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UH team tackles computer science diversity, retention

September 4, 2018

UH Mānoa researchers received a $300,000 National Science Foundation grant to evaluate a new approach to improving engagement, diversity and retention in undergraduate computer science education.

UH trains Hawaiʻi high school teachers to lead new AP computer science principles class

June 24, 2018

Educating more computer savvy students will have the added benefit of increasing the pipeline of STEM and cyber-educated young people flowing into the workforce.

Library science program receives prestigious grant award

May 1, 2018

The grant award will fund a 3-year professional development program involving collaborative projects with UH Mānoa LIS, the Native Hawaiian Library of ALU LIKE, Inc., and professional public librarians of the Hawaiʻi State Public Library System.

Record $8,000 in prizes awarded at fifth annual UH-AT&T Hackathon

March 14, 2018

The event drew a record 200 participants and prizes totaling $8,000 were distributed in eight categories to teams who had just 24 hours to build an app.

Top global IT scholars and professionals to attend Hawaiʻi conference

December 29, 2017

More than 1,000 of the world’s top academics, researchers and practitioners in computer science and information technology gather for the 2018 Hawaiʻi International Conference on System Sciences.

Student apps take top spots in state coding challenge

September 27, 2017

A UH Mānoa wayfinding app and a searchable Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes app took first and second place at the 2017 Hawaiʻi Annual Code Challenge.

Fifth UH simulated Mars mission is in the books

September 17, 2017

After eight months of isolation in a geodesic dome on the slopes of Mauna Loa, six Hawaiʻi Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS) crew members exited their habitat.