Students say new Summer Bridge program gave them the boost they need to thrive
Beverly Ann Gorospe says the Kupa ‘Āina Summer Bridge program was one of the best experiences of her life.
Category: Academics
UH Hilo nursing students to be featured in documentary film on education system
Theresa-Regina Rivera and Mark Jones will be featured in the upcoming film ‘Ike, Knowledge is Everywhere, a documentary about the education system in Hawai‘i. The film will have its premier at the Hawai‘i International Film Festival in November.
Helping maintain UH Hilo apiary teaches students importance of island’s bees
Two Hawaiian language students created a video on beekeeping done entirely in ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language).
UH Hilo student from Yap plans to take his aquaculture skills learned here back to his homeland
Patrick Gorong, a marine science major, gets on the job training as an oyster hatchery technician at the UH Hilo Pacific Aquaculture and Coastal Resources Center.
UH Hilo astronomy professor and his student test small telescope on Maunakea
This type of telescope, the CGEM-925-HD, is used in the UH Hilo astronomy program for training students on modern observing techniques.
40 student conservationists do summer internships of great importance to Hawai‘i and Pacific region
One of this summer’s interns, environmental science major Darcy Yogi, worked on the Mauna Kea Invasive Species Management Plan, where the greatest concern is the little fire ant.
Globally recognized expert in environmental engineering joins UH Hilo faculty
Shihwu Sung left the comfort of his well-established and funded research program at Iowa State to move to Hilo to explore emerging alternative energy opportunities that he says will benefit the people of Hawai‘i and be sufficiently scalable to have a positive global impact.
UH Hilo welcomes new faculty to university ‘ohana
With this cohort, UH Hilo is expanding its expertise in priority disciplines such as mapping and geographic information systems, biomass to energy, island cultures, tropical alpine biology, cell mechanics, public health, oceanography and more.
