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To help address the growing crisis of affordable housing in Hawaiʻi, the Hawaii Community Reinvestment Corporation (HCRC) has donated $790,000 to establish the HCRC Distinguished Professorship in Affordable Housing. This endowment supports the establishment of a professorship in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning and the University of Hawai‘i Economic Research Organization (UHERO) in the College of Social Sciences at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. » More

Each semester, the endowment will fund a scholarship of $500 to several students enrolled in one of the college’s degree programs who have been accepted into an internship program. » More

Pali Momi Medical Center, a member of the Hawai‘i Pacific Health family of medical centers, has donated seven automated external defibrillators, or AEDs, to the University of Hawai‘i Athletics Department. » More

The Lani-Kailua Outdoor Circle (LKOC) recently awarded $6,000 to fund Environmental Studies scholarships at Windward Community College. » More

Kaua‘i Community College (KCC) Nursing Program students will have a new 3G simulation manikin this year due to donations from HMSA ($45,000) and Wilcox Medical Center ($30,000) » More

HONOLULU - SSFM International, Inc. has contributed $261,263 to support UH Mānoa College of Engineering and College of Social Sciences students. » More

Regal Kapolei Commons 12, Hawaiʻi’s first luxury movie theater, is partnering with UH West Oʻahu and UH Academy for Creative Media to bring student-produced films to theater audiences. » More

Hawaiian Electric Industries has donated four Smart ForTwo Electric Drive vehicles to the University of Hawaiʻi » More

HONOLULU - The University of Hawai‘i, University of Hawai‘i Foundation and YMCA of Honolulu have come together in a unique partnership to ensure that the Atherton YMCA remains a home for University of Hawai‘i students and YMCA programs continue to flourish for students across the island. » More

The Shidler College of Business at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa celebrated its successful scholarship program this week with business students and scholarship donors at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel. The College awarded over $1 million in scholarships for the 2016-2017 academic year. » More

The Shidler College of Business at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa received a gift of $150,000 for scholarships from the Hawai‘i-based companies of Saltchuk Resources, Inc., based in Seattle, Washington. » More

The William Randolph Hearst Foundations has awarded $125,000 to UH Mānoa Nursing to fund scholarships for 15 community college students from rural areas of Hawai‘i pursuing a baccalaureate degree in nursing. » More