{"id":220609,"date":"2025-08-21T10:01:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T20:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=220609"},"modified":"2025-08-21T12:27:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T22:27:28","slug":"presidents-report-august-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/08\/21\/presidents-report-august-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"President Hensel updates regents on federal actions, Aloha Stadium, enrollment"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_12225\"  width=\"620\" height=\"349\"  data-origwidth=\"620\" data-origheight=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q76CuZNR7fM?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"President Hensel updates regents on federal actions, Aloha Stadium, enrollment\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p><em>Editor&#8217;s note: An update on an item President Hensel discussed in her report to the Board: She noted that the <abbr>U.S.<\/abbr> Supreme Court was considering a case on the Trump administration\u2019s cancellation of more than 1,000 National Institutes of Health research grants tied to race and gender issues. Shortly after her report, the Court allowed the administration to block $783 million in NIH grants. The impact on Â鶹´«Ã½remains unclear.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> President Wendy Hensel updated the Board of Regents (<abbr>BOR<\/abbr>) on recent Trump administration executive orders and other federal actions impacting higher education at the August 21 meeting on <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Maui College. Hensel also provided updates on the Aloha Stadium project, shared fall 2025 enrollment projections and congratulated the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/08\/20\/uh-shatters-fundraising-record\/\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Foundation on its record year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>She finished the report by highlighting several positive developments since the July <abbr>BOR<\/abbr> meeting including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/08\/06\/extramural-funding-record-fy25\/\">record extramural funding<\/a> for fiscal year 2025, the grand opening of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/08\/07\/advanced-manufacturing-training-program-at-honolulu-cc\/\">Honolulu <abbr>CC<\/abbr>\u2019s Advanced Manufacturing Program Facility<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/08\/07\/record-breaking-alumni-makers-market\/\">4th Annual <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Alumni Makers\u2019 Market<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_220571\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-220571\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/system-fundraising-record-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Group waving Giving Day signs\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-220571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/system-fundraising-record-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/system-fundraising-record-1-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/system-fundraising-record-1.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-220571\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Foundation Giving Day raised more than $800,000 from more than 1,800 gifts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Latest federal developments (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/q76CuZNR7fM?t=17s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Aloha Stadium project momentum (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/q76CuZNR7fM?t=5m34s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Fall 2025 enrollment update (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/q76CuZNR7fM?t=7m34s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><abbr>UH<\/abbr> athletics (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/q76CuZNR7fM?t=8m13s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/08\/20\/uh-shatters-fundraising-record\/\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Foundation kudos<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/q76CuZNR7fM?t=8m10s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> News highlights<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/q76CuZNR7fM?t=9m52s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hensel also highlighted record extramural funding, Honolulu <abbr>CC<\/abbr>\u2019s Advanced Manufacturing Program Facility and the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Alumni Makers\u2019 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