Spring 2019 commencement schedule
The University of Hawaiʻi celebrates at spring commencement ceremonies systemwide.
Skeptical physical therapist decides to become body donor after touching UH ceremony
After Sarah Meeker watched medical students of John A. Burns School of Medicine's Willed Body Program honor her mother, and the 179 other body donors recognized in a ceremony on April 13, she has changed her mind.
#FacesOfManoa: Scientist and pageant princess
Meet Ruth Taketa, a UH Manoa John A. Burns School of Medicine graduate student pursuing her master's degree in cell and molecular biology.
JABSOM alum thanks UH for changing his life after “killing fields” of Cambodia
John A. Burns School of Medicine alum Seang M. Seng returns to his alma mater to inspire students with his story.
Līhuʻe roots inspire future doctor
Elisabeth Young, a UH Mānoa senior medical student, is an aspiring doctor with the ultimate goal of returning to Kauaʻi to serve the community where people cared about each other so much.
UH Mānoa graduate programs receive national recognition
The medical, nursing, law and social work schools, and four colleges, made the U.S. News and World Report’s 2020 ranking.
UH Mānoa ranks internationally for subject area excellence
The university was highly rated in 2019 by the United Kingdom-based Quacquarelli Symonds (QS).
UH/MAʻO Farms data show 60% improvement in diabetes risk
A UH Mānoa study, in partnership MAʻOFarms, shows promise that getting a community involved in preventing type 2 diabetes can reduce their disease risk.
Ebola vaccine developed by UH can withstand high heat
Developed by UH Mānoa scientist Axel Lehrer, the vaccine remains viable in extreme heat conditions for several months, which is especially important where the disease outbreaks so far have begun in rural, spread-out areas of hot, dry West Africa.
World’s first Zika outbreak was diagnosed by JABSOM alumnus
In 2007, W. Thane Hancock, a 2003 graduate of the John A. Burns School of Medicine, pieced together what would become the world’s first reported outbreak of Zika.
