Short-term vacation rentals driving up home prices, rents April 19, 2023 UH News Of the state’s 565,000 total housing units, 30,000 are listed as STRs, meaning roughly 5% of local housing units operate as tourist accommodations.
Journalism students awarded scholarships, paid national internship April 18, 2023 UH News The UH Mānoa journalism program has awarded about $20,000 in scholarships for the 2023–24 academic year.
Gut bacteria linked to mental health, other chronic disease risks among NHPI populations April 12, 2023 UH News The results indicate that biological findings from other ethnic/race groups may not necessarily be generalizable to the NHPI population.
Geography and environment professor honored for knowledge of Greece April 11, 2023 UH News Marina Karides’ book will also compete for a “Best in the World” award.
Should lawmakers dissolve the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority? April 10, 2023 UH News Authors of a new UHERO brief argue that neither bill would improve tourism governance over what is in place today.
UH Mānoa economics alumnus pledges $200K to strengthen Japan-Hawaiʻi ties April 6, 2023 UH News Iwasaki’s endowment pledge will support the College of Social Sciences’ Japan-Hawaiʻi Socio-Economic Innovation Initiative.
Legislature honors UH Mānoa ethnic studies, founder Odo April 6, 2023 UH News The Department of Ethnic Studies emerged as a response to the tumultuous civil rights, anti-war, ethnic empowerment and students’ rights sentiments of the 1960s.
Face a virtual audience, hone speaking skills in new UH VR lab March 27, 2023 UH News The lab opened in fall 2022 and users have been raving about the new resource.
Championing democratic justice in Burma earns Crown Prince Akihito scholarship March 17, 2023 UH News Jason Mark Alexander, a College of Social Sciences PhD student, is a 2023–24 Crown Prince Akihito Scholarship recipient.
UH researchers help restore agroforest in Windward Oʻahu March 15, 2023 UH News The project at Puʻulani has important potential to inform restoration beyond Kākoʻo ʻŌiwi and Heʻeia.