Aloha,
The start of a new school year is always an exciting time for UH and UHF. Our campuses are humming with activity, and we can already see how scholarships are improving the lives of a diverse range of students.
Donors like you are also making a remarkable, positive impact on our world by supporting research that matters to our community. One recent example is Mr. Jay Shidler’s $1 million gift to start the UH Cancer Center Director’s Innovation Fund, which allows Dr. Naoto T. Ueno to advance his vision for the center’s future.
Thanks to this and many other generous gifts, we’re thrilled to report that we’ve crossed the two thirds mark of our historic $1 billion FOR UH • FOR HAWAI‘I campaign!
Mahalo for all you are doing to support our thriving UH community with your thoughtful philanthropy.
Mahalo,
Tim Dolan
UH Foundation CEO and
UH VP of Advancement
Featured Stories
Ethnomathematics turns the planet into a classroom
Long before the principles of mathematics were written in textbooks, they were practiced by Polynesian voyagers through intimate knowledge of the natural world. Patterns of waves and currents, birds’ flight behavior, and the movement of stars in the sky presented mathematical problems enabling them to cross the ocean with precision and aloha. » More
A retired professor and his aloha for agriculture and wild Hawai‘i
Retired UH professor John B. Hall continues to give back to the university through hiking classes and a special donation to Hawai‘i CC. » More
Ascendium challenges UH to better skills training for Hawaiʻi jobs
The Good Jobs Hawaiʻi program was initially seeded with a grant from the federal government and further supported by Ascendium’s gift. »
Gift from late professor's family supports Shidler Asian field study program
The Endowed Emeritus Professor K.K. Seo Asian Field Study Scholarship will ensure more students can gain real-world experience in Asia. »
Grad students’ marine research supported through Denise B. Evans Fellowship
Two SOEST graduate students, Victoria Assad and Syrena Whitner, were selected as this year’s Denise B. Evans Fellows. »
High impact microplastic research continues
Researchers at JABSOM have made a groundbreaking discovery of microplastic particles in the placentas of women who had given birth in Hawaiʻi. Thanks to a generous donor, researchers will be able delve deeper. »
O‘ahu fifth-grader raises hundreds for coral reef research
Azi Moses-Khoii held a Trash-a-Thon to raise money for UH Mānoa’s Coral Resilience Lab. Gathering sponsorships for each pound, he collected 80.7 pounds of trash from the beaches of the Hau‘ula ahupua‘a. »
Shidler gives $1M to launch UH Cancer Center Director’s Innovation Fund
The gift was the second made by philanthropist businessman Jay H. Shidler to the Cancer Center this year. » More
FOR UH • FOR HAWAIʻI, The Campaign for the University of Hawaiʻi, is focused on raising $1 billion to support UH priorities on all 10 campuses across the state, including student success; research that matters; kuleana to Native Hawaiians and Hawaiʻi; sustainability, resilience and conservation; innovation and entrepreneurship; building Hawaiʻi’s workforce; and engaging our community. Learn more at uhfoundation.org/4UH4HI.
