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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.

UH performs Stravinsky in ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi

January 7, 2019

The project, Stravinsky's lʻHistore du Soldat in ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi, with a chamber ensemble and dance, is the thesis production of Todd Farley who is working on his masters in fine arts.

Harry Potter and the ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi translation

December 10, 2018

UH Mānoa's Richard Keao NeSmith released a Hawaiian language translation of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.

Disney’s Moana in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi to be available to schools across the state

November 27, 2018

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.

Endowment scholar to support Hawaiian immersion teachers

November 27, 2018

Eomailani K. Kukahiko will receive $10,000 to support the development of her program, Kauhale Kumu, which focuses on the retention of teachers in the Hawaiʻi Department of Education’s Hawaiian Immersion Program.

UH Hilo indigenous teacher education program receives accreditation

October 2, 2018

WINHEC congratulated Kahuawaiola for its “commitment to elevate high standards of indigenous teacher education as an exemplar example for all Indigenous peoples.”

$2.4M grant to revitalize Hawaiian language, address disparities

September 25, 2018

Funding from federal Department of Education is led by principal investigator Katrina-Ann Oliveira, a professor in the Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge.

UH Hilo lab school nationally awarded for Hawaiian immersion education

August 13, 2018

Ke Kula ʻo Nāwahīokalaniʻōpuʻu will receive a National Indian Education Association award which recognizes an organization for its success on native student academic achievement.

Hawaiian language Moana premieres

June 13, 2018

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.

UH campuses to issue diplomas in Hawaiian and English

May 8, 2018

All UH campuses will issue its graduates two diplomas in English and Hawaiian beginning the 2017–2018 academic year.