President’s October 2018 highlights and updates
Highlights include STEM training for veterans, good grades for UH in Gallup survey and more.
UH Hilo researchers use drones to aid lava monitoring
The team used drones to do high-resolution mapping of different land forms to help Civil Defense pinpoint the areas of advancing lava during the Kīlauea eruption.
Newest generation of tastemakers featured in UH Magazine
This issue also offers Kippen de Alba Chu’s reflections on museums in the 21st century and Jim Leahey, “The Voice” of UH sports, looks back on a 60-year career.
TMT donation supports cutting edge physics and astronomy at UH Hilo
UH Hilo received 12 new high-end desktops and monitors, along with a new data processing and storage Linux computer system thanks to a donation by TMT.
UH Hilo professor looks at new treatment of PTSD in vets
The connection between physical, mental and emotional health problems has inspired Christopher Frueh to develop a multi-component treatment for veterans with combat PTSD.
Disney grant aids ʻalalā re-entry into the wild
University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo researchers working to promote successful conservation of the critically endangered ʻalalā, or Hawaiian Crow, received a $50,000 Disney Conservation Fund award.
October 2018 anniversaries
The University of Hawaiʻi celebrates October 2018 faculty and staff anniversaries.
UH Hilo study on social sounds of humpback whales reveal behavioral changes
UH Hilo graduate student Sabena Siddiqui is researching the social sounds made by the humpback whale population that breeds in Hawaiʻi, when they are not singing.
Filipino community celebrates 30 years at UH
The Pamantasan Council celebrated its 30-year anniversary at the Pamantasan Conference at UH Mānoa with its largest attendance ever.
UH Hilo to research high rate of HIV/AIDS in Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders
Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders are in the top three ethnicities with the highest rates of HIV diagnoses in the country.
