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2014 summer internship cohort at park at Hilo Bay, on grassy area, trees and ocean in background.

40 student conservationists do summer internships of great importance to Hawai‘i and Pacific region

Posted on September 16, 2014November 5, 2025 by Staff

One of this summer’s interns, environmental science major Darcy Yogi, worked on the Mauna Kea Invasive Species Management Plan, where the greatest concern is the little fire ant.

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Aerial view of UH Hilo campus with Hilo Bay in the background.

Alice Davis receives UH Regents’ Medal for Excellence in Teaching

Posted on September 15, 2014November 5, 2025 by Staff

Davis’s peers describe her as someone who cares “professionally and personally” for her students. In turn, her students are filled with passion for the field of nursing.

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Shihwu Sung in his office.

Globally recognized expert in environmental engineering joins UH Hilo faculty

Posted on September 15, 2014November 5, 2025 by Staff

Shihwu Sung left the comfort of his well-established and funded research program at Iowa State to move to Hilo to explore emerging alternative energy opportunities that he says will benefit the people of Hawai‘i and be sufficiently scalable to have a positive global impact.

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Group of newcomers with the dean.

UH Hilo welcomes new faculty to university ‘ohana

Posted on September 15, 2014November 5, 2025 by Staff

With this cohort, UH Hilo is expanding its expertise in priority disciplines such as mapping and geographic information systems, biomass to energy, island cultures, tropical alpine biology, cell mechanics, public health, oceanography and more.

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Mark Kimura casual portrait in t-shirt, indoor setting.

UH Hilo researcher: Data show dire situation for community if lava flow cuts off lower Puna

Posted on September 15, 2014November 5, 2025 by Staff

Mark Kimura, a researcher in economic geography at UH Hilo, has generated data showing who, how many people, and what businesses could possibly be affected by the lava flow if or when it cuts off highway and then reaches the shore.

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Screenshot from video of wrecked house.

Column by UH Hilo marine scientist Misaki Takabayashi: Iselle and Pele strengthen our “island resilience”

Posted on September 14, 2014November 5, 2025 by Staff

MISAKI TAKABAYASHI, MARINE SCIENCE: To us, who live on Hawaiʻi Island with all its awe-inspiring nature, it is easy to understand that the cause-and-effect relationships between our actions and natural processes are indeed reciprocal.

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Student with ornate temple in background.

UH Hilo Dorrance Scholar Ishael Shaw-De Mello is first in program to study abroad

Posted on September 14, 2014February 8, 2026 by Staff

History major Ishael Shaw-De Mello, a 2012 graduate of Waiākea High School, is studying abroad in Korea this semester, stretching her wings, making new international friends, learning a taste for Korean food, and exploring Seoul.

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David Sing casual portrait, inset over lauhala.

David Sing, innovator and leader in shaping Hawaiian education, announces retirement from UH Hilo

Posted on September 13, 2014November 5, 2025 by Staff

For 40 years, David Sing has provided leadership in developing successful educational programs for Native Hawaiians and other groups at UH Hilo and throughout the 10-campus UH System.

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Merrie Monarch Stories

  • Group poses inside hula competition venue.Culture meets technology: UH Hilo business professors improve data processing system for Merrie Monarch hula competition
  • Group of students pose inside the stadium with its signature curved open-air structure.UH Hilo anthro-history class on “Kalākaua – Merrie Monarch” is immersed in a festival of learning
  • UH System News Image of the Week: Mōʻī Wahine

Featured Labs

  • Patrick Hart environmental portrait in outdoor setting.In his research, UH Hilo biologist Patrick Hart plays it by ear with Hawaiʻi forest birds
  • Composite: Drone, drone operator, launch pad, professor instructing student.A morning with UH Hilo’s aeronautical science lab, where students hone their drone skills in the field
  • Student and professor set up telescope in the evening; students and professor set up at their field station at night; image that the students took of galaxy, a burst of white light with pink vapors emanating.Astrophotos! UH Hilo astronomy students capture dazzling images from atop Maunakea
  • College of images and flyer for event.UH Hilo community-based conservation researchers featured at Hawaiʻi Island Chamber of Commerce event
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