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Education dean honored for special-needs basketball program

August 6, 2018

Nathan Murata received a proclamation from State Senator Michelle Kidani for his “Friday Night Lights” program which provides interscholastic athletic participation opportunities for students with disabilities and those who are at-risk.

In memoriam: UH public health leader Jerrold Michael

August 3, 2018

The former dean of the School of Public Health worked at the Mānoa campus for 25 years, beginning in 1971.

UH Mānoa professor 1st to earn prestigious Japan fellowship

August 2, 2018

Andre Haag is the first UH Mānoa faculty member to receive an international fellowship for research in Japan from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.

National women’s association recognizes two UH students

August 1, 2018

UH Mānoa graduate students Taylor Brack and Georgia Fredeluces earned American Association of University Women grants that will allow them pursue academic work designed to empower women and girls.

President’s emerging leaders tackle challenges facing higher education

July 30, 2018

The President’s Emerging Leaders Program has selected the 2018–2019 cohort representing each of UH’s 10 campuses and the system.

UH showcases top scholarship winners

July 20, 2018

The scholarships are awarded to students who are recognized for a record of outstanding academic achievement and are part of an ongoing effort by UH to keep the state’s best and brightest right here in Hawaiʻi.

UH Mānoa’s Jenny Son honored with president’s award for maintenance excellence

July 19, 2018

According to many glowing accolades, Son always goes above and beyond her required job responsibilities and is committed to keeping a safe and spotless working environment for those in her offices.

Hawaiʻi CC–Pālamanui lecturer is July’s Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park resident artist

July 18, 2018

John Ferdico, an art lecturer at Hawaiʻi CC–Pālamanui, takes hyperreal model aircraft, painstakingly builds them, paints them and then uses them as a launching platform for surrealist visual experiments that both entrance and estrange.

In memoriam: Paul B. Lyons, respected and beloved teacher, mentor and scholar

July 17, 2018

A recipient of the UH Regents Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2004, Paul Lyons stood out as one of the English department’s most respected and beloved teachers, mentors and scholars.

Endowed UH scholarship will help future astronomers reach for the stars

July 17, 2018

Newton and Roberta Chu honored the late Paul Coleman, who was the first Native Hawaiian to graduate with a doctorate in astrophysics.