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
Hula hālau Hui Hanakahi, under the direction of Kumu Pele Harman and Kumu Kekoa Harman, performed tribute honoring Ruth Keʻelikōlani at UH Hilo’s 2026 International Night dance production.
Once a week during the school year, a single ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi word is introduced along with its meaning and an example sentence of its usage. This week’s word is paʻa.
Bill Sakovich spent his Peace Corps days in the water, never realizing that the ten-year-old boys in the lanes would one day become the leaders of international swimming.
As a Peace Corps trainer, Arthur Mersereau learned that most of what we think we know is provisional, open to challenge, and that the most effective leaders are those who listen before they decide.
Craig Severance came to the realization fairly early on in his Peace Corp volunteer work: His role wasn’t to change the island, but to learn from it.
The Hawaiʻi Island environment of ethnic and cultural diversity was precisely why Hilo had been chosen as a Peace Corps training site for Southeast Asia volunteers.
“Every (Peace Corps) volunteer I’ve spoken to agrees that we took away more than we contributed.” — Artem Sergeyev.
Once a week during the school year, a single ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi word is introduced along with its meaning and an example sentence of its usage. This week’s word is kope.
New 38-foot teaching and research vessel arrives for UH Hilo’s marine science program
UH Hilo aquaculturist Chad Callan’s research has transformed commercial fish production for the aquarium trade
UH Hilo’s ʻElala Biodiversity Lab: A look into the DNA of an island laboratory
Sustainable agriculture lab: UH Hilo students work the soil, grow food, learn to care for the land
UH Hilo genetics lab visits loko iʻa, conducts DNA testing, helps with restoration
UH Hilo’s Geoarchaeology Laboratory is a hotspot of inter-departmental research on campus