New online oceans-focused bachelor’s degree offered
The oceans degree is an accelerated online program offered in five-week segments.
Center for Korean Studies awarded $820K grant
The newly created Research Institute Program for Korean Studies grant will award $820,000 over the next 10 years.
Pulitzer winner to discuss Hawaiʻi’s intensifying housing crisis
The UH Mānoa Better Tomorrow Speaker Series sheds light on devastating economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Study predicts costly water issues if action not taken
UH research examined the balance between protecting the spring system and groundwater pumping.
UHERO forecasts troubling outlook for Hawaiʻi’s workforce
Hawaiʻi’s unemployment rate reached 23.8 percent in April 2020.
Hawaiʻi’s Micronesian migrants get limited access to health care
Since 2015, Medicaid-funded hospitalizations and emergency room visits have declined for Micronesian migrants in Hawaiʻi.
UHERO seeks where businesses are heading in pandemic
Questions include changes in employment and employee wages, and monthly revenue and revenue sources.
UHERO forecasts dire scenarios for local government budgets
Two possible scenarios put the state’s general fund deficit at more than $500 million in FY 2020.
Rental assistance desperately needed, UHERO reports
More than $100 million is needed to cover the baseline burden for renters in Hawaiʻi from August 2020–January 2021.
UH seeks recovering COVID-19 patients for immune health study
Researchers are recruiting those who have tested positive for the coronavirus within 60 days of diagnosis to give up to six weekly blood samples.
