The regents identified university vice president David Lassner as interim president and will vote on the appointment at a special board meeting July 30.
UH and the U.S. Navy have approved the extension of the contract between the U.S. Navy and the Applied Research Laboratory at the university until July 2018.
Watch the Thursday, June 13 episode of Insights on PBS Hawaii, which focuses on the qualities that should be considered in selecting a new university president.
The Board of Regents heard a report from its Presidential Selection Task Group which was charged with examining the logistics of a presidential search.