UH Hilo dining room transforming into a cozy, modern eatery
Reading time: 3 minutes The Refresh Project aims encourage students to gather, lounge, study, eat, enjoy the surrounding gardens and make themselves at home.
From vision to reality: UH Hilo’s Hōkū Keʻa telescope comes into focus
Reading time: 2 minutes Astronomer Pierre Martin and student Callie Crowder have assembled and calibrated the telescope’s various components, including the computers, dome and instruments.
Educational video encourages UH Hilo students to seek health support services
Reading time: 2 minutes The film was funded by a Gallagher Student Innovative Practices in College Health Fund award.
New LGBTQ+ Center opens at UH Hilo
Reading time: 2 minutes The purpose of the center is to provide a safe and inclusive environment for all regardless of identity or sexual orientation.
Blue Zones Project at UH Hilo inspires healthy living in campus community
Reading time: < 1 minute UH Hilo joins a nationwide effort to create healthier, happier places to live, work and play.
Heal the Healers: Support for UH Hilo staff who care for survivors of trauma
Reading time: 2 minutes The initiative supports a series of training and technical assistance sessions for support staff working with students who have experienced trauma.
UH Hilo lecturer produces documentary about historic hero of Honokaʻa
Reading time: 3 minutes UH Hilo’s Patsy Iwasaki produces documentary film set in the late 19th century examining the life and death of Japanese immigrant Katsu Goto.
Two UH Hilo students investigate “Mars”
Reading time: 2 minutes The students—one a geologist and one an astrobiologist—are studying the habitability of volcanic terrains as analog environments for Mars.
UH Hilo graduate student wins at international entomology conference
Reading time: 2 minutes Heather Stever was awarded first place in the 15-minute graduate student oral competition at the 2016 International Congress of Entomology.
Alexander Nagurney awarded for digital psychology course
Reading time: 2 minutes UH Hilo Instructor Alexander Nagurney honored with a 2016 Apereo Teaching and Learning Award for distance learning social psychology course
