Academic News – University of Hawaiʻi System News

$2.4M grant to revitalize Hawaiian language, address disparities

September 25, 2018

Funding from federal Department of Education is led by principal investigator Katrina-Ann Oliveira, a professor in the Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge.

STEM program for vets at UH West Oʻahu gets $600K

September 20, 2018

Veterans interested in careers and education involving science, technology, engineering and mathematics got a big boost at the University of Hawaiʻi–West Oʻahu.

UH Mānoa launches Institute for Sustainability and Resilience

September 20, 2018

The institute will promote environmental sustainability and community resilience in Hawaiʻi through the organization of sustainability-focused curricula and solution-oriented approaches to research and community partnerships.

Shidler College of Business alumnus establishes $100,000 endowment

September 19, 2018

Shidler College of Business alumnus Christopher Helm established a $100,000 endowment for the David Bess Leadership Award.

Advanced environmental planning degree launched

September 19, 2018

Beginning in fall 2018, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa students will be able to pursue a combined undergraduate and graduate degree in environmental planning in five years.

Endangered language research explored at inaugural international symposium

September 18, 2018

An agreement between UH Manoa and the National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics resulted in institute's first international symposium that explored endangered language research.

UH student chefs battle in statewide culinary competition

September 17, 2018

Kapiʻolani CC won the inaugural University of Hawaiʻi Culinary Institute of the Pacific Brewing Future Minds Statewide Competition and the $9,000 first prize.