University of Hawaiʻi President David Lassner made his report to the Board of Regents at their meeting on February 20, 2020.
Highlights include:
UH Mānoa reorganization update (video)
- School of Pacific and Asian Studies and College of Language, Linguistics and Literature merge on schedule for fall 2020 (video)
- Vice provost positions on hold (video)
Enrollment—overall down in spring (video)
- Retained more students from fall 2019 to spring 2020 than previous year (video)
UH Cancer Center turnaround (video)
Federal funding helping UH programs (video)
- Sustainability and resiliency (video)
- UHealthy Initiative (video)
- Naval ROTC program at UH Mānoa (video)
- Data science and cyber security (video)
- More federal funding for UH programs (video)
Research starting office of Indigenous Innovation (video)
Landed home buying program helps UH employees (video)