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HILO — Returning adult students at University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo now have a permanent source of scholarship support thanks to a $ » More

HILO — UH Hilo's ʻImiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaiʻi recently received a $5,000 gift from Puna Geothermal Venture (PGV) and its parent company Ormat. » More

HONOLULU — 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. » More

HILO — 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. » More

HILO — 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.

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.

Honolulu — 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. » More

Honolulu — Judith Pyle, a successful business executive, University of Hawaiʻi Foundation board trustee and philanthropist, has made a $2 million pledge to establish an endowed dean's position at the UH Mānoa Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge. » More

Funds will forward scientific advances for one of the most difficult to treat cancers

Honolulu — The UH Cancer Center has received a $3.58 million gift from an anonymous donor to support the mesothelioma research of Dr. Michele Carbone, director of the UH Cancer Center. Carbone and colleagues, who include Drs. » More

Honolulu — The University of Hawaiʻi Foundation is happy to announce the appointment of four new members to the board of trustees: Alan Arakawa, T. Michael May, Lawrence J. Taff and Richard Wacker