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Disney’s Moana to make world premiere in ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi at Ko Olina’s World Oceans Day

May 1, 2018
UH News

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

April 5, 2018
UH News

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

April 4, 2018
UH News

Researchers Steven Businger and Thomas Shroeder partnered with Puakea Nogelmeier and his graduate students to produce the timeline.

New book details Native Hawaiian relationships with Pacific Islanders through travel

April 3, 2018
UH News

UH West Oʻahu assistant professor Kealani Cook’s publishes Return to Kahiki: Native Hawaiians in Oceania.

Panel to discuss 1978 Constitutional Convention and impact on 2018 vote

March 7, 2018
UH News

This is the second in a four-part series of forums organized by the School of Hawaiian Knowledge.

Senate honors UH Hawaiian language leaders

February 26, 2018
UH News

The Hawaiʻi State Senate honored five Hawaiian language kumu for their leadership in reviving and teaching ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi in our schools statewide.

Makahiki celebrated at Kapiʻolani CC

January 30, 2018
UH News

Makahiki is a sacred time for Native Hawaiians, a time of peace and cessation of warfare. It is also a time to appreciate all that has been harvested and to share in the abundance.

Research reveals how climate change may affect Hawaiian fishpond aquaculture

December 21, 2017
UH News

Results published recently in PlosONE indicate that there is a relationship between two periods of high fish mortality at Heʻeia Fishpond and changes in the climate.

$3.9M for Native Hawaiian education at UH

November 27, 2017
UH News

In support of its goal to become a model indigenous serving institution, UH has been awarded almost $3.9 million in grants by the U.S. DOE’s Native Hawaiian Education Program.

Initiative to address challenges facing Hawaiʻi and the world launches with research projects

November 13, 2017
UH News

Inaugural UH Mānoa Strategic Investment Initiative projects capitalize on the strengths of the university and focuses on a challenge facing Hawaiʻi, the solutions of which can be exported to the world.