UH Hilo students excel at state healthcare competition
Samuel Garcia, Aion Kaneko, Christian Lopez, and Travis Makana Taylor earned 1st Place for their 30-second PSA video and presentation, “Bone Marrow Donations Saves Lives!”
Category: Faculty
This week’s UH ‘Ōlelo of the Week is shared by UH Hilo Associate Professor Kekoa Harman
Kekoa Harman, associate professor of Hawaiian studies and Hawaiian language at UH Hilo, shares the Hawaiian word “ao.”
UH Hilo pharmacy college launches free year-long prediabetes program focusing on lifestyle changes
An informational meeting about the new prediabetes program will be held March 21, 2022, at the Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy. The program is open to the public.
Weekly Newsletter for Faculty and Staff, March 15, 2022
Featured in this week’s issue of Ha‘ilono o UH Hilo (News of UH Hilo): UH Board of Regents, Elliott Parsons, Stan Nakanishi, and Ka‘awaloa Kaua‘ula.
Neurobiologist Stan Nakanishi, Hilo High grad to tenure at UH Hilo
At the foundation of Stan Nakanishi’s teaching and research is an ethos of always connecting culture and community in his work. “There are lots of interconnections among people, ideas, and goals. Just acknowledging and appreciating those connections has some benefit.”
Weekly Newsletter for Faculty and Staff, March 8, 2022
Featured in this week’s issue of Ha‘ilono o UH Hilo (News of UH Hilo): Done Hemmes, Miriam Mobley Smith, Vanessa Zepeda, Sandra Dafincescu, Sofia Ferreira, Hyung Won Jeon, Mio Kamioka, Chloe Molou, Setsuko Ned, Minneh Oyas, Frank Kuo, David Kaneshiro, and Kamalei Purdy.
UH Hilo’s new interim dean of pharmacy college sets priorities
Miriam Mobley Smith is here to help UH Hilo’s pharmacy college transition between deans and envision the future.
Honoring the Past: Ti leaf lei-making event honors leprosy patients of Kalaupapa
History professor Kerri Inglis shared the history of leprosy in Hawaiʻi. Students, as they made lei lāʻī, reflected on parallels about resilience that can be applied to circumstances today.
