Native Hawaiian newspapers of the past reveal destruction of 1871 hurricane
Researchers Steven Businger and Thomas Shroeder partnered with Puakea Nogelmeier and his graduate students to produce the timeline.
Importance of STEM education in Hawaiʻi and Okinawa stressed at talk story conference
The critical importance of cutting-edge science and technology research in the island communities of Hawaiʻi and Okinawa was the focus of a panel discussion on March 26 at the East-West Center.
Students shine at Leeward science and engineering fair
More than 125 students participated at the annual fair, where they displayed and explained their scientific research to individual scientists, community groups and faculty.
UH Mānoa grad wins $25,000 Milken Educator Award
Ken Kang is the technology coordinator at ʻAiea High, his alma mater, and started the school’s first STEM class in 2015.
Middle-schoolers and teachers attend UH research and engineering design clinic
Dozens of students and teachers from Oʻahu public middle schools participated in a hands-on engineering and design workshop at UH Mānoa.
World’s first ethnomathematics program offered at UH
The program will develop teachers as leaders to discover multiple approaches to teaching and learning mathematics through project-based and place-based experiences.
$3.9M for Native Hawaiian education at UH
In support of its goal to become a model indigenous serving institution, UH has been awarded almost $3.9 million in grants by the U.S. DOE’s Native Hawaiian Education Program.
UH West Oʻahu students bring home national STEM conference award
Kriselyn Cortado, Thalia Lawrence and Kristin Umakoshi were awarded the Undergraduate Student Poster Presentation Award in Mathematics at the Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science conference.
President’s October 2017 highlights and updates
Highlights include first high school student set to earn associate degree, UH and STEM, XLR8UH team in Dubai and more.
Local students get an Akamai experience at telescopes on Hawai‘i Island and Maui
The students spent the eight-week program working on research projects with mentors at a variety of STEM facilities.
