Leeward CC faculty selected for fifth Patsy T. Mink Leadership Alliance cohort
Loretta Chen was one of 15 women leaders selected for her contributions to education, arts, community, women and youth.
COVID-19 impact on indigenous teaching research receives $50K grant
Four UH West Oʻahu faculty members received the grant from The Spencer Foundation to support further research.
Hawaiʻi food culture preserved in Hawaiʻi CC professor’s culinary project
Brian Hirata established Naʻau to celebrate and progress locally harvested Hawaiʻi cuisine.
2 law school professors receive prestigious trailblazer awards
Mari J. Matsuda and Eric K. Yamamoto received the Daniel K. Inouye Trailblazer Award by the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association.
JABSOM alum, ER physician to lead Hawaiʻi Department of Health
Elizabeth “Libby” Char has been appointed interim director of the Hawaiʻi Department of Health, effective September 16.
CTAHR professor highlights men’s fashion identities in new book
Professor Andy Reilly from Fashion Design and Merchandising is featured in the Routledge Handbook of Masculinities Studies.
Hawaiʻi wahine among ‘Women of the Century’ in national publication
USA Today recognized 10 women from every state and U.S. territory, majority of Hawaiʻi wahine being UH faculty or alumni.
Highly competitive NIH funding for JABSOM researchers
The National Institutes of Health R01 grants bring in at least $1 million in federal direct dollars, and another half million in indirect funding to UH Mānoa.
UH alumni, theatre productions garner multiple Poʻokela Awards
UH Mānoa, Leeward CC and Windward CC were honored in the virtual Poʻokela Award ceremony, with Windward CC bringing home the most awards, following Diamond Head Theatre.
First Native Hawaiian to earn applied math PhD multiplies successes
Kamuela Yong’s students learn that math explains how things work.
