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Friday, January 31, 2025
What happens When UH Hires a Disbarred Ex-Con as Law Professor?
By Selected News Articles @ 3:51 PM :: 1107 Views :: Higher Education

... Ken Lawson uses images of UH administrators to illustrate hypothetical shooting ....

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Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Record number of students helped by Hawaiʻi Promise scholarship
By News Release @ 11:44 PM :: 395 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education

... 3,446 students across all seven UH community colleges in fiscal year 2024, compared to 1,774 students in 2023 ....

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Thursday, January 16, 2025
NCAA athletes seeking women's sports for women only
By Selected News Articles @ 2:42 AM :: 576 Views :: Higher Education

... Without those protections, women’s sports will eventually be destroyed said Sia Li'iLi'i, a product of Halawa, Hawai'i. ...

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Wednesday, January 1, 2025
Red Hill Registry opens pre-enrollment for impacted community members
By News Release @ 11:50 PM :: 630 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Higher Education, Military

... Those exposed to jet-fuel-contaminated drinking water from the Navy water line on Oʻahu are encouraged to fill out a short, five-minute questionnaire ....

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Friday, December 27, 2024
Telescope: Report Moves NSF Closer to Choosing Chile over Hawaii
By News Release @ 3:33 PM :: 938 Views :: Hawaii County , Higher Education, OHA

... assess the readiness of the Giant Magellan Telescope (Chile) and Thirty Meter Telescope (Hawaii) to move into the major facility Final Design Phase ....

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Saturday, December 21, 2024
Ethics Comm Approves UH Employees' Technology Transfer Contracts
By News Release @ 10:40 PM :: 611 Views :: Ethics, Higher Education, Small Business

... UH employees may negotiate and enter into contracts with the UH on behalf of their private businesses ....

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Saturday, December 14, 2024
UH lands $110M DoD contract for cutting-edge research
By News Release @ 1:19 PM :: 661 Views :: Higher Education, Military

... As one of only five U.S. Navy-sponsored University-Affiliated Research Centers, ARL at UH has secured over $175 million in funding since its establishment in 2008 ....

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Thursday, November 21, 2024
Bridging Academia and Defense Innovation at USARPAC
By News Release @ 12:13 AM :: 943 Views :: Higher Education, Military

... U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC) Academia and Innovation Engagement, held on Nov. 19, 2024, at Fort Shafter ....

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Wednesday, November 20, 2024
"Turmoil and Dirty Laundry" -- UH Athletic Director Craig Angelos Suddenly Ousted
By News Release @ 1:12 AM :: 2709 Views :: Higher Education, Tourism

"...There had been some turmoil behind the scenes, it's not my place to air anyone's dirty laundry'" - Hawaii Governor Josh Green....

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Tuesday, November 19, 2024
UH Manoa Ranks 42nd for Free Speech
By News Release @ 3:23 PM :: 1223 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education

... 55% of students find it difficult to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on campus, the highest ever recorded on any issue ....

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Saturday, November 2, 2024
Aloha Stadium Contractor Selected from list of ... one
By News Release @ 3:04 AM :: 1280 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Higher Education, Tourism

... Department of Accounting and General Services and the Stadium Authority announced the approval of Aloha Halawa District Partners (AHDP) as the preferred offeror for the New Aloha Stadium Entertainment District (NASED) ....

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Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Enrollment up at UH’s 10 campuses, surpasses 50K
By News Release @ 5:31 AM :: 739 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education

... enrollment at the 10 campuses of the University of Hawaiʻi surpassed 50,000 students for the first time since 2018 ....

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Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Jewish Republican says she is running against ‘Hamas Squad member’ in Hawaii state House
By Selected News Articles @ 4:35 PM :: 1383 Views :: Higher Education, Politicians, Republican Party

HD20: Grandinetti Celebrates Terrorism Against Indigenous Hebrews of Israel on 'Indigenous Peoples Day'

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Monday, October 21, 2024
UH Faculty Approve Contract
By News Release @ 11:43 PM :: 1293 Views :: Higher Education, Labor

... University of Hawai‘i Professional Assembly Holds Ratification Vote ....

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Friday, October 18, 2024
Sen Mercado Kim co-authors NCSL Report on Higher Education
By News Release @ 1:10 AM :: 797 Views :: Higher Education

... Idea: Use this report against her in Senate hearings ....

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Thursday, October 17, 2024
UH regents unanimously select Wendy Hensel as next UH President
By News Release @ 11:52 PM :: 846 Views :: Higher Education

... The appointment is effective January 2025 ....

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Friday, October 4, 2024
VIDEO: Finalist for UH President pushes 'Critical Race Theory'
By News Release @ 3:05 PM :: 5535 Views :: Higher Education

... Critical Race Theory (CRT) is an excuse to bar Asian students from equal access to higher education. Will CRT dominate UH--the university system in the most Asian state of all? ....

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Friday, October 4, 2024
UH earns strong bond rating, saving millions of dollars
By News Release @ 2:42 PM :: 706 Views :: Higher Education

... The University of Hawaiʻi currently has more than $396 million in outstanding revenue bonds. Annual debt service of the university can exceed more than $30 million annually through 2041 ....

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Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Aloha Stadium: Deadline Passes Again
By News Release @ 3:33 PM :: 957 Views :: Ethics, Higher Education

... The specifics of the Request for Clarifications are not known to the Stadium Authority, its members said.  The identities of the committee members have not been made public ....

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Friday, September 20, 2024
Lassner: Feds Investigating Anti-Semitism at UH
By Video @ 3:47 AM :: 1375 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education, Religion

... we have received notice of a Title VI investigation initiated by the Office of Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education ....

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Wednesday, September 18, 2024
UH Mānoa exceeds 20K students for the first time in over a decade
By News Release @ 3:16 PM :: 1000 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education

... 20,012 students enrolled at UH Mānoa, a 4% increase over 2023 ....

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Wednesday, September 4, 2024
Hawaii is 2024's 6th Least Innovative State for Education
By Selected News Articles @ 3:14 PM :: 1391 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education

... Hawaii ranks 45th in Schools that Offer Advanced Placement Courses per Capita ....

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Tuesday, September 3, 2024
UH developed, living coastal-protection system prepares for deployment
By News Release @ 2:07 PM :: 1775 Views :: Environment, Higher Education, Land Use

... The project is on track for its first deployment of a 50-meter array of structures near the Ulupaʻu crater, off the Kailua Bay side of Marine Corps Base Hawaiʻi in late 2024, early 2025 ....

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Saturday, August 31, 2024
Tuition Hike Coming: UH volunteers to pay higher electric bills to boost wind, solar.
By UHERO @ 3:54 PM :: 1622 Views :: Energy, Higher Education

"... charge customers based on the hourly marginal cost of electricity production ...."

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Friday, August 23, 2024
Which College Majors Pay the Most in Hawaiʻi?
By News Release @ 2:32 AM :: 3221 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education

... Hawaii top earners still earn considerably less than the top three majors across the US ....

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Saturday, August 17, 2024
UH team presents new vision for Ala Wai Harbor
By News Release @ 4:52 PM :: 87 Views :: Honolulu County, Higher Education, Tourism

... UH provided the State of Hawaiʻi’s Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation (DOBOR) with concept options for the state’s largest harbor for small boats ....

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Thursday, August 15, 2024
UH President finalists expected in September
By News Release @ 11:39 PM :: 1050 Views :: Higher Education

... there are more than 90 applicants for the position ....

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Wednesday, August 14, 2024
Hawaii Community Colleges Ranked
By Selected News Articles @ 4:45 PM :: 1648 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education

... Best & Worst Community Colleges in 2024 ....

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Tuesday, August 13, 2024
UH breaks extramural funding record for 3rd consecutive year with $615.7M in FY 2024
By News Release @ 4:54 AM :: 1031 Views :: Higher Education

... This marks the third consecutive year that UH has topped half a billion dollars in funding ....

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Wednesday, July 31, 2024
NASED: One Bid Received for Aloha Stadium Boondoggle
By News Release @ 11:32 PM :: 1030 Views :: Development, Higher Education

“The RFP was designed to accommodate the possibility of having a single offeror, and AHDP’s proposal will now undergo a detailed review by the evaluation members.”

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Tuesday, July 16, 2024
Palestine Activists at UH Manoa Oppose RIMPAC
By Selected News Articles @ 12:49 AM :: 1119 Views :: Higher Education, Military

... A University of Hawaii instructor is calling on the institution to cut ties with the U.S. Navy and Israel ....

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Monday, July 15, 2024
UH Manoa offering sexuality studies courses on ‘oceanic gender’ and ‘queer dance’
By Selected News Articles @ 4:47 PM :: 1076 Views :: Family, Higher Education

... One course conducts an ‘[a]nalysis of imperialism, colonialism, gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, and queer(ed) relations and identities in Hawai‘i and the Pacific’ ....

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Saturday, July 6, 2024
Potential $85M from NASA for UH Hilo management of Maunakea telescope
By News Release @ 2:36 PM :: 929 Views :: Higher Education

"... a primary asset in NASA’s planetary defense system ...."

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Saturday, July 6, 2024
Former Tokai University Building Becomes Homeless 'Kauhale'
By News Release @ 2:13 PM :: 1254 Views :: Higher Education, Homelessness

... Former college in Waikiki will soon house 120 homeless families as part of city program ....

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Tuesday, July 2, 2024
Second observatory removed from Maunakea summit
By News Release @ 10:10 PM :: 1368 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA

... All site work for the decommissioning of the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory (CSO) was completed in June 2024  ....

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Sunday, June 23, 2024
Aloha Stadium Bidding Limited to One Gang of Insiders
By News Release @ 5:32 PM :: 2003 Views :: Ethics, Development, Higher Education

... Competitive bidding?  No need ....

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Friday, May 24, 2024
UHPA: Legislators' Retaliation Games Endanger UH Outside Funding
By News Release @ 10:06 PM :: 1406 Views :: Ethics, Higher Education, Labor

"These legislators continually criticize, find fault, and introduce legislation intent on diminishing the work carried out at UH."

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Wednesday, May 22, 2024
At UH Manoa, ASUH Sponsors Anti-Semites
By Selected News Articles @ 2:58 PM :: 1540 Views :: Higher Education

... Jamaica Osorio, assistant professor at UHM, who frequently posts and shares anti-Israel posts on her X account, spoke to demonstrators at the “Day of Action Rally” ....

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Saturday, May 18, 2024
National recruitment for next UH president to begin in late May
By News Release @ 2:16 AM :: 1329 Views :: Higher Education

... CLUE: Dobelle and Greenwood are both still alive ....

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Monday, May 6, 2024
Let People Make Mistakes
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:00 PM :: 1758 Views :: Education K-12, Higher Education

... harm to society is minimized if individuals are responsible for the own actions ....

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Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Largest repatriation in Hawaiian history completed with cultural items long held at UC Berkeley
By News Release @ 12:00 PM :: 1717 Views :: Hawaii History, Higher Education

... Halealoha Ayau and Mana Cáceres admire the craftsmanship of an 'umeke nui ....

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Monday, April 29, 2024
‘Spontaneous order’ hailed as best way for societies to thrive
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:57 PM :: 1551 Views :: Education K-12, Higher Education

... “spontaneous order” — the myriad interactions that occur among individuals who are free to make voluntary decisions ....

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Friday, April 26, 2024
UH breaks extramural funding record in FY2024, on track for $550M
By News Release @ 3:52 AM :: 1519 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education

... the third consecutive year that UH has topped half a billion dollars in extramural funding ....

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Thursday, April 18, 2024
Six public forums scheduled for UH president’s search
By News Release @ 4:18 PM :: 1363 Views :: Higher Education

... Each forum will be ninety minutes long and available in-person and virtually via Zoom ....

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Saturday, April 6, 2024
Trask: UH Regents Shakeup May Profit OHA
By Selected News Articles @ 5:46 PM :: 2595 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA

... must pay fair market value for their leases ....

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Friday, March 29, 2024
Aloha Stadium Bidding Limited to Two Gangs of Insiders
By News Release @ 4:34 AM :: 4750 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Higher Education

... only these insiders are qualified to bid ....

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Wednesday, March 27, 2024
‘I hope you die a slow and painful death’--Student 'triggered' by Israeli flags at UH Manoa
By Selected News Articles @ 9:32 PM :: 2449 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education

"... Pro-Israel supporters at UHM planted Israeli flags in a common space to express their support for Israeli Jews following the Oct. 7 massacre ...."

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Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Green Appoints Dozens to Powerful State Boards
By News Release @ 5:22 PM :: 3293 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii State Government, Higher Education, Land Use

... BLNR, BoE, UH Regents and more ...

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Saturday, March 23, 2024
Fraud: Another Sovereignty Scammer Pleads Guilty
By News Release @ 3:10 PM :: 3154 Views :: Higher Education, OHA, Taxes

... the sixth person charged in connection with the investigation into a group tied to Dexter Kiama and David Keanu Sai ....

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Thursday, March 7, 2024
Kouchi in Danger After Nahale-a Debacle?
By Selected News Articles @ 4:11 AM :: 4480 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Higher Education, Politicians

... if a person who voted for Nahale-a gets ticked off enough to try and flip at least one of the votes that voted against, then they could have a shot at reorganizing the Senate ....

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