Alumna and Hollywood filmmaker to speak at UH Mānoa
Charlize Toratani, a graduate of the UH Mānoa's Academy for Creative Media, will speak on her pathway to a successful career in film making and advocacy.
UH West Oʻahu’s Sumiye selected for prestigious filmmaking fellowship
Sumiye is one of a dozen filmmakers who were selected for the 18-month Firelight Documentary Lab fellowship and hopes to finish A Paradise Lost, her first feature-length documentary.
Construction on Academy for Creative Media building at UH West Oʻahu begins
Work on the $33.3 million, two-story building is scheduled for substantial completion in June 2020, and will be the seventh structure built on the Kapolei campus.
Disney’s Moana in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi to be available to schools across the state
Moana will be distributed to schools across the state as the culminating act of a year-long production that strives to encourage students to learn the Hawaiian language.
Symphony of the Hawaiian Birds merges science, education, music and art
Hawaiʻi students had the opportunity to see and hear the diversity of Hawaiʻi’s native birds as well as feel the loss of extinction and the urgency for conservation at the Symphony of the Hawaiian Birds.
Hawaiian language Moana premieres
Cast members of the ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi-version of Disney’s Moana, including Auliʻi Cravalho, walked the blue carpet for its premiere at World Oceans Day on June 10, 2018.
Contract awarded for Academy for Creative Media building
The base contract for the UH West Oʻahu building was awarded to local contractor Kiewit Building Group and local architect firm Next Design.
Raising awareness of Hawaiian forest birds through art and music
The Symphony of the Hawaiian Birds is a multidisciplinary effort to educate elementary and secondary students on Oʻahu about Hawaiʻi’s endangered native bird species and the importance of conservation efforts.
Disney’s Moana to make world premiere in ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi at Ko Olina’s World Oceans Day
Hawaiʻi’s Auliʻi Cravalho and cast members of the ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi-version of Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Moana will walk the blue carpet for its premiere at World Oceans Day on Sunday, June 10, at Ko Olina Resort.
President’s April 2018 highlights and updates
Highlights include debt free college proposal, Hawaiʻi Promise bill, UH nominees for Governor's awards and more.
