#University of Hawaii

Millions of dollars in funding was secured to strengthen the University of Hawaiʻi’s position as a major research institution and economic generator for the state.

The University of Hawaiʻi raised a record $514,266 from 1,960 donors during the third UH Giving Tuesday, according to a news release.

The University of Hawaiʻi Community Colleges are offering free short-term training leading to credentials in industry sectors that have proved resilient during the pandemic. This includes opportunities in healthcare, technology and skilled trades.

The University of Hawaiʻi 10-campus system is proposing a freeze on undergraduate tuition for two more academic years 2023–24 and 2024–25 followed by a 2% increase in resident tuition rates at the three UH universities in 2025–26 and a 2% increase in 2026–27.

Governor David Ige and Consul General of Israel in Los Angeles Dr. Hillel Newman signed a Joint Declaration establishing a strategic partnership for friendly exchanges and cooperation between Hawaiʻi and Israel. 

Participants shared their views on being paid low wages. For example, wages and salaries were not competitive with jobs requiring similar levels of education or experience with a $10-15/hour disparity.

Title IX is the historic federal legislation co-sponsored by Hawaiʻi’s Patsy Mink that opened the doors for women’s athletics at universities across the United States.

The conference will spotlight how strategies from Hawaiʻi’s ancient water management systems can provide guidance on restorative practices today.

The US Department of Health and Human Services awarded $1.28 million in federal funding to the University of Hawaiʻi Systems to train new community health workers.

The University of Hawaiʻi is a major contributor to protecting Earth from asteroids big and small with several telescopes and programs on Maui.

A team of soil scientist is hoping to find out if fungal-bacterial interactions can change whether carbon and nitrogen molecules are kept sequestered underground or if they are released into the atmosphere, contributing to climate change. 

University of Hawaiʻi law school will start an innovation fund with a $1 million donation from UH alumnus Jay H. Shidler.

Free workforce training is available to Hawaiʻi residents in the field of healthcare, technology and skilled trades through UHʻs Hana Career Pathways program.

A team of researchers from the University of Hawaiʻi and Eötvös Loránd University in Hungary has produced a massive new catalog of high-fidelity distance estimates to more than 350 million galaxies, revealing in detail the soap-bubble structure of the universe. 

The University of Hawaiʻi launched a statewide marketing campaign called “There is a place for you,” which encourages residents — no matter their circumstances — to consider enrolling at a UH campus and pursue a higher education.

The team will digitize and catalog more than 55,000 plant specimens, many of which are extinct, to preserve and improve access worldwide to one of the oldest collections of Pacific plants.

A new red algae species from Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument was named after the late conservation leader Laura Kalaukapu Thompson.

The award-winning documentary is being shown in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Title IX, and to honor its namesake–Maui’s own Patsy Takemoto Mink.

Students across the University of Hawaiʻi System who are interested in entrepreneurship can apply to live at Residences for Innovative Student Entrepreneurs (RISE).

An innovative scientific instrument developed by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researchers is expected to be a game changer in the search for life — existing or extinct — on Earth and other planets.