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Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Hensel: How Trump is Affecting UH
By News Release @ 3:38 PM :: 696 Views :: Higher Education

... impacts of recent changes in federal policy across our 10-campus system ....

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Saturday, April 5, 2025
UH Mānoa launches national search for athletic director
By News Release @ 2:52 AM :: 467 Views :: Higher Education, Tourism

"...Parker Executive Search, the national firm assisting UH Mānoa with the search, is actively recruiting top candidates from across the country...."

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Thursday, April 3, 2025
Hawaiʻi HS class of ‘24 ties record 86% grad rate, college enrollment up
By News Release @ 1:27 AM :: 556 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education

... completers of Dual Credit classes up 3% from 24% to 27% ....

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Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Hensel: How Trump Executive Orders are Affecting UH System
By News Release @ 2:19 PM :: 589 Views :: Higher Education

"Trump EOs ... interpret Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) efforts to be discriminatory"

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Thursday, March 20, 2025
​UH announces search committee for next athletics director
By News Release @ 1:14 AM :: 881 Views :: Higher Education

... The university aims to conduct finalist interviews in late May and announce the new hire by mid to late summer ....

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Monday, March 17, 2025
Governor vs Feds: UH Manoa not Protecting Jewish Students from Anti-Semites?
By News Release @ 11:43 PM :: 2300 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education

... potential enforcement actions if UH does not fulfill its obligations under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act to protect Jewish students on campus ....

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Friday, March 14, 2025
UH Manoa Next? Columbia Expels Anti-Semites After Trump Cuts Funding
By Selected News Articles @ 3:50 PM :: 933 Views :: Higher Education

... Columbia U knuckled under SIX DAYS after Trump cancelled $400M in federal funds to the university.  How long will it take for the UH system to get rid of its’ anti-Semites?  ....

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Sunday, March 9, 2025
The Unity House Scandal Never Really Ended — decades later, it might bankrupt Hawaiian Electric
By Andrew Walden @ 1:39 AM :: 6243 Views :: Energy, Ethics, Higher Education, OHA, Cost of Living

... a leftover Unity House scheme could be costing Hawaiian Electric as much as $476M per year ....

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Saturday, March 8, 2025
Social Worker Arrested in Torture Death of Foster Girl
By Andrew Walden @ 1:24 AM :: 4109 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Higher Education, COVID-19

... The latest foster parent arrested for child torture is a university instructor, social worker, DoE behavioral health specialist, and UH Manoa PhD student ....

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Friday, March 7, 2025
Hawaii AG Celebrates Injunction Against Trump Funding Cuts
By News Release @ 12:57 PM :: 994 Views :: National News, Hawaii State Government, Health Care, Higher Education

“NIH’s proposed drastic reduction of our facilities and administrative rate would result in the elimination of approximately $16.5M in funding that the University of Hawaiʻi uses...."

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Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Defamation: UH Law School Dean Sues Ken Lawson
By News Release @ 7:57 PM :: 1290 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education

... Lawson’s expressive freedoms date to a faculty meeting back in February 2023, where he voiced vehement objections to a scheduled Black History Month event ....

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Tuesday, February 25, 2025
UH Trump Watch: New website on federal policy updates
By News Release @ 2:51 AM :: 662 Views :: National News, Higher Education

"Since taking office on January 20, the new federal leadership has released a series of EOs and directives that could significantly impact the 10-campus system."

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Wednesday, February 19, 2025
UH: TRO Protecting DEI from Trump Executive Orders
By News Release @ 2:52 PM :: 1073 Views :: Higher Education

... suit in two cases to challenge the federal directives halting funding for DEIA-related programs and capping indirect costs for research at 15% ....

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Tuesday, February 11, 2025
Hawaii AG Joins Suit Against Trump administration for ‘indiscriminate’ public health research funding cuts
By Selected News Articles @ 11:45 AM :: 650 Views :: Higher Education

... “Last year, $9B of the $35B that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) granted for research was used for administrative overhead, what is known as “indirect costs” ....

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Friday, January 31, 2025
What happens When UH Hires a Disbarred Ex-Con as Law Professor?
By Selected News Articles @ 3:51 PM :: 1495 Views :: Higher Education

... Ken Lawson uses images of UH administrators to illustrate hypothetical shooting ....

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Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Record number of students helped by Hawaiʻi Promise scholarship
By News Release @ 11:44 PM :: 659 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education

... 3,446 students across all seven UH community colleges in fiscal year 2024, compared to 1,774 students in 2023 ....

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Thursday, January 16, 2025
NCAA athletes seeking women's sports for women only
By Selected News Articles @ 2:42 AM :: 783 Views :: Higher Education

... Without those protections, women’s sports will eventually be destroyed said Sia Li'iLi'i, a product of Halawa, Hawai'i. ...

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Wednesday, January 1, 2025
Red Hill Registry opens pre-enrollment for impacted community members
By News Release @ 11:50 PM :: 934 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Higher Education, Military

... Those exposed to jet-fuel-contaminated drinking water from the Navy water line on Oʻahu are encouraged to fill out a short, five-minute questionnaire ....

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Friday, December 27, 2024
Telescope: Report Moves NSF Closer to Choosing Chile over Hawaii
By News Release @ 3:33 PM :: 1163 Views :: Hawaii County , Higher Education, OHA

... assess the readiness of the Giant Magellan Telescope (Chile) and Thirty Meter Telescope (Hawaii) to move into the major facility Final Design Phase ....

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Saturday, December 21, 2024
Ethics Comm Approves UH Employees' Technology Transfer Contracts
By News Release @ 10:40 PM :: 831 Views :: Ethics, Higher Education, Small Business

... UH employees may negotiate and enter into contracts with the UH on behalf of their private businesses ....

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Saturday, December 14, 2024
UH lands $110M DoD contract for cutting-edge research
By News Release @ 1:19 PM :: 842 Views :: Higher Education, Military

... As one of only five U.S. Navy-sponsored University-Affiliated Research Centers, ARL at UH has secured over $175 million in funding since its establishment in 2008 ....

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Thursday, November 21, 2024
Bridging Academia and Defense Innovation at USARPAC
By News Release @ 12:13 AM :: 1134 Views :: Higher Education, Military

... U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC) Academia and Innovation Engagement, held on Nov. 19, 2024, at Fort Shafter ....

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Wednesday, November 20, 2024
"Turmoil and Dirty Laundry" -- UH Athletic Director Craig Angelos Suddenly Ousted
By News Release @ 1:12 AM :: 3054 Views :: Higher Education, Tourism

"...There had been some turmoil behind the scenes, it's not my place to air anyone's dirty laundry'" - Hawaii Governor Josh Green....

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Tuesday, November 19, 2024
UH Manoa Ranks 42nd for Free Speech
By News Release @ 3:23 PM :: 1462 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education

... 55% of students find it difficult to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on campus, the highest ever recorded on any issue ....

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Saturday, November 2, 2024
Aloha Stadium Contractor Selected from list of ... one
By News Release @ 3:04 AM :: 1685 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Higher Education, Tourism

... Department of Accounting and General Services and the Stadium Authority announced the approval of Aloha Halawa District Partners (AHDP) as the preferred offeror for the New Aloha Stadium Entertainment District (NASED) ....

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Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Enrollment up at UH’s 10 campuses, surpasses 50K
By News Release @ 5:31 AM :: 942 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education

... enrollment at the 10 campuses of the University of Hawaiʻi surpassed 50,000 students for the first time since 2018 ....

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Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Jewish Republican says she is running against ‘Hamas Squad member’ in Hawaii state House
By Selected News Articles @ 4:35 PM :: 1684 Views :: Higher Education, Politicians, Republican Party

HD20: Grandinetti Celebrates Terrorism Against Indigenous Hebrews of Israel on 'Indigenous Peoples Day'

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Monday, October 21, 2024
UH Faculty Approve Contract
By News Release @ 11:43 PM :: 1607 Views :: Higher Education, Labor

... University of Hawai‘i Professional Assembly Holds Ratification Vote ....

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Friday, October 18, 2024
Sen Mercado Kim co-authors NCSL Report on Higher Education
By News Release @ 1:10 AM :: 948 Views :: Higher Education

... Idea: Use this report against her in Senate hearings ....

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Thursday, October 17, 2024
UH regents unanimously select Wendy Hensel as next UH President
By News Release @ 11:52 PM :: 1017 Views :: Higher Education

... The appointment is effective January 2025 ....

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Friday, October 4, 2024
VIDEO: Finalist for UH President pushes 'Critical Race Theory'
By News Release @ 3:05 PM :: 7325 Views :: Higher Education

... Critical Race Theory (CRT) is an excuse to bar Asian students from equal access to higher education. Will CRT dominate UH--the university system in the most Asian state of all? ....

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Friday, October 4, 2024
UH earns strong bond rating, saving millions of dollars
By News Release @ 2:42 PM :: 848 Views :: Higher Education

... The University of Hawaiʻi currently has more than $396 million in outstanding revenue bonds. Annual debt service of the university can exceed more than $30 million annually through 2041 ....

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Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Aloha Stadium: Deadline Passes Again
By News Release @ 3:33 PM :: 1186 Views :: Ethics, Higher Education

... The specifics of the Request for Clarifications are not known to the Stadium Authority, its members said.  The identities of the committee members have not been made public ....

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Friday, September 20, 2024
Lassner: Feds Investigating Anti-Semitism at UH
By Video @ 3:47 AM :: 1777 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education, Religion

... we have received notice of a Title VI investigation initiated by the Office of Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education ....

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Wednesday, September 18, 2024
UH Mānoa exceeds 20K students for the first time in over a decade
By News Release @ 3:16 PM :: 2018 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education

... 20,012 students enrolled at UH Mānoa, a 4% increase over 2023 ....

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Wednesday, September 4, 2024
Hawaii is 2024's 6th Least Innovative State for Education
By Selected News Articles @ 3:14 PM :: 2487 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education

... Hawaii ranks 45th in Schools that Offer Advanced Placement Courses per Capita ....

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Tuesday, September 3, 2024
UH developed, living coastal-protection system prepares for deployment
By News Release @ 2:07 PM :: 3012 Views :: Environment, Higher Education, Land Use

... The project is on track for its first deployment of a 50-meter array of structures near the Ulupaʻu crater, off the Kailua Bay side of Marine Corps Base Hawaiʻi in late 2024, early 2025 ....

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Saturday, August 31, 2024
Tuition Hike Coming: UH volunteers to pay higher electric bills to boost wind, solar.
By UHERO @ 3:54 PM :: 2729 Views :: Energy, Higher Education

"... charge customers based on the hourly marginal cost of electricity production ...."

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Friday, August 23, 2024
Which College Majors Pay the Most in Hawaiʻi?
By News Release @ 2:32 AM :: 3819 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education

... Hawaii top earners still earn considerably less than the top three majors across the US ....

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Saturday, August 17, 2024
UH team presents new vision for Ala Wai Harbor
By News Release @ 4:52 PM :: 216 Views :: Honolulu County, Higher Education, Tourism

... UH provided the State of Hawaiʻi’s Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation (DOBOR) with concept options for the state’s largest harbor for small boats ....

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Thursday, August 15, 2024
UH President finalists expected in September
By News Release @ 11:39 PM :: 2096 Views :: Higher Education

... there are more than 90 applicants for the position ....

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Wednesday, August 14, 2024
Hawaii Community Colleges Ranked
By Selected News Articles @ 4:45 PM :: 1877 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education

... Best & Worst Community Colleges in 2024 ....

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Tuesday, August 13, 2024
UH breaks extramural funding record for 3rd consecutive year with $615.7M in FY 2024
By News Release @ 4:54 AM :: 2099 Views :: Higher Education

... This marks the third consecutive year that UH has topped half a billion dollars in funding ....

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Wednesday, July 31, 2024
NASED: One Bid Received for Aloha Stadium Boondoggle
By News Release @ 11:32 PM :: 1241 Views :: Development, Higher Education

“The RFP was designed to accommodate the possibility of having a single offeror, and AHDP’s proposal will now undergo a detailed review by the evaluation members.”

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Tuesday, July 16, 2024
Palestine Activists at UH Manoa Oppose RIMPAC
By Selected News Articles @ 12:49 AM :: 1442 Views :: Higher Education, Military

... A University of Hawaii instructor is calling on the institution to cut ties with the U.S. Navy and Israel ....

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Monday, July 15, 2024
UH Manoa offering sexuality studies courses on ‘oceanic gender’ and ‘queer dance’
By Selected News Articles @ 4:47 PM :: 1282 Views :: Family, Higher Education

... One course conducts an ‘[a]nalysis of imperialism, colonialism, gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, and queer(ed) relations and identities in Hawai‘i and the Pacific’ ....

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Saturday, July 6, 2024
Potential $85M from NASA for UH Hilo management of Maunakea telescope
By News Release @ 2:36 PM :: 1077 Views :: Higher Education

"... a primary asset in NASA’s planetary defense system ...."

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Saturday, July 6, 2024
Former Tokai University Building Becomes Homeless 'Kauhale'
By News Release @ 2:13 PM :: 1504 Views :: Higher Education, Homelessness

... Former college in Waikiki will soon house 120 homeless families as part of city program ....

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Tuesday, July 2, 2024
Second observatory removed from Maunakea summit
By News Release @ 10:10 PM :: 1668 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA

... All site work for the decommissioning of the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory (CSO) was completed in June 2024  ....

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Sunday, June 23, 2024
Aloha Stadium Bidding Limited to One Gang of Insiders
By News Release @ 5:32 PM :: 2214 Views :: Ethics, Development, Higher Education

... Competitive bidding?  No need ....

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