In his junior year at UH Hilo, Raiatea Arcuri is producing award winning photos while studying business.
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New class: UH Hilo linguistics professors mentor international students who already speak their own indigenous languages
In new linguistics class, students who are already highly fluent native speakers can now study their indigenous language and formal writing systems from an academic perspective.
UH Hilo Hawaiian language scholar Larry Kimura and astronomer Doug Simons compare notes on Pō
At a public presentation, the Hawaiian language scholar and the research scientist compared the first 11 lines of an ancient Hawaiian creation chant to modern astronomical theories of the origins of the universe. The similarity between the two is astonishing.
Expert in indigenous archaeology returns to UH Hilo to inspire students to study Pacific artifacts
Twenty-six years ago, Tarisi Vunidilo was an anthropology student at UH Hilo. She’s returned to UH Hilo as an assistant professor of anthropology with a passion to inspire students about the histories of places, artifacts, and indigenous people.
“Dialogues in Friendship” panel aims to foster civil discussion on TMT and Maunakea at UH Hilo
At a workshop held on campus last Friday, astronomer Heather Kaluna and philosopher Celia Bardwell-Jones shared the example of their friendship to illustrate the value of civil discourse.
PHOTOS: 2019 United Nations Day at UH Hilo
UH Hilo’s international students gathered Friday on the Library Lanai to share their countries—their achievements, characteristics, and challenges—and to get together as a community and highlight their presence on campus.
UH Hilo undergraduate researcher examines Hawai‘i’s native and nonnative bee habitats
Geography student Jesse Tabor is doing bee research with his mentor Jonathan Koch (a UH Hilo alumnus now a post doc at his alma mater). The research—identifying habitats of nonnative and native bees—could prove to be critical to preserving Hawai‘i native bee populations.
National Coming Out Day, Safe Place Social at UH Hilo
Celebrating National Coming Out Day, Oct. 11, 2019, there were informational tables set up on the Campus Center Plaza, and a photo booth, games, food and “Coming Out Open Mic” fun inside the center.
New cohort in Keaholoa STEM Scholars Program welcomed to UH Hilo
The UH Hilo Keaholoa STEM Scholars Program is part of a federal program designed to increase the number of Native Hawaiians and other minorities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields. Students in the program engage in scientifically rigorous research that is grounded in indigenous or native cultural practices and knowledge.
UH Hilo’s graduate program in counseling psychology is now accessible to off-island students via distance learning technology
In a new hybrid system, students in the counseling psychology graduate program who live on Hawai‘i Island receive their classroom learning in a more traditional way, while students on neighbor islands now have access through a videoconferencing system.