Category: Students

UH Hilo student mathematicians compete in prestigious exam

Posted on December 17, 2015March 7, 2024 by Staff

A team of student mathematicians at UH Hilo recently participated in The William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition, the most prestigious university-level mathematics examination in the world.

Anna drinking milk from coconut with a straw.

UH Hilo cross-country Vulcan Anna Mikkelsen is a long way from home, living the dream in Hawai‘i nei

Posted on December 17, 2015August 8, 2024 by Staff

The Denmark native trekked 7,100 miles to the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo to study marine science: “My childhood dream,” she says.

Roselle Vaughn wears strips of black plastic on her head, arms and hips, her body partially wrapped in strips of white cloth.

Photos: UH Hilo students create 3-D installations for final project in art class

Posted on December 9, 2015February 6, 2024 by Staff

The students’ art installations show the tactile exploration of forms and environments along with expressions of time, light, and space in 3-D visualizations.

Tables set up on lanai where students are talking to representatives.

UH Hilo students explore their options at Graduate and Professional School Fair held on campus

Posted on December 7, 2015November 21, 2022 by Staff

Schools from the West Coast Consortium of Private Law Schools along with several graduate and professional schools pitched their programs to students on Friday.

Dancers on stage, some leaping, some standing still.

Photos: Sneak peek! Great Leaps dress rehearsal; UH Hilo students to perform Dec. 4-5

Posted on December 3, 2015February 6, 2024 by Staff

Students will perform aerial, ballet, hip-hop, jazz, new environmental dance and more at this semester’s Great Leaps, a biannual dance concert where students are the stars.

International Climate Strike comes to UH Hilo

Posted on December 2, 2015February 14, 2024 by Staff

Students organized the local event to participate in an international movement to heighten awareness on climate change.

Pōlani Kahakalau and Kirstie Naone in their crowns and sashes.

The recently crowned Miss Kona Coffee 2016 and Miss Aloha Hawai‘i 2016 are both students at UH Hilo

Posted on December 1, 2015May 10, 2021 by Staff

Miss Kona Coffee 2016 and budding anthropologist Polani Kahakalau entered the competition to earn scholarship money to complete her UH Hilo degree. Miss Aloha Hawaiʻi 2016 and Study Abroad Advisor Kirstie Naone’s platform is global learning.

Photos: UH Hilo celebrates Makahiki with Hawaiian games and a lot of fun

Posted on November 25, 2015April 22, 2024 by Staff

The Hawaiian celebration of Makahiki or the “Holiday Season” begins in October each year and continues for about four months. It is a significant time of the year for Native Hawaiians.