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UH Giving Day raises more than $800K for students, research, more
The 24-hour campaign drew over 1,800 gifts to benefit students, faculty and programs across the 10-campus UH System.
UH College of Social Sciences receives $470,000 gift from Japan-America Institute
The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s College of Social Sciences has received a $470,000 gift from Fujitsu Ltd./Japan-America Institute of Management Science. The donation, administered by the UH Foundation, will support the college’s “robust environment and continued engagement in the global community,” according to an announcement.
$3.76M gift establishes JABSOM’s first fellowship to tackle liver disease
A $3.76 million gift from John C. Couch will establish the first-ever gastroenterology and hepatology fellowship program at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) that will train physicians to treat liver diseases, including cancer, in the islands.
University of Hawaiʻi Foundation raises record $165 million for FY 2021-22
The University of Hawaiʻi Foundation raised a record $165 million the past fiscal year, including its biggest gift ever, $50 million for ocean research from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Dr. Priscilla Chan.
COAST GUARD BOARDS VESSEL BELIEVED TO BE ILLEGALLY FISHING IN NORTHWESTERN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
The U.S. Coast Guard documented a vessel suspected of illegally fishing in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands over the weekend. The coast guard gathered evidence from the 79-foot U.S. flagged fishing boat, saying its long-line gear was in the water approximately three miles inside the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument. The evidence was forwarded to NOAA’s Fisheries […]
