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Jay Shidler gives $5M cash gift to namesake business college

group photo To date, Shidler has given approximately $238M to the school in cash, land leases and in-kind donations, and is the second-largest known gift to any U.S. business school at a public university.

Saildrones to navigate Hawaiʻi waters for critical UH research

Saildrones with Diamond Head in the background The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Pacific Marine Environmental Lab (PMEL), and the Cooperative Institute for Climate, Ocean, and Ecosystem Studies (CICOES), are working with Saildrone Inc. to pilot this effort.

$1.8M partnership with Stupski Foundation aims to make UH affordable, accessible

No’el Tagab-Cruz and team at food distribution at Hawai'i CC. The Stupski Foundation has given four gifts totaling $1.8 million to fund initiatives to help UH students navigate the financial aid process and well as connect to basic needs

The Cades Foundation gives $500K to UH Mānoa Richardson School of Law

Richardson School of Law The gift is one of the largest to UH from the Cades Foundation, a longtime supporter of the William S. Richardson School of Law.

UH Mānoa receives $50K grant for energy efficiency projects

overview shot of Manoa UH Mānoa’s Green Revolving Fund is an internal investment fund created to reinvest cost savings and rebates from energy efficiency projects

UH Cancer Center project to meet the health needs of Native Hawaiian men

participants at a Ku Ola discussion group One goal of the Kū Ola project is to expand, reaching more Native Hawaiian communities throughout the state.

Aloha Pacific FCU starts $26K scholarship fund for UH Esports students

UH Esports students with check The $26,250 donation from Aloha Pacific Federal Credit will establish the University of Hawaiʻi esports program’s first scholarship fund.

$2.25M endowment establishes JABSOM’s inaugural oral health director

JABSOM has named Matthew Oishi as its first oral health director, a newly established part-time faculty position funded with a $2.25 million endowment from Hawaii Dental Service.

Anonymous $4.6M gift boosts UH Center for Indigenous Innovation and Health Equity

CIIHE group The anonymous donation will fund the center’s first endowed chair and provide funding for programs and activities.

Hawaiʻi Pacific Foundation gives $1.4M to UH programs in 2022

Hawaii Pacific Foundation check presentation The 2022 gifts represent the greatest support from Hawaiʻi Pacific Foundation since the organization made its first gift to UH at the end of 2017.

UH Mānoa Richardson School of Law names first Innovator in Residence

Richardson School of Law The Deanʻs Innovation Fund was created last fall with a $1 million gift from alumnus Jay H. Shidler to allow Dean Camille Nelson to be strategic in supporting new and emerging ideas that address future-oriented challenges.

TIM school receives $500K grant from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation to support Hawaiʻi high school grads

students in front of George Hall The gift establishes a new scholarship that will assist juniors and seniors who demonstrate financial need and leadership abilities, with a preference for students of Native Hawaiian ancestry.

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