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MEDIA RELEASE The University of Hawaii Board of Regents has approved a five-year tuition schedule proposal presented by the UH administration to begin in fall 2012 and run through spring 2017. In recognition of the state’s current fiscal situation and the resulting impact on students and their families, the tuition schedule proposes modest increases. “This [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE Prominent Hilo obstetrician/gynecologist Dr. John K. Uohara is building on his legacy in the community and funding a new permanently endowed scholarship for Vulcan Athletics. The Uohara Family Endowed Excellence Scholarship in Women’s Volleyball will support members of the women’s volleyball team at UH Hilo who demonstrate academic excellence off the court with [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE With rates of youth suicide in Hawaii on the rise in the last decade, the University of Hawaii Manoa medical school has been awarded $1.4 million to intervene as early as possible in childrens’ lives to prevent suicide. A measure of how serious Hawaii’s problem has become, the medical school’s three-year award is [...]

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Kolten Wong was selected in the first round of the Major League Baseball draft, picked as the 22nd overall player by the St. Louis Cardinals.

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The UH Warrior football team brought their pre-season workout to Kamehameha School’s campus in Keaau Saturday (April 9).

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The UH Board of Regents formulates policy and oversees the university system through the university president. The board is composed of 15 regents, nominated by the Regents Candidate Advisory Council, appointed by governor and confirmed by the state Senate.

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MEDIA RELEASE The University of Hawaii women’s tennis team will take part in the first-ever Mauna Lani Bay Tennis Classic on March 21-22 at The Mauna Lani Bay Hotel & Bungalows. UH will take on visiting team, UCLA, in the two-day official ITA (Intercollegiate Tennis Association) event. The tournament will consist of a two-day dual-match [...]

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The University of Hawai‘i’s 10 campuses will be officially closed to the public during the non-instructional days of March 21-24, 2011. The closure, which is the university’s normal spring break period, is in accordance with collective bargaining agreements and to recover energy savings to meet the budget shortfall.

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At its monthly meeting held yesterday at Honolulu Community College, the University of Hawaiʻi Board of Regents approved the bachelor of arts in pharmacy studies and the doctorate in pharmaceutical sciences as provisional programs to be administered by the College of Pharmacy at the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo, effective fall 2011.

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MEDIA RELEASE Hawaii resident undergraduates attending the University of Hawaii at Hilo, University of Hawaii–West Oahu and the seven UH community colleges will benefit from a reduction in the 2011 summer session tuition schedule recently approved by the UH Board of Regents. The reduction sets the 2011 summer session tuition rate for these campuses at [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE More than 340 national, local and community leaders attended a recent two-day symposium co-sponsored by the University of Hawaii and the National Academies, prestigious experts who advise the U.S. government in science, technology and economic policy. During the symposium, UH President M.R.C. Greenwood presented a draft report of recommendations on creating an innovation [...]

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articipants from October 27 to 29 include all public and private schools and universities, all city, county, state or federal/military branches in Hawai‘i, small to medium sized businesses (of less than 100 employees) and non-profits. Preregistration is required via the program’s webpage to drop off from October 27 to 29. Hawai‘i households are invited to drop off personal eWaste without preregistration on October 30.

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