Professor’s pioneering audio description work wins award
Brett Oppegaard has been awarded the 2019 Dr. Margaret Pfanstiehl Audio Description Achievement Award for Research Development from the American Council of the Blind.
Pono Choices earns national award
The Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs, selected Pono Choices, based in the College of Education's Center on Disability Studies, for a Maternal Child Health best practice award.
Center on Disability Studies receives $6.9 million to support diverse populations
Five programs in the Center of Disability Studies in UH Mānoa's College of Education receive nearly $7 million to serve diverse groups.
Audio description app studied by field-research team at Muir Woods National Monument
The app is designed to make brochures at national parks accessible to those who have trouble seeing them.
Mobile app for visually impaired field tested at Yosemite National Park
Researchers at UH Mānoa conducted user testing at Yosemite National Park of the UniD mobile app, which is is designed to make national parks brochures accessible to those who have trouble seeing them.
$3.9M for Native Hawaiian education at UH
In support of its goal to become a model indigenous serving institution, UH has been awarded almost $3.9 million in grants by the U.S. DOE’s Native Hawaiian Education Program.
International conference on disability and diversity fortifies innovation
The conference seeks to eliminate poverty, oppression and marginalization that disproportionately burden persons with disability, who make up 15 percent of the population worldwide.
Helping California national parks become more accessible for visually impaired
Researchers will collaborate with Google, the American Council of the Blind and the National Park Service to audio describe print brochures at 15 park sites.
Interim director at Center on Aging awarded for service
The Hawaiʻi Pacific Gerontological Society presented Christy Nishita with a Na Lima Kokua award for her outstanding service to gerontological community.
UH helps raise awareness for intellectual and developmental disabilities at friendship walk
UH faculty, students and alumni helped to celebrate Friendship Month at the Best Buddies Friendship Walk at Magic Island
