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MEDIA RELEASE The University of Hawaii at Hilo announces the appointment of its new Financial Aid Manager/Financial Aid Director, effective July 21, 2014. Sherrie Padilla joins UH Hilo from Antelope Valley College in Lancaster, Calif. where she served as director of financial aid for more than a decade. She brings 25 years of experience in […]

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MEDIA RELEASE There is a buzz of excitement in the air at the University of Hawaii at Hilo’s College Hall where an elite handful of students are engaging in challenging mathematical and computational activities. The Pacific Undergraduate Research Experience in Mathematics (PURE Math) is a research experience for undergraduates (REU) program funded by a National […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Twelve students from public and private high schools in Hawaii have been awarded the prestigious 2014 Chancellor’s Scholarship by the University of Hawaii at Hilo. The award, valued in excess of $26,500, covers four years of tuition for students graduating from a Hawaii high school who earned either a GPA of at least […]

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The 2014 Vulcans Baseball Academy will begin on Monday, June 23 and end on Wednesday, July 23 on the University of Hawaii at Hilo baseball field. The 10-day academy is divided into four one-hour, age-group sessions. Time slots are 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. (16-18 year olds), 10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. (11-12 year olds), […]

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Aliyah Pana, a 5-foot-9 forward, will be joining the University of Hawaii at Hilo women’s basketball program according to UH Hilo Head Coach David Kaneshiro.

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MEDIA RELEASE Nine Hawaii Island students who will begin their studies at the University of Hawaii at Hilo in fall 2014 have been awarded Dorrance Scholarships. The Dorrance Scholarship is an innovative, four-year award designed to benefit local students who are the first in their family to attend college. Each year, the program awards up […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Practicing Hilo dentist and University of Hawaii at Manoa faculty member Patsy Fujimoto is honoring her former University of Hawaii at Hilo history professor David Purcell, by establishing an endowment at UH Hilo with a $500,000 gift. The David C. Purcell, Jr. Endowed Visiting Chair in History in the College of Arts and […]

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MEDIA RELEASE A student ordered by administrators to stop handing out copies of the U.S. Constitution at the University of Hawaii at Hilo has filed a lawsuit in federal court. Merritt Burch is suing the University of Hawaii System for violating her First Amendment rights. She is joined as a plaintiff by fellow student Anthony […]

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State House and Senate Budget conferees have reached final agreement on a proposal to fund a building to house the University of Hawaii at Hilo’s Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy.

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MEDIA RELEASE A University of Hawaii at Hilo student has been selected for NASA’s prestigious Sally Ride Internship. Melissa Adams, a senior pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Geology, was among a select group chosen for the program, which awards only 10 internships during the spring and fall semesters of each school year. The Sally […]

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With three Top-6 finishers the University of Hawaii at Hilo claimed the 2014 Pacific West Conference title with a 20-stroke victory on the Hiddenbrooke Golf Course in Vallejo, California.

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Under the direction of Dr. Cheryl Gansecki, students and staff at UHH have been trained in HVO’s protocol for the processing and preparation of lava samples.

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MEDIA RELEASE Gov. Neil Abercrombie has released more than $58.4 million to the University of Hawaii system for capital improvement projects at various campuses that will further energize our growing construction industry to help sustain our economy. “A majority of these funds are going to improvements at our community colleges, which make up the largest […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The University of Hawaii at Hilo’s Tropical Conservation Biology and Environmental Science (TCBES) Program has been awarded a second $5 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) CREST (Centers for Research Excellence in Science and Technology) Program. The award represents Phase II funding of the original $5 million grant received in 2009, […]

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