ʻAʻohe pau ka ʻike i ka hālau hoʻokahi │ One learns from many sources │ A web publication from the Office of the Chancellor, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
Kona conference is on circular economies (July 17-19); Hilo conference is on Indigenous Hawaiian and Pacific Island perspectives on sustainability (July 19-20).
In the sociology course “Food and Society,” students study food insecurity (a lack of access to enough food for every person in a household to live an active, healthy life) and that theme was prominent at their teach-in event.
Founder of UH Hilo’s bee program Lorna Tsutsumi says just having a large community-based group—local donors, farmers, chefs—come together to celebrate beekeeping students was a big part of the event.
The sessions are for UH students, staff, faculty and members of the community-at-large who are interested in exploring sustainability issues with experts from the UH campuses and local community.
Anya Benavides will focus primarily finishing a report on UH Hilo’s sustainability performance, coordinate students club activities, help establish certificate in sustainability program, and coordinate sustainability/food security with the UH System.
UH Hilo has the ethos of community engagement already, and can bring together those who have made it a part of their scholarship to build engagement into our university identity as well as build the infrastructure needed for it to flourish.
UH Hilo Chancellor Irwin, Hawai‘i Community College Chancellor Solemssas, and Pālamanui Kumu Lyons discussed sustainability practices on their campuses at a symposium held virtually on Earth Day.
The website invites all members of the campus community “to participate in garden projects so they might learn about native plants, history, and the host culture, while getting their hands in the dirt, finding new ways to spend time in nature.”
UH Hilo marine science major Mahealani Akui interns on research vessel mapping seafloor of Hawaiian archipelago
Award-winning UH Hilo nursing instructor Adriane Lewandowski prepares her students for the real world
Internship: UH Hilo environmental science major Jay Bois “jumps right into learning new information about the forest”
UH Hilo grad student wins top conservation award for presentation on her fish and whale research
From the rainforests of Hawaiʻi Island to UH Hilo’s new AI lab, student researchers explore AI connections to natural science
Two UH Hilo pharmacy students each receive Kahele Student Leader of the Year award