Yap’s story was recounted by Tim Dolan at the November 1 event marking the launch of the foundation’s historic $1 billion campaign: For UH • For Hawaiʻi.
“I am personally pledging today $1 million to support graduate students working in [the] areas of artificial intelligence, machine learning or data science in service to the environment or humanity here in our islands.”
The University of Hawaiʻi Foundation last fiscal year (July 1, 2022–June 30, 2023) raised $103.6 million, exceeding by 9% the annual goal for raising funds to support the 10 campuses of the UH System.
Meikai and Asahi Universities, long time partners of the UH Mānoa College of Education, have made a contribution to aid students impacted by the Lahaina fires.