UH Hilo Stories

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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, 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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Column by UH Hilo psychologist Chris Frueh: VA policies are harming combat veterans with PTSD

Posted on September 10, 2014November 5, 2025 by Staff

B. CHRISTOPHER FRUEH, PSYCHOLOGY: Current VA policies encourage misrepresentation and invalidism, rather than recovery and reentry into the workforce.

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UH Hilo living-learning communities give freshmen the support they need to succeed

Posted on September 9, 2014November 5, 2025 by Staff

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.

Cohort gathered with President Lassner who wears maile lei.

Three from UH Hilo are selected for President’s Emerging Leadership Program

Posted on September 8, 2014November 5, 2025 by Staff

Kalei Rapoza, Farrah Marie Gomes and Emmeline DePillis are members of this year’s cohort.

Aerial photo of fallen Albizia trees at a four-way intersection.

UH Hilo geographers to do post Iselle damage assessment and albizia mapping

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

Through remote sensing with satellite imagery and aerial imagery captured via unmanned aircraft, researchers will create albizia mapping of the altered landscape from Iselle.

Jesse on cinder field looking for specimens.

Study of the rare wēkiu bug leads to new conservation tool

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

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

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

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.