Leeward CC faculty and graduate rake in the awards
Faculty members, Tommylynn Benavente and Roy Kamida, and graduate Shaylyn Funasaki receive recognition for success in their fields.
Senate honors UH Hawaiian language leaders
The Hawaiʻi State Senate honored five Hawaiian language kumu for their leadership in reviving and teaching ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi in our schools statewide.
Jon Van Dyke papers to be unveiled at UH law library
Van Dyke was one of Hawaiʻi’s most influential legal scholars with an international reputation in ocean, environmental, human rights, constitutional and Native Hawaiian law.
President’s February 2018 highlights and updates
Highlights include enrollment initiatives, sustainability, indigenous serving institution, Willard Wilson award and more.
Longtime Big Island construction mentor recognized for distinguished service
Hawaiʻi Community College Professor Gene Harada was recognized with the Willard Wilson Award for Distinguished Service for nearly three decades of teaching.
2018 President’s Green Awards recognize leadership in sustainability across campuses
Winners of the UH President’s Green Initiative Awards were honored in a ceremony on February 8 as part of the Hawaiʻi Sustainability in Higher Education Summit.
Two UH Mānoa faculty earn Fulbright Awards
Betsy Gilliland and Georganne Nordstrom from UH Mānoa’s College of Languages, Linguistics and Literature each received a Fulbright Award for the fall 2018 and spring 2019 semesters, respectively.
$700,000 donation establishes endowed professorship at UH medical school
Thomas Kosasa donated $500,000 to honor longtime JABSOM Director of Admissions Satoru Izutsu and establish the Satoru Izutsu PhD Endowed Professorship of Medical Education.
Understanding Korean-English bilingualism focus of NSF grant
Hyunwoo Kim received a National Science Foundation award to investigate how Korean-English bilinguals comprehend English, and how their native Korean language influences understanding of English.
UH experts appointed to city climate change commission
The role of the commission, which includes UH Mānoa's Rosie Alegado, Makena Coffman and Chip Fletcher, is to gather the latest science and information on climate change impacts to Hawaiʻi.
