10 top UH News stories 2025
UHNews.org posted more than 1,600 stories in the very challenging 2025. Here are 10 top UH News stories of the year.
Hundreds of Kauaʻi haumāna compete in Makahiki games, reviving tradition
Games played included kōnane, hukihuki and haka moa.
Kauaʻi CC launches tuition scholarship for high school seniors
The Hoʻolei Scholarship covers the first year of tuition at Kauaʻi CC for eligible students after financial aid is applied.
UH‘s legislative budget request: What to know, and what’s next
UH’s request this session is a supplemental budget, essentially a request for funding adjustments or additions to the budget approved during the last legislative session.
PRESIDENT: Urgent Update on Federal Funding for Native Hawaiian/Minority Serving Programs
The U.S. Department of Education intends to halt what it describes as “race-based conditions when allocating taxpayer funding.”
200+ teens ‘Dive Into Education’ at Leeward CC
High schoolers connect over careers in education.
Images of the Week: Colin
This week's images: UH 惭ā苍辞补's Colin Macdonald.
Hawaiian Word of the Week: Lipine
Lipine—ribbon.
2025 Hua?ōlelo o ka Makahiki: Kāhuli
Kāhuli speaks to change, to alter, to overturn and draws from the opening lines of the Hawaiian creation chant of Kumulipo.
President Hensel: Happy holidays and mahalo
“As the year comes to a close, I want to take a moment to pause and reflect and express my heartfelt mahalo.”