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Matthew Therrien, an aspiring English major at UH Hilo, dreamed of becoming an English professor. He was a gifted poet, greatly loved son, and treasured friend at the time of his tragic death in a car accident April 6, 2014. » More

Dr. Lawrence K. W. Tseu has created a nursing scholarship in honor of Shelley Wilson to help veterans and their families transition to careers in nursing. » More

Hawai‘i Supreme Court Associate Justice Simeon Acoba Jr. (retired) and wife Carolyn C. Acoba recently endowed a scholarship at the William S. Richardson School of Law. » More

HAWAI‘I - The Ford Foundation has awarded $190,000 to the University of Hawai‘i Foundation to support the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo’s College of Hawaiian Language, Ka Haka ‘Ula O Ke‘elikōlani and two other significant language projects. » More

The UH Mānoa Athletics Department has received $1.2 million from an anonymous donor, which will benefit 22 sports programs – including cheerleading and the band. » More

The Mamoru and Aiko Takitani Foundation has committed $25,000 to the Pacific Asian Center for Entrepreneurship (PACE) at the UH Mānoa Shidler College of Business. » More

Thanks to the generosity and vision of the James and Juanita C. Wo Foundation, seven outstanding UH Community College faculty and staff have been selected as the 2015 Wo Global Learning Champions. » More

HONOLULU – Alison Brown-Carvalho lost her husband William Brown to pancreatic cancer in 2009, after 16 years of marriage. A few years later she lost her mother, Janet (Ikeda) Shitabata, to stomach cancer. » More

The University of Hawai’i’s John A. Burn School of Medicine (JABSOM) has received a generous $5 million pledge from the Kosasa family, the founders of ABC Stores. » More

Retired business executive Sharon Weiner has committed $25,000 cash and a significant portion of her estate to the Pacific Asian Center for Entrepreneurship at the UH Mānoa Shidler College of Business. » More

HONOLULU — The Shidler College of Business Alumni Association (Association) has committed $100,000 to the Pacific Asian Center for Entrepreneurship (PACE) at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (UHM), Shidler College of Business. As part of a five-year commitment, this gift will support entrepreneurial education and help UH monetize research efforts. In recognition of this gift, the conference room at the renovated home of PACE at the College will be named in the Association’s honor. » More

Group 70 International (G70), Hawai‘i’s largest kama‘āina design firm rallied its employees and business associates to collectively contribute $60,000 to the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa School of Architecture (UHSoA) fund drive this month. A check presentation was held on Dec. 3 at Group 70’s downtown office where G70 Chairman Francis Oda, Arch.D., FAIA, AICP, LEED AP, presented to Daniel Friedman, PhD, dean of the school. » More