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Emily Peavy against a backdrop of stars.

‘Imiloa’s planetarium technician Emily Peavy just earned her M.Ed. from UH Hilo, her thesis published in planetarium journal

Posted on February 4, 2020June 25, 2024 by Staff

For her master’s thesis, nine-year ‘Imiloa veteran Emily Peavy conducted research on the efficacy of two different styles of teaching the public in a planetarium setting: interactive with a presenter, and passive with a movie. Participants in the study rated the educational and entertainment value of these two forms of programming.

Photo of Teddy Pruyne inset into an image of the Catalina Sky Survey

UH Hilo astronomy alumnus discovers second closest object on record to graze by Earth

Posted on January 30, 2020April 16, 2024 by Staff

Now a research specialist at the Catalina Sky Survey in AZ, UH Hilo alumnus Theodore Pruyne discovered the second closest object on record to graze by Earth and not impact, a close approach that happened only about seven hours after discovery.

Print of woman covered in wiggly material showing only her hands, legs, face and hair. Brown colors, black hair.

UH Hilo art students, faculty, and alum selected to show works at Honolulu printmakers exhibition

Posted on January 29, 2020June 1, 2022 by Staff

“Exhibiting is one of the important aspects of being a student artist and the Honolulu printmakers exhibition is a great opportunity for our students to show their work alongside professional artists,” says UH Hilo master printer Assoc. Prof. Jon Goebel.

Award with words: AKA American Kinisiology Association, Inclusive Excellence Award, Presented to the Kinisiology & Excercise Sciences Program University of Hawaii at Hilo 2019-2020.

UH Hilo kinesiology and exercise sciences program receives national award for inclusive excellence and diversity

Posted on January 28, 2020March 19, 2024 by Staff

The American Kinesiology Association’s Inclusive Excellence Award recognizes academic programs that exemplify the core principles of inclusive excellence and diversity. The 2019-2020 award honors the commitment of the UH Hilo program to inclusiveness through its recruitment, retention, hiring, curriculum development, and administrative structure.

UH Hilo Quintessential University Citizen: Paula Gealon, award administrator and “great navigator”

Posted on January 24, 2020July 18, 2024 by Staff

Paula Gealon is responsible for all extramural awards to UH Hilo, and has been at the task for 20 years this April. She is highly respected among faculty and administrators for her knowledge of grant processes and practices—one researcher calls her “the great navigator and translator of it all.”

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

UH Hilo FY20 Annual Report

Fiscal Year July 1, 2019—June 30, 2020 Fiscal year 2019-2020 will forever be remembered as the year the pandemic arrives.

Asia Au-Helfrich standing in front of a town landscape.

UH Hilo English student’s short story published in the prestigious literary journal Bamboo Ridge

Posted on December 13, 2019December 14, 2022 by Staff

The importance to a young emerging writer in Hawai‘i of being selected for inclusion in the journal cannot be overemphasized—it means Asia Au-Helfrich has “arrived.” This level of accomplishment does not come easy—it takes skill, determination, and inspiration.

Looking into the distance from a fork in the road. both forks have encroaching red-hot lava advancing on the roads.

UH Hilo geologists’ groundbreaking lava research during 2018 Kīlauea eruption published in leading journal

Posted on December 5, 2019February 20, 2024 by Staff

For the innovative research, scientists examined magma in near real-time during the eruption at Kīlauea Volcano’s lower east rift zone in May 2018. The collected data proved invaluable to both the scientists and emergency response teams on the ground.