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Maunakea telescopes win the ‘Oscars of Science’ for Pōwehi

September 6, 2019

Two telescopes were part of an international collaboration that won the $3 million 2020 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics award, for the world’s first image of a supermassive black hole.

International Astronomical Union adopts Hawaiian names for two locally-discovered asteroids

June 28, 2019

The locally-discovered asteroids, Kamoʻoalewa and Kaʻepaokaʻāwela, were named by Hawaiian immersion students in an ʻImiloa Astronomy Center and the Maunakea Observatories pilot project last year.

Hawaiian language teacher in Lahaina comes full circle with help from UH

June 28, 2019

As a teacher at Ke Kula Kaiapuni o Lahaina at Lahaina Intermediate, UH aluma Kanoelani Steward is proud to teach ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi on the campus she once attended.

UH faculty members from Niihau preserve and promote olelo Kanaka

June 26, 2019

UH educators and the Kauai and Niihau communities are creating opportunities for Hawaiian language learners and/or future teachers to engage and interact with native speakers of Hawaiian.

UH alum works to bring Hawaiian language to the forefront

June 5, 2019

Amy Kalili is known for her work with ʻAha Pūnana Leo, a nonprofit, family-based educational organization devoted to revitalization of the Hawaiian language and for bringing Hawaiian language to mainstream television.

Meet the UH instructor behind the ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi Harry Potter

May 20, 2019

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa language instructor Keao NeSmith is the linguist behind an ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi translation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.

UH Hilo professor names black hole capturing world’s attention

April 10, 2019

UH Hilo Hawaiian language professor and cultural practitioner Larry Kimura named the black hole Pōwehi, a name sourced from the Kumulipo.

UH faculty team up with Hawaiian Air to certify ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi

February 22, 2019

Faculty from University of Hawaiʻi–West Oʻahu and UH Hilo were vital in establishing Hawaiian Airlines’ new Hawaiian language certification program for employees.

Hawaiian naming program of celestial bodies well received at astronomy conference

January 8, 2019

The ʻImiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaiʻi's A Hua He Inoa program brings together Hawaiian speaking students, Hawaiian educators and Hawaiʻi-based astronomers on naming astronomical discoveries.

Hawaiian students learn, name astronomical discoveries through ʻImiloa program

January 8, 2019

Hawaiʻi is the first place in the world to weave traditional indigenous practices into the process of officially naming astronomical discoveries at ʻImiloa Astronomy Center.