UH Hilo psychologist Chris Frueh: VA policies are harming combat veterans with PTSD
B. CHRISTOPHER FRUEH, PSYCHOLOGY: Current VA policies encourage misrepresentation and invalidism, rather than recovery and reentry into the workforce.
UH Hilo living-learning communities give freshmen the support they need to succeed
The small on-campus communities are designed to support the academic success of students, help them make friends, and ultimately to help them graduate and become successful members of the global community.
Three from UH Hilo are selected for President’s Emerging Leadership Program
Kalei Rapoza, Farrah Marie Gomes and Emmeline DePillis are members of this year’s cohort.
UH Hilo’s health and wellness director selected for fellowship
Sulma Gandhi was selected as a 2014-2015 Omidyar Fellow, where she will participate in a leadership development program that cultivates, trains, and educates local leadership for Hawai‘i.
UH Hilo to do post Iselle damage assessment and albizia mapping
Through remote sensing with satellite imagery and aerial imagery captured via unmanned aircraft, researchers will create albizia mapping of the altered landscape from Iselle.
Study of the rare wēkiu bug leads to new conservation tool
UH Hilo entomologist Jesse Eiben is researching the wēkiu bug, an endemic species found only in the high alpine regions of Maunakea on Hawai‘i Island.
UH Hilo ranked most diverse four-year public campus in the country
University of Hawaiʻi campuses took the top spots in the Chronicle of Higher Education’s 2014 list of the most diverse campuses in the United States. UH HIlo ranked #1 among 4-year public campuses in the nation.
Iselle brings out the very best in UH Hilo staff
UH Hilo staff show quick thinking and abundant compassion for visiting students as Hurricane Iselle headed toward Hawai‘i Island.
