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(Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) — Former professor and director of the Architectural Practicum program, in the School of Architecture at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Donald Goo and his wife Laura, have established the endowed School of Architecture Practicum Fund with their $150,000 gift. With this gift, they are also providing funds for a related expendable fund. » More

Endowed fund in memory of husband will help bring research results to bedsides

(Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) — Local philanthropist Betty Funayama has established the Warren T. Funayama Endowed Fund at the University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center in memory of her late husband Warren. » More

(Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) — The College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR), at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa has received $20,000 from the Monsanto Fund, a private foundation and the philanthropic arm of Monsanto Company, to support salaries and materials for "Gene-ius Day." Gene-ius Day is a special program that introduces students from grade 4 through 12 to ba » More

(Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) — In commemoration of their 40th anniversary, PBR Hawaii & Associates Inc. have created the PBR Hawaii Scholarship Endowment at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa's School of Architecture. President Thomas Witten and Founder/Chairman Emeritus Frank Brandt joined by principals Russell Chung, R. » More

(Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) — The University of Hawaiʻi Foundation has received a $1,634,025 realized bequest from the estate of the late Isamu Shinshiro to create an endowment establishing the Isamu Shinshiro Scholarship for Sustainable Technology Education and Training Fund. » More

(Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) — Honolulu business executive Sharon Weiner hopes to encourage entrepreneurial activity at the University of Hawaiʻi through the establishment of The Sharon Weiner Startsmart Entrepreneurship Endowment at the UH Mānoa Shidler College of Business Pacific Asian Center for Entrepreneurship (PACE). » More

(Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) — Thanks to a $1 million anonymous gift, the John A. Burns School of Medicine's Center for Cardiovascular Research (CCR) will be better equipped to fulfill its research mission to better understand, prevent and treat heart disease and other cardiovascular conditions. » More

(Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) — The Nakasone family celebrated Tsuruko Nakasone's 100th birthday by creating the Matsuro and Tsuruko Nakasone Endowment Fund at the Center for Okinawan Studies at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. » More

(Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) — The First Hawaiian Bank Foundation has made a $100,000 gift to the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene (SONDH) to create the "Cancer Nursing Care Simulation Initiative". » More

Raymond Baker's $50,000 gift will support grounds and living collections at Lyon Arboretum

(Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) — As a Lyon Arboretum staff member for 38 years, Raymond Baker knows firsthand the tremendous impact funding in strategic areas can make. Upon retirement, he made a gift of $50,000 to establish the Raymond F. » More

(Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) — Thanks to a $25,000 award from the Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researchers in the Botany Department and scientists with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center will advance our understanding of how changed land-use has impacted endangered green sea turtles. » More

Medical Technology Department resumes admitting baccalaureate degree program students

(Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) — Financial support from two of Hawaiʻi's largest clinical testing companies has helped save the state's only professional training program in the field of medical technology. » More