$2.4M grant to revitalize Hawaiian language, address disparities
Funding from federal Department of Education is led by principal investigator Katrina-Ann Oliveira, a professor in the Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge.
UH Hilo lab school nationally awarded for Hawaiian immersion education
Ke Kula ʻo Nāwahīokalaniʻōpuʻu will receive a National Indian Education Association award which recognizes an organization for its success on native student academic achievement.
Hawaiian language Moana premieres
Cast members of the ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi-version of Disney’s Moana, including Auliʻi Cravalho, walked the blue carpet for its premiere at World Oceans Day on June 10, 2018.
UH campuses to issue diplomas in Hawaiian and English
All UH campuses will issue its graduates two diplomas in English and Hawaiian beginning the 2017–2018 academic year.
Disney’s Moana to make world premiere in ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi at Ko Olina’s World Oceans Day
Hawaiʻi’s Auliʻi Cravalho and cast members of the ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi-version of Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Moana will walk the blue carpet for its premiere at World Oceans Day on Sunday, June 10, at Ko Olina Resort.
Nicole Scherzinger to reprise role in Hawaiian-language version of Disney’s Moana
Nicole Scherzinger will join the all-Hawaiʻi cast in a reprisal of her role as Sina in the Hawaiian-language version of Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Moana.
Native Hawaiian newspapers of the past reveal destruction of 1871 hurricane
Researchers Steven Businger and Thomas Shroeder partnered with Puakea Nogelmeier and his graduate students to produce the timeline.
Senate honors UH Hawaiian language leaders
The Hawaiʻi State Senate honored five Hawaiian language kumu for their leadership in reviving and teaching ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi in our schools statewide.
UH Hilo College of Hawaiian Language contributes to Hilo mural project
The Hilo mural is part of a 10-mural statewide project celebrating the 23 Hawaiian language immersion and charter schools.
Hawaiian language version of Moana being created by the Academy for Creative Media System
The Walt Disney Studios, in collaboration with UH, is casting for additional roles in the film.
