The 2013 University of Hawaiʻi Regents and Presidential Scholarship winners were honored at a dinner July 18 at the Pomaikaʻi Ballrooms at Dole Cannery.
The scholarship program is an ongoing effort to keep the state’s best and brightest right here in Hawaiʻi.
“The Board of Regents established these scholarships to support students ...
Scholarship Program Aims to Keep Hawaii’s Best
Posted On Tuesday, July 23, 2013 By USA Education News. Under HAWAII Tags: John Holzman, Pomaikaʻi Ballrooms, Presidential Scholarship, Regents scholarships, University of Hawaiʻi
The 2013 University of Hawaiʻi Regents and Presidential Scholarship winners were honored at a dinner July 18 at the Pomaikaʻi Ballrooms at Dole Cannery.
The scholarship program is an ongoing effort to keep the state’s best and brightest right here in Hawaiʻi.
“The Board of Regents established these scholarships to support students ...
Program Aims to Bridge the Summer Gap for High School Graduates
Posted On Sunday, June 9, 2013 By USA Education News. Under HAWAII Tags: Christopher Manaseri, Leeward Community College, Mānoa Educational Talent Search, University of Hawaiʻi
In an effort to find a better way to keep students on track to enter college in the fall after graduating from high school, three University of Hawaiʻi campuses joined forces to bridge the summer gap with a new program called ʻOnipaʻa that targets recent graduates from Nānākuli and Waiʻanae ...
UH Press Receives Top Honors in Hawaii Book Awards
Posted On Saturday, May 18, 2013 By USA Education News. Under HAWAII Tags: Hawaiʻi Book Publishers Association, Ka Palapala Poʻokela book award, Native Hawaiian Center of Excellence, University of Hawaiʻi
The Hawaiʻi Book Publishers Association announced the winners of the Hawaiʻi Book Publishers Association 2013 Ka Palapala Poʻokela book awards on Friday, May 10. University of Hawaiʻi Press titles were recognized with 7 of the 20 awards, including the top Samuel M. Kamakau Award for Hawaiʻi Book of the Year ...
Medical School Helps Open Biomedical Research Lab in Micronesia
Posted On Saturday, May 11, 2013 By USA Education News. Under HAWAII Tags: American Samoa Community College, College of Micronesia, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaiʻi
Assisted by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s John A. Burns School of Medicine, the College of Micronesia opened a new biomedical research laboratory in the agriculture building on its national campus at Palikir, Pohnpei, in the Federated States of Micronesia.
The new research facility, which opened on April 30, is ...
Intellectual Property Moot Court Team Sweeps Finals
Posted On Friday, April 5, 2013 By USA Education News. Under HAWAII Tags: Andrea Maglasang, Avery Matro, Nikki Yamauchi, Shirley Lou-Magnuson, University of Hawaiʻi
A student moot court team from the William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa swept the finals in the leading Intellectual Property Law competition to capture two top titles against some of the most elite law schools in the nation.
The four-member team of Andrea ...
New Hawaii Language Discovered by UH Researchers
Posted On Wednesday, March 6, 2013 By USA Education News. Under HAWAII Tags: Barbara Earth, Linda Lambrecht, University of Hawaiʻi, William O’Grady
If you know about the history and culture of Hawaiʻi, you probably know that there was a time, not too long ago, that the Hawaiian language was on the brink extinction.
“What we didn’t know until very recently is that Hawaiʻi is home to a second, highly endangered, language that is ...
Pacific Island Students Encouraged To Pursue College
Posted On Thursday, January 31, 2013 By USA Education News. Under HAWAII Tags: Dr. Lorraine Sonoda-Fogel, Pacific Island students, Pacific Islander Higher Education, pursue college, University of Hawaiʻi
The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo hosts the Pacific Islander Higher Education Conference, February 8–9.
With the theme Navigating Success, the conference will bring together education, community and government leaders along with high school students and their families to encourage students of Pacific Island heritage to seek a college education and ...
Greenwood Highlights Renewed Focus at UH
Posted On Tuesday, January 29, 2013 By USA Education News. Under HAWAII Tags: M.R.C. Greenwood, Pacific Business News, University of Hawaiʻi
University of Hawaiʻi President M.R.C. Greenwood recently sat down with the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Midweek and Pacific Business News to share the university’s message and inform the public about the university’s successes and strategic goals.
Read the feature articles and editorials —
Honolulu Star-Advertiser: “Name in the News: M.R.C. Greenwood” (subscription required) or ...
Greener Eateries Modernize UH Manoa
Posted On Saturday, January 26, 2013 By USA Education News. Under HAWAII Tags: Brandon Kobayashi, Erika Johnson, Mānoa Dining Services, Stephanie Rudolph, UH Manoa, University of Hawaiʻi
The Campus Center Food Court, BaLe at Mānoa Garden and Taco Bell on the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa campus are each sporting a new, modern and green look.
“Definitely time for an update at our locations so we just wanted to offer a variety of seating for our students,” said ...
Enrollment Jumps At UH West Oahu
Posted On Monday, January 21, 2013 By USA Education News. Under HAWAII Tags: enrollment, Linda Johnsrud, UH West Oahu, University of Hawaiʻi
Enrollment at University of Hawaiʻi–West Oʻahu experienced a significant increase in the spring 2013 semester—a 21 percent jump compared to spring 2012.
“The numbers just keep going,” said Linda Johnsrud, UH’s executive vice president for academic affairs/provost. “They are on their way to probably 3,000 which was the aim for that ...
Haleakala Silversword Faces Global Warming Threat
Posted On Wednesday, January 16, 2013 By USA Education News. Under HAWAII Tags: iconic Haleakalā silversword, striking rosette, The Haleakala silversword, University of Hawaiʻi
While the iconic Haleakalā silversword plant made a strong recovery from early 20th-century threats, it has now entered a period of substantial climate-related decline. New research, “Climate-Associated Population Declines Reverse Recovery and Threaten Future of an Iconic High-Elevation Plant,” published in the scientific journal Global Change Biology warns that global ...
Scientists Discover Origins Of Wide Binary Stars
Posted On Thursday, December 20, 2012 By USA Education News. Under HAWAII Tags: Bo Reipurth, Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaiʻi, University of Turku
Using computer simulations, Bo Reipurth of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Institute for Astronomy and Seppo Mikkola of Tuorla Observatory, University of Turku, Finland have figured out how wide binary stars—two stars that orbit each other at a distance up to a light-year—form. Their research was published on December ...
