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UH Hilo launches Vulcan Challenge 2024

UH Hilo Vulcan Challenge 2024 graphic The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo kicks off its third Vulcan Challenge fundraiser on Tuesday, Sep. 17, in partnership with UH Foundation, to raise funds to support the Vulcan Athletics department.

Shidler gives $1M to launch UH Cancer Center Director’s Innovation Fund

Jay Shidler and Naoto Ueno The gift was the second made by philanthropist businessman Jay H. Shidler to the Cancer Center this year.

Couch, Wo join UH Foundation Board of Trustees

The University of Hawaiʻi Foundation is pleased to welcome John C. Couch and C. Scott Wo to the Board of Trustees.

Walter Dods, Jr., Jay H. Shidler, donate Akaji sculpture to UH Mānoa’s RISE

Grand Opening of the Walter Dods, Jr. RISE Center The sculpture, “RISE,”  was installed outside the Walter Dods, Jr. RISE Center and dedicated in a special ceremony prior to the grand opening of the Walter Dods, Jr. RISE Center on June 15.

$2M gift to UH Maui College creates full scholarships for nursing students

Nursing students The gift from the Albert and Aileen Chuck Foundation creates the Kam Scholars Program for the UH Maui College Nursing Program.

$3.76M gift establishes JABSOM’S first fellowship to tackle liver disease

Physicians The first of its kind in Hawai‘i, the new program will leverage partnerships with health systems that provide JABSOM’s clinical learning environment to train physicians to treat liver diseases, including cancer.

Hunt’s Walter Dods, Jr. RISE Center wins redevelopment of the year in CoStar Impact Awards Hawai‘i

RISE facade The CoStar Group has named the Walter Dods, Jr. RISE Center the Redevelopment of the Year in its 2024 Impact Awards Hawai‘i program.

Shidler gives $100,000 to UH Cancer Center for community outreach

UH Cancer Center A $100,000 gift from UH Mānoa alumnus and philanthropist businessman Jay H. Shidler will help the UH Cancer Center increase public awareness of its work.

UH students celebrate with scholarship donors at annual event

UH students with scholarship donors Close to 300 scholarship donors and their student recipients came together on April 22 to meet and connect at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Scholarship Celebration, which returned to the Stan Sheriff Center.

UH Foundation raises $593,538 on first-ever UH Giving Day

UH Giving Day banner The University of Hawaiʻi ʻohana came together for the first-ever UH Giving Day.

UH Foundation invites alumni, friends to join in support of inaugural Giving Day

Giving Day On Wednesday, April 10, the University of Hawaiʻi Foundation will hold the first-ever Giving Day for the University of Hawaiʻi.

New scholarship for intelligence studies at UH Mānoa

Ahi group shot Booz Allen Hamilton launches a fund to assist workforce development in the national security field.

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