Hawaiian Word of the Week: Wiwoʻole
Wiwoʻole—Fearless, brave, bold, courageous.
Students propose Hawaiian names for exoplanet, star
Hawaiian language immersion students interning at ʻImiloa to submitted names for a Neptune-mass gas giant planet and its star.
New Hawaiian word series connects to story, culture
The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo launched a new weekly video series called Moʻohua featuring a “Word of the Week.”
Alakaʻina Foundation invests additional $660,000 in UH programs
The Alakaʻina Foundation has given almost $1.8 million to support UH students.
ʻImiloa: Music, lei, Niʻihau shell workshops and more
The center will host cultural enrichment programs in celebration of festivities honoring the 2022 Merrie Monarch Hula Festival.
ʻŌlelo preservationists praise late kumu hula Johnny Lum Ho
The Hawaiʻi Island native known for his creative and crowd pleasing performances at the Merrie Monarch Hula Festival, died on Sunday, April 3.
Aliʻi who refused to speak English honored as part of cultural webinar series
Lito Arkangel will share knowledge about Princess Ruth Keanolani Kanāhoahoa Keʻelikōlani.
UH-discovered asteroid could be a chunk of the Moon
The object was discovered by Pan-STARRS in 2016 and given a name by Hawaiian language students through ʻImiloa’s A Hua He Inoa program.
Hawaiian History Month: Ke Kula ʻO Nāwahīokalaniʻōpuʻu
UH Hilo’s Ke Kula ʻO Nāwahīokalaniʻōpuʻu Iki, a laboratory public charter school is the most developed school taught through Indigenous language in the U.S. and Canada.
Linguist challenges conventional beliefs on ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi origins
William H. “Pila” Wilson published research that identifies the specific area from which the Hawaiian language originated.
