Growing affordable housing crisis focus of new professorship
Reading time: 2 minutes The Hawaiʻi Community Reinvestment Corporation (HCRC) has donated $790,000 to establish the HCRC Distinguished Professorship in Affordable Housing.
International World Town Planning Day celebration at UH Mānoa
Reading time: < 1 minute The day is geared toward sharing lessons, experiences and opportunities for innovations in engaging people in making cities resilient and livable.
Zika video released by UH’s National Disaster Preparedness Training Center
Reading time: 2 minutes The National Disaster Preparedness Training Center develops a short video as part of its Just-in-Time training initiative to promote awareness and deliver basic information about the Zika Virus.
New book focuses on challenges faced by youth dealing with lasting legacies of colonialism
Reading time: 4 minutes Katherine Irwin and Karen Umemoto’s new book offers a critical analysis of Hawaiʻi’s urban and rural youth.
Kakaʻako’s future the focus of community workshop series
Reading time: 3 minutes UH Mānoa’s Department of Urban and Regional Planning hosted a series of workshops to create a space for the community to discuss issues concerning Kakaʻako.
UH Mānoa Professor Dolores Foley receives community resilience award
Reading time: 2 minutes Dolores Foley recognized by the National Disaster Preparedness Training Center for significant contributions to disaster preparedness and management.
Disaster preparedness the focus of Pacific Risk Management ʻOhana conference
Reading time: 2 minutes Disaster preparedness, response and recovery, climate adaptation and more at the2016 PRiMO Conference.
UH hosts the Sultan of Tidore
Reading time: 2 minutes The Sultan of Ternate, His Excellency Husain Syiah, visited the UH Mānoa campus and met with Hawaii scientists and emergency managers.
Lessons from Katrina and implications for Hawaiʻi focus of upcoming event
Reading time: 2 minutes Ten years after Hurricane Katrina, expert panelists from a variety of disciplines discuss lessons learned and their implications in Hawaiʻi.
UH Mānoa receives $1.2 million to study restless volcanoes
Reading time: 2 minutes UH Mānoa to receive funding from National Science Foundation to study volcanic crises in Hawaiʻi and California.
