News Releases
$1.8M partnership with Stupski Foundation aims to make UH affordable, accessible
The Stupski Foundation has given four gifts totaling $1.8 million to fund initiatives to help UH students navigate the financial aid process and well as connect to basic needs
UH Mānoa receives $50K grant for energy efficiency projects
UH Mānoa’s Green Revolving Fund is an internal investment fund created to reinvest cost savings and rebates from energy efficiency projects
UH Cancer Center project to meet the health needs of Native Hawaiian men
One goal of the Kū Ola project is to expand, reaching more Native Hawaiian communities throughout the state.
Aloha Pacific FCU starts $26K scholarship fund for UH Esports students
The $26,250 donation from Aloha Pacific Federal Credit will establish the University of Hawaiʻi esports program’s first scholarship fund.
$2.25M endowment establishes JABSOM’s inaugural oral health director
JABSOM has named Matthew Oishi as its first oral health director, a newly established part-time faculty position funded with a $2.25 million endowment from Hawaii Dental Service.
Hawaiʻi Pacific Foundation gives $1.4M to UH programs in 2022
The 2022 gifts represent the greatest support from Hawaiʻi Pacific Foundation since the organization made its first gift to UH at the end of 2017.
Anonymous $4.6M gift boosts UH Center for Indigenous Innovation and Health Equity
The anonymous donation will fund the center’s first endowed chair and provide funding for programs and activities.
UH Mānoa Richardson School of Law names first Innovator in Residence
The Deanʻs Innovation Fund was created last fall with a $1 million gift from alumnus Jay H. Shidler to allow Dean Camille Nelson to be strategic in supporting new and emerging ideas that address future-oriented challenges.
TIM school receives $500K grant from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation to support Hawaiʻi high school grads
The gift establishes a new scholarship that will assist juniors and seniors who demonstrate financial need and leadership abilities, with a preference for students of Native Hawaiian ancestry.
New hires boost fundraising, events teams
The University of Hawaiʻi Foundation is pleased to announce two new hires, Marcelo Hanza as executive director of Corporate & Foundation Relations and Keyla Butts, as director of special events.
Shidler student leadership center unveiled, funded by $250K gift
The newly modernized Roland and Evelyn Casamina House of Finance Undergraduate Student Leadership Center was unveiled during a blessing ceremony held at the Mānoa Shidler College of Business
Honolulu CC receives grant to strengthen partnership program, connect learners with opportunities
The two-year grant from the Strada Education Network Employer Community College Partnership Challenge will expand a proven partnership that connects learners to education and in-demand employment opportunities and strengthens regional economies.
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