigious
journals.
>> Bruno: It’s an affirmation of what we've
all known here for many years that UH Manoa
is among the world's elite universities.
>> Ostrander: Often people look at UH Manoa
as the local school they can go to.
This really underlines that we are exceptional
and we are a world class institution.
>> Narrator: The schools ranked after UH Manoa
includes the world’s most distinguished
institutions–UC Berkeley, MIT, Oxford, Harvard,
Cambridge and Princeton, to name a few.
The research being done at UH is of critical
importance to the State of Hawaii, the nation
and the world when it comes to addressing
issues like climate change, coastal hazards
and erosion and fishery and marine resource
management.
>> Ostrander: This ranking affirms to our
students, both undergrad and graduate, that
you are at one of the best institution on
the planet to do research, and to do research
that makes a difference.
