Photos: Delegation from UH Hilo and Hawaiʻi Community College visits Yap and Palau
The group met with educators, community leaders, cultural practitioners, and UH Hilo alumni to help strengthen connections between UH and the Asia-Pacific region.
Message from UH Hilo’s new athletic director Patrick Guillen
Athletic Director Patrick Guillen shares his vision for the Vulcans and what he calls the “Three Pillars of Success” in a well-rounded intercollegiate athletics program.
UH Hilo to collaborate with National Park Service to research Pu‘uhonua O Hōnaunau National Historic Park
Investigators and UH Hilo graduate student will collaborate with National Park Service resource managers to conduct ethnographic research using archival research and oral history techniques.
Carolyn Ma named interim dean of UH Hilo pharmacy college
Ma joined the college in 2007 as the clinical education coordinator, and in 2009 became chair for pharmacy practice.
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.
Model program expands role of pharmacists in tracking high risk patients
In the Pharm2Pharm program, administered by UH Hilo and carried out over three years in select areas statewide, pharmacists play a much more personal and proactive role in overseeing high risk patients’ medication routines.
UH Hilo student’s design chosen winner for 2015 HI Pride T-Shirt
The winning design for the UH systemwide contest comes from UH Hilo student Niki Thomas of Las Vegas, Nevada.
