RISE to host student entrepreneur events, funding incentives
The PACE Leaders program will provide students with an opportunity to gain entrepreneurial and leadership skills, while enriching the educational experiences of their peers.
Hawaiian Word of the Week: Kolokolo
Kolokolo—To track down, investigate, seek evidence.
$10.7M for human, environmental microbiome research
A second grant of more than $10 million from the National Institutes of Health furthers UH as a microbiome research center of excellence.
July President’s report: record extramural funding, fall enrollment, employee honored
Lassner also provided updates on the tenure project and the RISE innovation center and student housing project.
Hawaiian Word of the Week: Makawalu
Makawalu—Numerous, Many, In great quantities.
Hawaiian Word of the Week: Ola
Ola—Life, health, curable, heal, to live, to survive, to thrive.
Hawaiian Word of the Week: Kumu
Kumu—Teacher, tutor, manual, primer, model, pattern.
New USGS, UH facility to support volcano monitoring, ecosystem restoration
UH Hilo to house the new USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory and the USGS Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center.
Hawaiian Word of the Week: Ho?omau
Hoʻomau—To carry on or persevere.
Hawaiian Word of the Week: Kūpono
Kūpono—Upright, honest, decent, proper, appropriate, rightful, reliable, worth, merit, excellence.