President’s April 2018 highlights and updates
Highlights include debt free college proposal, Hawaiʻi Promise bill, UH nominees for Governor's awards and more.
Molokaʻi and Mckinley High Schools win FAFSA “Cash for College” Challenge
Molokaʻi and McKinley High Schools had the highest percentage of students complete the FAFSA in Hawaiʻi P–20’s Cash for College Challenge.
UH Mānoa recognized again as a Tree Campus USA
UH Mānoa was honored with 2017 Tree Campus USA® recognition by the Arbor Day Foundation for its commitment to effective urban forest management and for engaging staff and students in conservation goals.
Diamond Head Market and Grill’s Kelvin Ro pledges $1M for Culinary Institute of the Pacific
In recognition of this pledge the Open Kitchen in the Signature Restaurant will be named the “Kelvin Ro and Diamond Head Market and Grill Open Kitchen.”
UH Maui College aims to be first net-zero UH campus
The campus will be among the first in the nation with 100-percent renewable energy generated on-site with battery-enabled self-supply.
UH Hilo center grows oysters and the aquaculture workforce
UH Hilo has the only four-year aquaculture program in the state and the only facility dedicated to aquaculture and coastal management education, research and outreach to the community and industry.
Ocean climate change research sets benchmark
UH has completed 300 research cruises to Station ALOHA, about 60 miles north of Oʻahu, one of the best-sampled places in the world’s oceans with a decades-long record of how the ocean responds to climate change.
Fate of coral the focus of Ruth Gates video series
Gates dives into topics such as what makes a marine biologist, the rapid loss of coral reefs and what can be done to help save them.
Jon Van Dyke papers to be unveiled at UH law library
Van Dyke was one of Hawaiʻi’s most influential legal scholars with an international reputation in ocean, environmental, human rights, constitutional and Native Hawaiian law.
Hawaiʻi County Mayor Harry Kim speaks about Maunakea
Kim addressed the UH Board of Regents at a special meeting on Maunakea on February 22.
