News Releases
$1.2M for UHERO COVID-19 economic recovery research
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Donors bolster UHERO's research capacity for COVID-19 economic recovery.
$1M gift from HMSA Foundation expands interprofessional education at UH
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Bank of Hawaii steps up with $5M athletics sponsorship
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BOH establishes endowment scholarship for UH student-athletes. Historic venue unveiled as SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center.
Celebrating Honolulu CC’s 100th anniversary with fundraising effort, community webinars
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Weinman's donate $1.56M to help tackle Hawai‘i’s doctor shortage
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Inspired by the success of a $1.6 million donation that established the Barry and Virginia Weinman Fellowship to fund 10 medical students’ educations, renowned philanthropists Barry and Virginia Weinman recently donated $1.56 million to fund 10 full-tuition scholarships at the John A. Burns School of Medicine.
UH alumna establishes estate gift to support Mānoa travel school
Eva Kaa, a graduate of UH Mānoa's School of Travel Industry Management, establishes the Eva Kaa Scholarship of Excellence with an estate gift to UH.
NAN Inc. donates $160,000 to support Hawaiʻi’s future engineers
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Hawaiʻi construction company NAN, Inc. has donated $160,000 to fund the Nan, Inc. Scholarship in Engineering at the UH Mānoa College of Engineering.
Gifts in 2020 totaled $84.7M in support for UH students, programs and research
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UH Vice President of Advancement and UHF CEO Tim Dolan added, “We are so grateful for each of the 21,070 gifts. Donors have made a phenomenal difference in the lives of our students this year, funding COVID-19 related urgent needs, programs supporting high school students’ transition to college, and students from all backgrounds graduating with the degrees and certificates essential for our economic recovery.”
TIM school endowment established by Hong Kong executive, Shidler alumna
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Textile and apparel company Esquel Group and its Vice Chairman Teresa Yang established a $500,000 Esquel-Yang Family Distinguished Professorship at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa School of Travel Industry Management (TIM School) with matching funds from Jay H. Shidler.
Dr. Hank Wuh joins UH Foundation Board of Trustees
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The University of Hawai‘i Foundation, the nonprofit organization that raises private funds to support students, programs and research on all 10 UH campuses, is happy to announce that Hank Wuh, MD, MPH has joined its board of trustees.
UHA funds medical student curriculum fostering physician-patient relationship
![JABSOM Dean Dr. Jerris R. Hedges with Howard Lee, UHA president and CEO](/sites/default/files/news_release/uha-gift-jabsom.jpg)
The John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) received a $100,000 gift from longtime medical education advocate University Health Alliance (UHA) Health Insurance to help launch its newest curriculum fostering the physician-patient relationship.
$1M from Henry Luce Foundation for Southeast Asian Studies
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The Henry Luce Foundation recently awarded $1,000,000 to the Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS) at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (UHM). Dr. Miriam Stark (Director, UHM CSEAS) will direct "LuceSEA Transitions: Environment, Society and Change" in partnership with the East-West Center to explore socioeconomic and environmental shifts that are transforming Southeast Asian societies in a time of accelerated climate and environmental change.