New commercial pilot training and drone technology programs at UH Hilo
The provisional bachelor of science program has two concentrations, one in commercial professional pilot training, and another in commercial aerial information technology.
UH Hilo students on top team at business competition
A team of UH Hilo, Arizona State and local high school students won top honors in the student category at the annual Hawaiʻi Business Plan (HIplan) competition.
UH Hilo students win awards for diversity-themed artwork, poetry
Three students—Allison Dupre, Diamond Mundy and Jacinda Lee Angelsberg—who each won a $500 prize, were recognized at an event celebrating UH Hilo’s diversity.
UH Hilo student discovers minor planet in solar system
The minor planet, discovered by Kyle Steckler, is classified as a centaur, a subclass of trans-Neptunian objects or minor planets that orbit the sun beyond Neptune.
TMT donation supports cutting edge physics and astronomy at UH Hilo
UH Hilo received 12 new high-end desktops and monitors, along with a new data processing and storage Linux computer system thanks to a donation by TMT.
UH Hilo professor looks at new treatment of PTSD in vets
The connection between physical, mental and emotional health problems has inspired Christopher Frueh to develop a multi-component treatment for veterans with combat PTSD.
UH Hilo study on social sounds of humpback whales reveal behavioral changes
UH Hilo graduate student Sabena Siddiqui is researching the social sounds made by the humpback whale population that breeds in Hawaiʻi, when they are not singing.
UH Hilo to research high rate of HIV/AIDS in Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders
Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders are in the top three ethnicities with the highest rates of HIV diagnoses in the country.
UH Hilo indigenous teacher education program receives accreditation
WINHEC congratulated Kahuawaiola for its “commitment to elevate high standards of indigenous teacher education as an exemplar example for all Indigenous peoples.”
Host families help UH Hilo welcome 100 new international students
The Host Family Program matches international students with local families to help them adjust to their new life in Hawaiʻi.
