National Humanities Center names 2 UH students to leadership council
Azlynn Brandenburg and MacAlasdair Uchimura are among 17 students from eight states to serve on the inaugural National Humanities Leadership Council.
Philosophy department apologizes to late Professor Trask
The UH Mānoa philosophy department issued a public apology for an incident in 1990 widely covered in the media.
Professor emeritus awarded China’s highest honor to foreign experts
The Chinese Government Friendship Award was presented to Roger T. Ames.
‘Art and Anarchy’ explored through UH Hilo-sponsored exhibit
The art exhibit will run through October 1, both online and in person at the Volcano Art Center.
UH Hilo philosophy professors hold symposium on civil disobedience
UH Hilo philosophy and business faculty held a public symposium in September titled, “Do We Have an Obligation to Obey the Law?: Civil Disobedience in a Global Context.”
UH Hilo professor teaches philosophy to prison inmates
Chris Lauer's course is part of the Kulani Correctional workforce educational programs whose purpose is to provide inmates with vocational development and reentry skills training.
Lifetime achievement award for Chinese philosophy scholar
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
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
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
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.
