Japanese language student awarded prestigious scholarship
UH Mānoa student Joseph Iseri is one of only three United States award recipients of the 2019–20 Monbukagakusho Scholarship.
2 UH Hilo students begin global adventure with study abroad scholarships
UH Hilo students Lilia Anderson-Murray and Jessica Valdez were awarded the Audrey S. Furukawa Study Abroad Scholarship for fall 2019.
Cleopatra’s ancient perfume recreated
UH Mānoa professors Robert Littman and Jay Silverstein have recreated Cleopatra’s ancient perfume, which will be showcased in a National Geographic exhibit.
UH Mānoa students travel to Shanghai for filmmaking SMART Exchange
During the filmmaking workshops, five Academy for Creative Media students along with Shanghai University’s Shanghai Film Academy students got hands on and co-produced two short films.
Japan grants high honor to UH professor
Bob Huey, professor of Japanese literature, was honored with the Order of the Rising Sun for his contribution to the development of Japanese studies in the U.S.
Oceanography professor makes history with honor from Japan
Bo Qiu of the UH Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology becomes only the second non-Japanese awardee to receive the 2019 Prize of the Oceanographic Society for his research on North Pacific waters.
UH Hilo professor speaks at the National Assembly of South Korea
Su-Mi Lee, discussed how China, Japan, Korea and the United States perceived the Belt and Road Initiative as well as the likelihood of creating an “East Asian Community” comprised of the three countries.
UH Mānoa artists dazzle Tokyo Midtown with flying koi
A group of 13 students and five alumni from the Department of Art and Art History were invited to contribute koinobori designs to Tokyo Midtown's festival which runs April 19–May 26.
Chinese Flagship student receives scholarship to study in China
Anthony Jenkins, a Chinese Flagship major in the College of Languages, Linguistics and Literature, is one of 135 Fund for Education Abroad scholar awardees.
Tuberculosis could be eradicated in 26 years, public health report says
Researchers, including Victoria Fan in the UH Office of Public Health Studies, say ridding the world of TB is a realistic goal.
