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UH Hilo professor teaches philosophy to prison inmates

September 13, 2019
UH News

Reading time: 3 minutes 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.

Kauaʻi losing Hawaiian honeycreepers songs

September 13, 2019
UH News

Reading time: 3 minutes The researchers did the study on Kauaʻi because it is in crisis mode: bird populations are crashing due to disease and habitat loss, and with that, the species are losing their songs.

First UH Hilo Pepsi Athletes of the 2019–2020 season

September 11, 2019
UH News

Reading time: 2 minutes Women’s soccer defender Jodi Lillie and volleyball middle blocker Ashton Jessee have been named the first UH Hilo Pepsi Athletes of the Week for 2019–20.

UH Hilo library redesign immerses students in nature

September 11, 2019
UH News

Reading time: 2 minutes In his redesign of the Edwin H. Mookini Library at UH Hilo Library Director Joseph Sanchez wanted to emulate the atmosphere of old-world libraries but with a distinct Hawaiian feel.

UH Hilo trains budding Marshallese marine scientists

September 10, 2019
UH News

Reading time: 3 minutes As part of the Marshall Islands Nearshore Training program, UH Hilo faculty led UH Hilo students and College of the Marshall Islands students throughout Majuro and Arno Atoll collecting data on water quality, algae cover and reef composition.

Homebuying support program expands to UH employees

September 10, 2019
UH News

Reading time: 2 minutes The University of Hawaiʻi announces a new down payment assistance program with Landed to aimed at helping UH faculty and staff buy homes in Hawaiʻi.

UH campuses rank among best in nation, world

September 10, 2019
UH News

Reading time: 2 minutes UH Mānoa, UH West Oʻahu and UH Hilo are all mentioned in U.S. News and World Report’s 2020 rating.

UH extramural funding tops $400M

September 10, 2019
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Reading time: 2 minutes The research and innovation supported by the funding help to increase knowledge and provide solutions to improve the quality of life in Hawaiʻi and around the world.

Maunakea telescopes win the ‘Oscars of Science’ for Pōwehi

September 6, 2019
UH News

Reading time: 2 minutes Two telescopes were part of an international collaboration that won the $3 million 2020 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics award, for the world’s first image of a supermassive black hole.

ʻImiloa Astronomy Center invites visitors to share their manaʻo about Maunakea

September 4, 2019
UH News

Reading time: 2 minutes A new “reflecting wall” exhibit at the ʻImiloa Astronomy Center, entitled “Maunakea Reflections,” invites visitors to write and post their thoughts and opinions about Maunakea.