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Monsanto Funds Education and Research at College of Tropical Agriculture & Human Resources
HONOLULU — The College of Tropica
$875K Planned Gift For Wahine Athletics
HONOLULU — The Universit
Bernard Osher Foundation Awards $1M For UH Hilo Reentry Scholarships
HILO — Returning adult students at University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo now have a permanent source of scholarship support thanks to a $
Puna Geothermal Venture Supports Science Summer Camps For Kids At ʻImiloa
HILO — UH Hilo's ʻImiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaiʻi recently received a $5,000 gift from Puna Geothermal Venture (PGV) and its parent company Ormat.
Exploratory Deep Sea Reef Research Gets Funding From Seaver Institute
HONOLULU — The Seaver Institute has awarded the Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB), School of Ocean & Earth Science and Technology at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa $100,000 to fund comparative reef research at multiple Pacific locations using advanced rebreather technology.
Hawaii Independent Pharmacies Endows UH Hilo College Of Pharmacy Scholarship
HILO — The Hawaii Independent Pharmacies, Inc. has established an endowment at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo College of Pharmacy. Their gift of $72,500 will be matched by the Student Access and Success Fund bringing the fund total to $145,000. Beginning in the fall of 2011, The Hawaii Independent Pharmacies, Inc.
A&B Foundation And Matson Navigation Company Support Future Ocean Explorers
HILO — UH Hilo's ʻImiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaiʻi received a $7,500 gift from the Alexander & Baldwin Foundation and its subsidiary Matson Navigation Company in support of the navigation and wayfinding skills workshop at ʻImiloa focused on training crew members of Hawaiʻi's voyaging community.
Great Aloha Run Helps Keep UH Hilo's Cross Country Team Moving
HILO — Thanks to a generous gift the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo’s Cross Country Program’s fall season is bound to wow. Carole Kai Charities, Inc., organizer of Kaiser Permanente Great Aloha Run (GAR), donated $25,000 to support the student runners and has helped UH Hilo Athletics reinstate the women’s team.
$500K For Graduate Fellowships - Linguistics & Second Language Studies
Honolulu — UH Mānoa's graduate students in the Department of Linguistics and the Department of Second Language Studies (SLS) have more fellowship opportunities thanks to a $500,000 award from the Bilinski Educational Foundation. The Russell J. and Dorothy S.
$2 Million Gift Celebrates Native Hawaiian Culture
Honolulu — Judith Pyle, a successful business executive, University of Hawaiʻi Foundation board trustee and philanthropist, has made a $2 million pledge to establish an endowed dean's position at the UH Mānoa Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge.
UH Cancer Center Receives $3.58 Million Gift for Mesothelioma Research
Funds will forward scientific advances for one of the most difficult to treat cancers
Honolulu — The UH Cancer Center has received a $3.58 million gift from an anonymous donor to support the mesothelioma research of Dr. Michele Carbone, director of the UH Cancer Center. Carbone and colleagues, who include Drs.
Arakawa, May, Taff And Wacker Join UH Foundation Board Of Trustees
Honolulu — The University of Hawaiʻi Foundation is happy to announce the appointment of four new members to the board of trustees: Alan Arakawa, T. Michael May, Lawrence J. Taff and Richard Wacker
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