Curriculum Research and Development Group HonoredMorris Lai, Hugh Dunn and Susan York win first place in Outstanding Publications Competition. Read moreManoa Presents Student Employee AwardsMarc Marquez, Daniel Carbone, Ruby Ng and Monica Tan honored. Read more
KudosMaui’s Molli Fleming, Hilo’s Christopher Frueh, William Mautz, Cam Muir and Jennifer Richardson and Manoa’s Beverly Ann Deepe Keever. Read more
Dean Finalists for School of Hawaiian KnowledgeCampus meetings slated for three finalists. Read moreChallenging a Multicultural ModelManoa’s Jonathan Okamura publishes Ethnicity and Inequality in Hawai'i. Read more
UH EventsManoa and Hilo’s Ngugi wa Thiong‘o presentations, Windward’s Cooney lecture and other events. Read more
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Maui Assistant Professor Molli K. Fleming received the Maui Economic Opportunity Inc. Enlace Hispano program’s award during the annual Cesar Chavez luncheon April 2. Fleming brings together non-English speaking immigrants and her students at informal get-togethers where the students practice their Spanish and the Spanish speakers learn English. Read the Maui News article.
Hilo Professor Christopher Frueh presented “Acute Care Bed Shortages and Use of Emergency Departments: The Effect of Hospital Closure on Neighborhood Hospitals” at the 18th Annual Mental Health Agency Services Research Conference in Arlington, VA.
Manoa Professor Beverly Ann Deepe Keever received the College of Social Sciences Award for Excellence in Application for her book News Zero: The New York Times and The Bomb, which peels back "the shroud of secrecy covering the devastating impact of U.S. Pacific nuclear weapons tests on the Pacific Islanders" and for her "tireless endeavors to promote open government in Hawai'i."
William Mautz, Hilo professor, helped organize the First International Conference on the Coqui Frog held at the Naniloa Volcanoes Resort in Hilo in February. He and three UH Hilo graduate students each made a presentation on their coqui frog research.
Hilo Assistant Professor Cam Muir presented the workshop, “Understanding the Use of Genetics for Forensic Purposes,” to the Hawai’i County Police Department’s detectives and supervisors in February.
Jennifer Richardson, Hilo assistant professor, presented “24 Hour Cable News and The Rhetoric of Speculation” at the National Conference of the Popular Culture Association and American Culture Association in San Francisco, CA.