News Releases
Okeanos Foundation supports wayfinding & youth development programs at ʻImiloa
"The only way to grow something is to cultivate, nurture and care for it, this is what is happening to the opio (youth) who are fortunate enough to be in the ʻAukai ʻImiloa program.
I believe this approach will have deeper, longer lasting impacts for the youth and that these positive experiences will remain with them for the rest of their lives.
Ray Tsuchiyama Joins UH Foundation
Director, Institutional Advancement for University of Hawaiʻi Maui College
Botsai Endowment Nurtures Architecture Faculty Excellence
HONOLULU — Elmer and Sharon Botsai have made a gift to
$875K Planned Gift For Wahine Athletics
HONOLULU — The Universit
Bernard Osher Foundation awards $1M for UH Hilo reentry scholarships
Returning adult students at University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo now have a permanent source of scholarship support thanks to a $1 million award from The
Puna Geothermal Venture Supports Science Summer Camps For Kids At ʻImiloa
UH Hilo's ʻImiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaiʻi recently received a $5,000 gift from Puna Geothermal Venture (PGV) and its parent company Ormat.
Exploratory deep sea reef research gets funding from Seaver Institute
The Seaver Institute has awarded the Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB), School of Ocean & Earth Science and Technology at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa $100,000 to fund comparative reef research at multiple Pacific locations using advanced rebreather technology.
A&B Foundation, Matson Navigation Company support future ocean explorers
UH Hilo's ʻImiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaiʻi received a $7,500 gift from the Alexander & Baldwin Foundation and its subsidiary Matson Navigation Company in support of the navigation and wayfinding skills workshop at ʻImiloa focused on training crew members of Hawaiʻi's voyaging community.
Hawaii Independent Pharmacies endows UH Hilo College Of Pharmacy scholarship
The Hawaii Independent Pharmacies, Inc. has established an endowment at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo College of Pharmacy. Their gift of $72,500 will be matched by the Student Access and Success Fund bringing the fund total to $145,000. Beginning in the fall of 2011, The Hawaii Independent Pharmacies, Inc.
Great Aloha Run Helps Keep UH Hilo's Cross Country Team Moving
HILO — Thanks to a generous gift the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo’s Cross Country Program’s fall season is bound to wow. Carole Kai Charities, Inc., organizer of Kaiser Permanente Great Aloha Run (GAR), donated $25,000 to support the student runners and has helped UH Hilo Athletics reinstate the women’s team.
$500K for Graduate Fellowships - Linguistics & Second Language Studies
UH Mānoa's graduate students in the Department of Linguistics and the Department of Second Language Studies (SLS) have more fellowship opportunities thanks to a $500,000 award from the Bilinski Educational Foundation. The Russell J. and Dorothy S.