UH Hilo faculty recognized for tenure and promotion
UH Hilo faculty who received tenure and promotion this year are recognized at the Chancellor’s Fall Welcome event.
Category: Faculty Expertise
Keiki Kawai‘ae‘a receives 2015 Dr. Henrietta Mann Leadership Award
The national award is presented to native leaders who are committed to native students, advancing indigenous communities, and fostering the development of future leaders.
Lynn Morrison: UH Hilo faculty exchange programs, swapping jobs and lives
LYNN MORRISON: The top benefits of exchange, academically speaking, include working with different and diverse student bodies and being able to reflect on our course materials in new environments.
UH Hilo launches new medical anthropology program
Medical Anthropology, a subfield of anthropology, focuses on the evolution of humans and pathogens, the effects of globalization on health disparities, and the health legacies of colonialism—all topical issues here in Hawai‘i.
UH Hilo dean Randy Hirokawa writing book on Hawai‘i’s plantation families
Hirokawa is currently seeking input from residents willing to share their first-hand knowledge.
PHOTOS: UH Hilo hosts statewide conservation conference this week, with themes of collaboration and partnership
The theme of the 23rd Annual Hawai‘i Conservation Conference focused on bringing people together to strengthen collaborative stewardship of island resources into the future.
UH Hilo researchers working on rat lungworm study
Hawai‘i, specifically the Puna district on the Island of Hawai‘i, is the epicenter for rat lungworm disease in the U.S., says researcher Susan Jarvi.
Ocean surface currents now being measured in near real-time off Hilo; data available online
Providing data on ocean and water conditions, including waves and surface currents, in near real-time improves decision-making for ocean users, managers and responders.
