Category: Faculty

UH Hilo’s Jackie Johnson and Suzanne Romaine share their thoughts about Hawaiian Pidgin English

Posted on November 16, 2015August 21, 2019 by Staff

The U.S. Census recently recognized local pidgin as one of Hawai‘i’s official languages. A local reporter asked two UH Hilo faculty for their thoughts on the newfound status.

UH Hilo’s new bioacoustics lab is helping revolutionize the field of ecology

Posted on November 12, 2015March 11, 2025 by Staff

A new algorithm developed by UH Hilo researcher to identify bird songs boasts efficiency and limitless potential for science.

Prof. Barkhoff in a one-man race in Keauhou.

The soul of surfing and paddling: UH Hilo researcher explores the spiritual side of indigenous ocean sports

Posted on November 9, 2015April 22, 2024 by Staff

Harald Barkhoff, professor of kinesiology and exercise sciences, is researching how traditional ocean sports contribute to a general sense of being spiritual and feeling connected to indigenous environments.

Family waves good-bye to departing ship.

UH Hilo researchers conducting study on the effects of military deployment on families

Posted on November 4, 2015March 14, 2025 by Staff

The project is to better understand the effects of stress on military families, but both military and non-military families are needed for the study.

Still from the video, a teacher at the head of a class.

Video: Korea Times Hawaii covers UH Hilo’s new Korean language courses

Posted on October 28, 2015February 20, 2024 by Staff

Korea Times Hawaii recently visited the University of Hawaii at Hilo to interview faculty and students on the new Korean language courses

Three beautiful children on stage, at the microphone, donning kukui let.

Photo Essay: Puna community celebrates bouncing back after Iselle and lava flow

Posted on October 27, 2015January 27, 2025 by Staff

Organized by UH Hilo researchers, over 1,000 people from around the island attended the Puna Resiliency Block Party. Organizations designed creative interactive booths, and keiki entertained with song and ukulele mele.

Cane field burning, smoke billowing into air and blowing out to sea.

Study: Large cane burns on Maui linked to respiratory distress

Posted on October 21, 2015May 8, 2020 by Staff

The study suggests that health officials consider actions to help reduce the health risks associated with sugar cane burning.

Book cover: Intimacy a Dialectical Study. Christopher Lauer. With photo of a partially unzipped zipper.

UH Hilo philosophy professor Chris Lauer examines the concept of intimacy in new book

Posted on October 20, 2015August 21, 2019 by Staff

An important contribution to the burgeoning field of the ethics of recognition, Intimacy: A Dialectical Study examines the contradictions inherent in the very concept of intimacy.