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Dr. Hank Wuh joins UH Foundation Board of Trustees

Hank Wuh, MD, MPH

The University of Hawai‘i Foundation, the nonprofit organization that raises private funds to support students, programs and research on all 10 UH campuses, is happy to announce that Hank Wuh, MD, MPH has joined its board of trustees.

$1M from Henry Luce Foundation for Southeast Asian Studies

Miriam Stark (UH Manoa) and Tep Sokha (Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts, Cambodia) consult during Khmer Production and Exchange Ceramics Workshop at APSARA National Authority, June 2017

The Henry Luce Foundation recently awarded $1,000,000 to the Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS) at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (UHM). Dr. Miriam Stark (Director, UHM CSEAS) will direct "LuceSEA Transitions: Environment, Society and Change" in partnership with the East-West Center to explore socioeconomic and environmental shifts that are transforming Southeast Asian societies in a time of accelerated climate and environmental change.

Dana Naone Hall Endowed Chair in Hawaiian Studies established

Dana Naone

The Laurence H. Dorcy Hawaiian Foundation has donated $3.2 million to establish the Dana Naone Hall Endowed Chair in Hawaiian Studies, Literature, and the Environment at the Hawai‘inuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.

Hiraoka named Lakshmi Devi and Devraj Sharma Endowed Chair

group photo: Department Chair Dr. Ivica Zalud honored Dr. Mark Hiraoka as the Lakshmi Devi and Devraj Sharma Endowed Chair

On March 2, Department Chair Dr. Ivica Zalud honored Dr. Mark Hiraoka as the Lakshmi Devi and Devraj Sharma Endowed Chair. Zalud made the announcement in a faculty meeting at the department’s administrative office, located at the Kapiʻolani Medical Center for Women and Children.

UH urgent student relief fund surpasses $1M

Frustrated students and a infectious disease research scientist

Given the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, and its immediate impact on UH students and their families, the UH Foundation in partnership with UH launched a fundraising campaign on 3/23/20 to raise funds for students on all 10 UH campuses facing urgent financial situations.

Campaign supports UH students, COVID-19 research

COVID-19 cell ilistration created by the CDC

“As we adjust to a new reality amid concerns about COVID-19, friends and alumni have been asking us how they can help,” said University of Hawai‘i President David Lassner. “Many of our funders and donors have reached out expressing concern for the welfare of our students. They also want to hear what UH is doing on the research front to participate in the fight against emerging and infectious diseases including COVID-19.” 

Bowers + Kubota help pave future with $75k gift

L-R: Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) faculty member Ricardo Archilla; Bowers + Kubota vice president and principal Dexter Kubota; Dean Brennon Morioka, Bowers + Kubota president Brian Bowers; and CEE faculty member Roger Chen

Architectural/engineering and construction management firm Bowers + Kubota Consulting donated $75,000 to support the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa College of Engineering Asphalt and Pavements (A & P) Lab Fund. In recognition of this gift, classroom 244 at the College will be named after Bowers + Kubota. 

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