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Kaneta Foundation gift provides hope, support to underserved students

A whopping 31% of Lunalilo Scholars are the first in their families to attend college.

UH Foundation raises $100M in FY21 during COVID-19 pandemic

A medical student at the John A. Burns School of Medicine examines another student while a third student looks on.

More than 19,000 donors gave $100.2 million in fiscal year 2021 to benefit a broad array of students, faculty, research and programs across the University of Hawaii's 10 campuses.

Wackers give $250,000 to UH RISE project as demolition begins

Rendering shows UH Mānoa’s Residences for Innovative Student Entrepreneurs (RISE) project in the morning.

The gift from Rich and Eileen Wacker will help fund furnishings, equipment, programs and scholarships at UH Mānoa’s Residences for Innovative Student Entrepreneurs (RISE) project, which is under construction on the site of the former Atherton YMCA.

James Lee and Ginny Tiu join Foundation Board

James H.Q. Lee, left, and Ginny Tiu, right, have joined the University of Hawaii Foundation board of trustees.

James Lee and Ginny Tiu join Foundation Board

$2 Million funds 1st Chair at UH Mānoa College of Engineering Dr. Alfred A. Yee Chair of Sustainability and Resilience

Alfred Yee (far right) at the Hawaiʻi Kai bridges

Engineering chair honors internationally renowned Hawai‘i engineer.

Mahi Pono donates $10,000 to University of Hawai‘i Maui College’s Food Innovation Center

Opportunities for new products for the Maui market

The donation will help to support the professional development of local food innovators on Maui.

Kā‘anapali Ocean Resort Foundation supports UH Maui workforce development

KORF check presentation at UH Maui College

Kā‘anapali Ocean Resort Foundation has made a donation to the UH Maui College workforce development initiative known as Ka Holu.

Hawai‘i Land Trust and UH Maui College partner on new stewardship program

Students clearing invasive plants from ua‘u kani burrows

The Ahupua‘a Stewards Program offers environmental, cultural and historical training on lands across Maui.

Culinary Institute of the Pacific advances with $1.1M in new gifts

With generous support from King’s Hawaiian and foundations in Hawai‘i, the UH Foundation has raised $1.1 million this fiscal year to support the Culinary Institute of the Pacific at Diamond Head (CIP).

UH Mānoa housing, entrepreneurship center moves forward

The first-of-its-kind, $70-million, six-story facility will integrate student housing and an innovation/entrepreneurship center at the Atherton YMCA location.