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Pilottown to the Pacific: UD researchers help solve WWII mysteries
Cape Gazette - Delaware
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Mark Moline and Erik White spent a recent Saturday morning at the University of Delaware’s Hugh R. Sharp Campus in Lewes packing up equipment to ship 8,000 miles to the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean. One of the high-tech pieces of gear was...
UOG names Pamela Peralta vice provost of research
Pacific Daily News
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The University of Guam has appointed Pamela A. Peralta as its vice provost of Research and Sponsored Programs, where she will lead UOG’s research enterprise, grant activities, and sponsored projects. Peralta, who has served in the vice provost...
Australian Embassy grant cycle for the islands, and UOG School of Engineering secures funding
Marianas Business Journal
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In precarious times for funding, some unique initiatives can offer special opportunities. The Direct Aid Program is managed globally through overseas Australian missions and is a small grants initiative supporting non-government organizations and...
The world will end in 25 years, humanity will die and towns will become slaughterhouses: Oxford scientists' nightmare prediction, their proof it's inevitable and why billionaires in their bunkers should tremble
Daily Mail
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August 22, 2025
In a game of Russian roulette with a standard Colt revolver, the chances of instant death are one-in-six. Terrifyingly, that's the same as the odds of humanity being wiped out within 75 years – everyone dead in a cataclysmic and total breakdown of...
Micronesia’s new initiative empowers local teams to restore reefs with heat-tolerant corals
Island Times
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August 19, 2025
A groundbreaking coral restoration initiative is training and equipping local communities across Micronesia to lead the fight against coral decline using heat-tolerant corals. Led by The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and funded by the G20’s Coral...
Research Matters: UOG Cancer Research Center—fighting cancer with research rooted in island communities
Pacific Daily News
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The University of Guam Cancer Research Center houses several key research and data collection entities, including the Guam Cancer Registry, the Pacific Regional Central Cancer Registry, and the Pacific Island Partnership for Cancer Health Equity,...
Guam advances hornet tracking technology to protect regional bee colonies
The Guam Daily Post
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The Guam Department of Agriculture's biosecurity division has successfully completed its first year of using advanced radio telemetry technology to track greater banded hornets, achieving key insights that could benefit both local beekeepers and...
USS Pearl Harbor Arrives in Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia
DVIDS - Georgia
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August 15, 2025
On August 15, 2025, the USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) arrived in Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia, in support of Pacific Partnership 25. The arrival of the Harpers Ferry-class amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor to Chuuk marks another...
Two job fairs open doors to employment this Saturday
The Guam Daily Post
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There are a couple of hiring events lined up Saturday for job seekers looking to get their foot in the door or switch up their careers. Goodwind Development Corporation is hosting "Goodwind Career Day" at the Micronesia Mall from 10 a.m. to 3...
UOG: Peralta appointed Vice Provost of Research and Sponsored Programs
The Guam Daily Post
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The University of Guam has appointed a new Vice Provost of Research and Sponsored Programs, who has a proven record of success in advancing the university's role as an educational institution. On Wednesday, the university announced the appointment...
Places Not Bases: A4C Regional Planning Teams are Re-shaping Civil Engineering Capabilities in the Indo-Pacific
DVIDS - Georgia
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August 14, 2025
Pacific Air Force Civil Engineers have embraced the concept of “Places not Bases” by establishing regional planning teams in various strategic locations throughout the Indo-Pacific. Under the strategic leadership of the PACAF Command Civil...
Research Matters: Guam CEDDERS creates pathways for possibility
Pacific Daily News
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For more than 30 years, the University of Guam Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research, and Service, Guam CEDDERS, has quietly transformed lives across Guam and the region. As one of UOG’s Centers for Excellence,...
Number of majority-Christian countries falls, research finds
Church Times
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August 7, 2025
THE number of majority-Christian countries — where Christians make up more than half the population — declined over the decade 2010-20, owing to an increase in the number of people who declare no religious affiliation, research has found....
Four countries are no longer predominantly Christian, according to new research. Which ones are they? Here are the facts
Zenit
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August 3, 2025
(ZENIT News / Rome, 08.03.2025).- Over the course of the last decade, something historically significant has taken place across the globe: the gradual erosion of Christian majorities in countries that once seemed inseparably linked to the faith....
USCGC Oliver Henry bolsters maritime security, community ties in Marianas during Operation Rematau
DVIDS - Georgia
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August 22, 2025
SANTA RITA, Guam — The USCGC Oliver Henry (WPC 1140) crew completed a 28-day operational period under Operation Rematau from July 14 to August 11, delivering robust maritime security, safety, and community engagement across Guam and the...
Monaco establishes diplomatic relations with the Federated States of Micronesia
Monaco Life
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August 1, 2025
Monaco has formalised diplomatic ties with the Federated States of Micronesia, marking the 163rd state with which the Principality has established official relations. On 17th July, the Permanent Representatives of both countries to the United...
Get Ahead of Property Tax and Business License Compliance
CFO Dive
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How electronic monitoring technology could help solve challenges in the Pacific tuna industry
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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July 31, 2025
Electronic monitoring systems could help address key challenges in tuna fisheries in the Federated States of Micronesia relating to environmental standards, overcoming shortages of professional onboard observers, enhancing safety at sea, and...
Wayfarer TV: Local investors, global hoteliers headline AHICE, Japan’s leading hotel conference
Wayfarer
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August 22, 2025
The second annual AHICE Far East Asia Hotel Industry Conference and Exhibition (AHICE) is back in Tokyo on September 4 with a speaker line-up that features Japan’s leading investors alongside local and global hoteliers. Headlining the speaker...
AHICE Far East Asia: Local investors, global hoteliers headline Japan’s leading hotel investment conference
Hotel Management
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August 22, 2025
The second annual AHICE Far East Asia Hotel Industry Conference and Exhibition (AHICE) is back in Tokyo on September 4 with a speaker line-up that features Japan’s leading investors alongside local and global hoteliers. Headlining the speaker...