New president shares vision for East-West Center’s global role
East-West Center President Suzanne “Suzy” Puanani Vares-Lum gave an inaugural address online on January 10.
Full-tuition Native Hawaiian health scholarships for 3 JABSOM students
Three students are part of Papa Ola Lokahi Native Hawaiian Health Scholarship Program’s 2021–2022 cohort of scholars.
Returning with aloha, lokomaikaʻi, and mutual respect
“We are an incredibly diverse community, and with diversity comes strength and the opportunity to create a robust learning community that values difference.”
Esports fellowship creates global opportunities for UH students
Students will attend monthly meetings virtually with other international participants throughout the spring semester.
Activist, author, journalist Helen Zia to co-teach as Inouye chair
Helen Zia will be in residency during the spring semester as the Dan and Maggie Inouye Distinguished Chair in Democratic Ideals.
HIMB honors Heʻeia ahupuaʻa, moʻolelo to welcome new director
Eleanor Sterling was officially welcomed into her new role at the Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology on January 3.
Water on the Moon; team confirms with ground equipment
The new study reported the first in-situ measurements of water on the lunar surface.
Ocean plastic is creating new communities of life on the high seas
A report found coastal species growing on trash hundreds of miles out to sea in the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch.”
Chip Fletcher selected as interim dean of SOEST
Charles “Chip” Fletcher has been selected by UH Mānoa Provost Michael Bruno as interim dean, effective January 1, 2022.
How to protect native, endangered birds from solar installations in Hawaiʻi
The report concludes, “We all want solar power to succeed but it requires planning rather than reacting.”
