The University of Hawaii and the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency have officially entered into a new partnership agreement.

The two already have worked together, sharing various resources and research. But the five-year agreement signed Tuesday creates a formal framework that will give UH students and faculty access to the DPAA’s facilities and data collections for research, while DPAA will be able to call on UH’s own faculty, students and research to help it in its mission to find and identify the remains of missing service members from past conflicts.

UH President Wendy Hensel said that “this collaboration is built on a foundation of existing work between UH and DPAA, work that speaks to the talent and expertise of the dedicated staff, faculty and students, and pretty incredible work

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