UH Hilo presents Nnenna Freelon and Trio

Posted On Monday, October 14, 2013 By . Under HAWAII  Tags: , , , ,   
The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Performing Arts Center presents world-renowned jazz singer and six time GRAMMY award nominee Nnenna Freelon on October 25, 7:30 p.m. Appearing with her trio—Miki Hayama on piano, Alfred Batchelor on upright bass and Leon Joyce on drums, Freelon has earned a well-deserved reputation as a ...

Ethnomathematics and STEM Institute at the College of Education

Posted On Monday, October 7, 2013 By . Under HAWAII  Tags: , , ,   
Institute scholars at Kalaupapa National Historic Park The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa College of Education is offering a new year-long Ethnomathematics and STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) Institute. With the addition of advanced-level mathematics and STEM-related studies, the institute is an expansion of the Ethnomathematics Summer Institute led by Associate Professor Linda Furuto for the ...

UH Holds Cyber Security Awareness Month Workshops

Posted On Saturday, September 28, 2013 By . Under HAWAII  Tags: , , ,   
During the month of October, in support of National Cyber Security Awareness Month, the University of Hawaiʻi Information Security Team will hold informational workshops and promote online articles to highlight the importance of practicing secure computing habits in cyberspace. The UH Information Security Team will provide tips and techniques to ...

UH Leads Initiative to Build State’s Multilingual Workforce

Posted On Friday, September 20, 2013 By . Under HAWAII  Tags: , , , ,   
The University of Hawaiʻi is playing a lead role in a major statewide initiative called the Hawaiʻi Language Roadmap. The ultimate goal is identifying Hawaiʻi’s language needs and creating a robust, multilingual workforce to handle those needs. More than 30 languages are already taught at the UH Mānoa College of ...

Steven Smith named interim VP for information technology and CIO

Posted On Wednesday, August 28, 2013 By . Under HAWAII  Tags: , , , ,   
The University of Hawaiʻi Board of Regents approved the appointment of Steven “Steve” Smith as interim vice president for information technology and chief information officer of the UH System. Smith will be serving in place of David Lassner, who will be assuming the interim UH presidency effective September 1, 2013. ...

Groundbreaking Space Exploration Research at UH

Posted On Wednesday, August 21, 2013 By . Under HAWAII  Tags: , , , , ,   
On the desolate slopes of Mauna Loa on the Big Island, 8,200 above sea level, sits a geodesic dome. A remote habitat where the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and Cornell University are performing ground breaking research on long duration space travel. The Hawaiʻi Space Exploration Analog and Simulation program (HI-SEAS) ...

UH Manoa Becomes Founding Member of National Public Health Association

Posted On Tuesday, August 13, 2013 By . Under HAWAII  Tags: , , , ,   
Jay Maddock Jay Maddock The University of Hawaii at Mānoa’s Office of Public Health Studies has signed on as a founding member of the newly formed Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health. ASPPH connects public health schools and programs accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH). Officially launched ...

A Slaughter Facility For Every Island

Posted On Wednesday, June 12, 2013 By . Under VIRGIN ISLAND  Tags: , , , , ,   
A Slaughter Facility For Every Island TINIAN — AS the islands address food security, it is more logistically efficient to have a slaughter facility on each island according to the Marianas Grazing and Livestock Management Academy. University of Hawaii extension specialist in range and livestock Dr. Mark Thorne, one of several founding members of the Academy, said, ...

Hamilton Library Services Will Be Disrupted During Spring 2013 Construction

Posted On Wednesday, December 5, 2012 By . Under HAWAII  Tags: , , ,   
Beginning in early 2013, a large portion of the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa’s Hamilton Library will undergo an extensive construction project. The work to be done will consist of necessary upgrades to the 35-year-old air conditioning system, as well as the replacement of some of the older light fixtures ...

Medical School's Department of Native Hawaiian Health Turns 10

Posted On Monday, November 19, 2012 By . Under HAWAII  Tags: , , , , ,   
Dr. Marjorie Mau in JABSOM's Lau Ola Clinic 2012 marks a decade since the Department of Native Hawaiian Health was established at the University of Hawai`i at Mānoa's John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM). It remains the only accredited medical school in the country with a clinical department aimed at ...