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Lifetime achievement award for Chinese philosophy scholar

May 21, 2019

Roger T. Ames received the 2019 John Dewey Society Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award for his distinguished career as a scholar-practitioner, working and living in both the Deweyan and Confucian traditions.

UH Mānoa named top producer of Fulbright Scholars

February 12, 2019

The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is one of 12 institutions included on the list of U.S. colleges and universities that produced the most 2018–2019 Fulbright U.S. Scholars.

UH Hilo’s Ron Amundson honored for contributions to the philosophy of science

December 22, 2017

Amundson was honored for his contributions of the philosophy of science and bioethics, particularly the study of evolution and social studies of disability.

$1.35M Uehiro Foundation gift funds philosophy and ethics in education

October 3, 2017

The Uehiro Academy for Philosophy and Ethics in Education is home to p4c Hawaiʻi, an innovative approach to education that is transforming the schooling experience by engaging people in the activity of philosophy.

UH Mānoa celebrates Islam Day

September 23, 2016

This year’s celebration includes classes, discussions and a movie screening.

New publication on feminism and Confucianism

May 31, 2016

UH West Oʻahu ’s Li-Hsiang Lisa Rosenlee examines hybridity and interculturality in feminism and Confucianism.

UH faculty honored for excellence in undergraduate education

May 17, 2016

Katherine “Sam” Geiling, Will Jonen, Joel A. LeBel, Barbara Meguro and Jamie Simpson Steele honored with the Frances Davis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching.

UH graduation story: The second doctorate

May 10, 2016

Karuna Joshi-Peters, who will receive a UH Mānoa doctorate in philosophy, shares some advice for non-traditional students wishing to return to school.

UH Mānoa Professor Roger Ames recognized for expertise on Chinese philosophy

March 15, 2016

Roger Ames honored with the Huilin Culture Award from Beijing Normal University in China.

Neuroscience and philosophy the focus of UH Hilo lecture

February 9, 2015

UH Hilo professors Eric Heur and Chris Lauer present first lecture in series of joint lectures on neuroscience and philosophy.