University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo women's tennis player Hikari Osaki and baseball player Eamon Velarde earned KTA Super Stores Superstars of the Week awards for February 22–March 7. In the Vulcans' trip to northern California at the end of February, Osaki continued her dominant singles play out of the four-spot with a 6-0, 6-0 win to help UH Hilo to a narrow 4-3 victory over Dominican University on February 27, followed by a 6-0, 6-2 singles win against Academy of Art University on February 28. Velarde nabbed three wins in three consecutive pitching appearances for victories over Concordia University Irvine ( CUI ), Biola University and No.

https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2023/03/10/osaki-velarde-kta-superstars

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Former University of Hawaiʻi football star Ashley Lelie has agreed to serve on UH Mānoa Athletics Director Search Advisory Committee. Lelie played wide receiver for the Rainbow Warriors from 1999 to 2001 and was drafted in the first round of the 2002 NFL draft by the Denver Broncos. He played 7 years in the NFL as a wide receiver for the Broncos, Atlanta Falcons, San Francisco 49ers and Oakland Raiders. After his pro career, Lelie served as an assistant football coach at the University of Nevada and Alabama A&M and as a student manager at UH when he returned to Hawaiʻi to finish his degree.

https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2023/03/09/lelie-joins-ad-search

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A problem that has puzzled the scientific community for more than 50 years has finally been solved by researchers from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Florida International University and Ruhr University Bochum (Germany). Several UH Mānoa Department of Chemistry scientists, led by Professor Ralf I. Kaiser discovered a new method to produce and detect the smallest antiaromatic heteroaromatic (characteristics of the compound) called oxirene under laboratory conditions that simulate molecular clouds and star forming regions in deep space.

https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2023/03/10/gas-phase-detection-oxirene

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Scientists, researchers and state leaders say Hawaiʻi's vulnerable coastal communities must plan for mitigating and adapting to the impacts of sea-level rise, groundwater inundation and coastal erosion due to climate change. In an effort to begin tackling that monumental task, the state legislature, via the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, awarded the University of Hawaiʻi Community Design Center ( UHCDC ) and its project partners $350,000 to develop a framework for a future Waikīkī resilience and sea-level rise adaptation plan.

https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2023/03/23/waikiki-resilience-350k-boost/

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'It's poetry, art and math working in magical synchronicity. It's the perfect game,' proclaims entrepreneur Henk Rogers in 1988, in the movie Tetris about the addictive, ubiquitous video game. Apple TV+ said the film was, 'inspired by the true story of how [Rogers] risked his life to outsmart the KGB and turn Tetris into a worldwide sensation.' Rogers, who is portrayed by actor Taron Egerton in the movie, attended the University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa in the 1970s, and studied computer science. Today he is the president of the Tetris Company and the founder of companies and non-profit organizations focused on renewable energy, space exploration and ending the use of fossil fuels.

https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2023/03/31/uh-manoa-grads-heard-story-of-tetris

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(Photo credit: Saildrone) Three Saildrone Explorers, uncrewed surface vehicles used to measure ocean data, embarked on a six-month journey around Hawaiʻi Island, Maui, Oʻahu and Kauaʻi to evaluate ocean health across the state. The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Pacific Marine Environmental Lab ( PMEL ), and the Cooperative Institute for Climate, Ocean, and Ecosystem Studies ( CICOES ), are working with Saildrone Inc. to pilot this effort.

https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2023/04/02/saildrones-navigate-hawaii-waters/

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Shidler College of Business Jay H. Shidler , BBA '68, an alumnus of the  Shidler College of Business  at the  University of  Hawaiʻi  at Mānoa , has donated an additional $5 million in cash to the college. This latest contribution adds to Shidler's $117 million gift made in 2017, $69 million in 2014, and his first initial gift of $25 million in 2006, all in cash and real estate ground leases. Further, with the reunification of the School of Travel Industry Management in 2019, Shidler committed an additional $1.

https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2023/04/03/shidler-5-million-cash-gift/

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Kathy Cutshaw and her late husband Larry Kathy Cutshaw, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa vice chancellor emerita, passed away on September 25. She served as the UH Mānoa vice chancellor for administrative, finance and operations (VCAFO) from January 2005 under six chancellors until her retirement in August 2019. She was awarded the title of vice chancellor emerita by the UH Board of Regents on July 18, 2019. Kathy in 2010 Prior to her tenure at VCAFO, Cutshaw served as director of administrative services for UH Mānoa's School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) from February 1997 until January 2005.

https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2022/10/27/in-memoriam-kathy-cutshaw/

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University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo women's volleyball player Samara Cruz and men's soccer player Christian Souza earned KTA Super Stores Superstars of the Week honors for October 12–18. Cruz, a junior outside hitter, put down a career-high 20 kills along with 15 digs against Holy Names University on October 12. She also tallied eight kills and racked up 13 digs to help lead the Vulcans to a 3-0 sweep over Dominican University on October 15. Souza, a junior goalkeeper, made four saves to lead the men's soccer team to their first shutout of the season in a 1-0 win over Holy Names University on October 18.

https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2022/10/24/cruz-souza-kta-superstars/

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Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy (Photo credit: Raiatea Arcuri) A $333,000 federal grant to develop a statewide infrastructure that identifies and works to correct existing health disparities in medication use among Hawaiʻi's Indigenous populations has been awarded to faculty at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy (DKICP). The grant is through the Minority Research Grant Program of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of Minority Health (CMS OMH), which is part of the U.

https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2022/10/25/improving-indigenous-populations-medication-use/

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This week's UH News Image of the Week is from Windward Community College Theatre Manager Nicole Tessier. Tessier shared: 'Students rehearsing for Demigods Anonymous at Palikū Theatre, which opens October 28 as part of the Theatre 260 class at Windward Community College.' Get your tickets online. Previous Images Well-being Ānuenue Taiwan Micropropagation ʻAkepa All Images of the Week Send us your image! Want to get in on the action? The next UH News Image of the Week could be yours! Submit a photo, drawing, painting, digital illustration of a project you are working on, a moment from a field research outing or a beautiful and/or interesting shot of a scene on your campus.

https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2022/10/19/uh-image-of-the-week-demigods-anonymous/

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The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa welcomed its largest-ever freshmen class in its 115-year history in the fall 2022 semester. Overall, UH Mānoa enrollment dipped by just 0.1% in the fall, compared to a 1.1% decrease nationally, according to preliminary data. There are 19,074 students enrolled at UH Mānoa (just 24 fewer compared to fall 2021), including a record 3,106 first-time freshmen, a 5.7% increase from the record high set last year. The average high school GPA for the freshman class is 3.69, also up from 2021.

https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2022/10/21/uh-manoa-welcomes-largest-freshmen-class/

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November 17, 2022 UH News President David Lassner provided updates on extramural funding and the public meetings for the proposed tuition schedule in his monthly report on November 17 at the Board of Regents meeting at the UH Hilo Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy. It is the first Board of Regents meeting held on a neighbor island campus since November 2019 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Gail Makuakāne-Lundin Lassner also highlighted the recent Wahine on the Rise event that commemorated the 50th anniversary of Title IX and womenʻs athletics at UH Mānoa and raised $700,000.

https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2022/11/17/november-presidents-report/

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The COVID-19 pandemic is the latest in a series of multiple social crises that have impacted the global flow of people, things, institutions, and ideas in the opening decades of the 21st century. Many view pandemic lockdowns and social distancing as forms of 'deglobalization' measured by the reduction of the objective movements of goods and people. A few discerning academic observers, however, instead think of it as 'reglobalization' spearheaded by growing forms of digital interconnectivity. These conflicting perspectives on globalization and global social change were shared by Professor Manfred Steger from the Department of Sociology in University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa's College of Social Sciences.

https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2022/11/17/globalization-after-covid-19/

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Professor Beamer addresses prominent scholars at the international conference. An international movement geared toward combating climate change by redesigning cities to function more sustainably recently recognized traditional Native Hawaiian strategies presented by a University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa professor. Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies Professor and Endowed Chair in Hawaiian Studies, Literature and the Environment Kamanamaikalani Beamer from the Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge captivated audiences at an international economic conference in Vienna this fall with fresh perspectives steeped in vital concepts that allowed Hawaiʻi's Indigenous population to thrive for centuries.

https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2022/11/01/native-hawaiian-strategies-climate-change-conference/

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Free menstrual products are now available in all Shidler College of Business restrooms thanks to a new partnership between Delta Sigma Pi: Ro Chi at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa's Shidler college and local non-profit organization Maʻi Movement Hawaiʻi. Susan Iverson is the vice president of community service for Delta Sigma Pi: Ro Chi. Delta Sigma Pi is an international professional business fraternity with four main pillars: professionalism, service, scholarship and brotherhood. The group's vice president of community service, Susan Iverson, said this project aligned specifically with its goals of community service and service learning.

https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2022/11/01/free-menstrual-products-shidler/

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Lee Buenconsejo-Lum Lee Buenconsejo-Lum has been named acting dean of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM), effective January 1 to February 28, 2023, and as interim dean effective March 1 to December 31, 2023. JABSOM Dean Jerris Hedges will retire in March 2023 after serving for 15 years. 'Dr. Buenconsejo-Lum is well versed with JABSOM's operations, and I am confident that she will successfully guide JABSOM during this period of transition until a permanent dean can be hired,' Bruno said.

https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2022/11/02/jabsom-acting-interim-dean-named/

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(Photo credit: Kevin Weng) During August 2019, more than 40,000 tourists visited Hawaiʻi's Molokini island—off of Maui's southwestern coast—to snorkel or dive. In March 2020 the COVID-19 pandemic dropped that number to zero. The sudden and prolonged drop in visitors to one of the world's most popular snorkeling spots provided scientists with a novel opportunity to study how underwater tourism impacts marine fishes. The results of the study, published in PLOS ONE , will help resource managers better care for Molokini and other threatened marine habitats.

https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2023/04/13/visitors-to-molokini-maui/

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Andres Albano, Jr., former University of Hawaiʻi Board of Regents vice chair and a long-time local real estate investment professional died on March 28, 2023, at the age of 81. Born in Wahiawā, Albano was a loving husband, devoted father, faithful friend and loyal son and sibling. He was known for his kind and compassionate spirit, as well as supporting and guiding others in his many endeavors. Supporting his belief in the power of education, he served on the UH Board of Regents from 2004 to 2013.

https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2023/04/14/in-memoriam-andres-albano-jr

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The mele (song) 'Holo Mai Pele Mai Kahikina' (describing the journey of Pele from Kahiki) reverberated throughout the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa campus during a free workshop held on April 2. Kumu Taupōuri Tangarō from Hawaiʻi Community College taught students, faculty, staff and community members the hula kiʻi and oli (chant) 'Holo Mai Pele,' strengthening the connection between the community and Hawaiian culture. The workshop was offered as a part of Hawaiʻi Papa O Ke Ao's He Ukana Aloha Kā Kīlauea series, launched during the 2021–2022 school year as an online webinar.

https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2023/04/11/free-hula-chant-workshop

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—To visit, see the sights; to stroll, make a tour, take a walk; to look upon; spectator. Previous ʻōlelo Pilina Makana Pō Moʻolelo Maopopo All ʻŌlelo of the Week 'ʻĀina is an ancestor and teacher in Hawaiian culture. We learn science, relationships, economy, boundaries, spirituality, etc. through the knowledge of ʻāina. The act of visiting and seeing different ʻāina expands our knowledge base by exposing us to new experiences, understandings, and roles. In that new land, you become a visitor with different kuleana.

https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2023/04/11/hawaiian-word-of-the-week-makaikai

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Hawaiʻi P–20 Partnerships for Education (Hawaiʻi P-20), in partnership with the Executive Office on Early Learning (EOEL), has been awarded a nearly $20 million federal grant to strengthen the early childhood care and education (ECCE) workforce, expand access to early childhood services and create seamless early learning opportunities for children from birth through third grade. The federal grant is a renewal of the Preschool Development Grant—'Our Keiki, Our ʻOhana, Our Future Project' — originally awarded to the state in 2018.

https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2023/01/10/hawaii-p20-exec-office-on-early-learning-awarded-grant/

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Micah R. Fisher A University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa College of Social Sciences (CSS) alumnus and affiliate faculty member is a finalist for an international award recognizing research that helps society achieve economic, environmental and social goals. Micah R. Fisher was selected as the lone U.S. nominee for the APEC Science Prize for Innovation, Research and Education (ASPIRE) in 2022, and is one of 13 finalists for the international ASPIRE science award. As part of the recognition, Fisher's work was showcased alongside two U.

https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2023/01/10/aspire-science-prize/

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Heewon Kwon An internship changed a University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa PhD student's perspective on government work and inspired her to pursue a career in the public sector, possibly in Hawaiʻi. Heewon Kwon is expected to graduate with her doctoral degree in social psychology from the College of Social Sciences in spring 2023. She recently completed a three-month remote internship assisting the Utah State Governor's Office of Planning and Budget (GOPB) to redesign the Utah Boards and Commission website to be user-friendly for the public and administrative staff.

https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2023/01/13/internship-inspires-public-service/

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December 16, 2022 UH News The global outlook continues to darken, but prospects for Hawaiʻi remain largely unchanged from the last report on September 23, according to a new economic forecast from the University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization (UHERO). Rising interest rates, dwindling pandemic era savings and the coming U.S. downturn will cause a pause in growth next year. But the belated recovery of the Japanese visitor market and surging public sector construction will prevent a recession in the islands.

https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2022/12/16/uhero-fourth-quarter-forecast-2022/

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Stream in Hilo. (Photo credit: Pascal Debrunner via Unsplash) As with many natural phenomena, scientists look to the climate of the past to understand what may lie ahead as Earth warms. By assessing so-called ‘flavors' of El Niño events in historical records and model simulations, researchers have a clearer picture of El Niño patterns over the past 12,000 years and are able to more accurately project future changes and impacts of this powerful force. The study, by scientists at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and University of Colorado Boulder, was published in Nature Communications.

https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2022/12/12/el-nino-flavors/

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This week's UH News Image of the Week is from University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa's Kent Kobayashi, associate horticulturist in the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources. Kobayashi shared 'Artificial lighting with light-emitting diodes (LEDs) to hydroponically grow vegetable crops indoors in our laboratory. Controlled environment agriculture (indoor farming, vertical farming, plant factories) can help reduce the amount of water, fertilizers, and pesticides used in growing food crops more efficiently.

https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2022/11/30/uh-image-of-the-week-led-vegetables/

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The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa women's Rainbow Wāhine volleyball team earned four of the top 2022 season honors for the Big West Conference. Amber Igiede Amber Igiede was named Big West Player of the Week; Kate Lang received Setter of the Year honors; Caylen Alexander was tabbed Freshman of the Year; Robyn Ah Mow was named Coach of the Year for the third straight season; and Riley Wagoner earned all-Big West first team honors along with Igiede and Lang. Igiede dominated on the court, recording career- and team-highs of 390 kills, 3.

https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2022/11/30/volleyball-season-honors/

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Illustration of Kepler-1658 system (Image credit: Gabriel Perez Diaz/Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias) For the first time, astronomers have spotted an exoplanet with a decaying orbit around a star that resembles a future version of our Sun. The doomed world is destined to spiral closer and closer to its maturing star until they collide and the planet is obliterated. The planet, Kepler-1658b, with a mass and size similar to that of Jupiter, is familiar to University of Hawaiʻi astronomers, who discovered it in 2019.

https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2022/12/19/planet-spiraling-to-its-doom/

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November 28, 2022 UH News The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa women's volleyball team is headed to Stanford for the 2022 Division I Women's Volleyball Championship Tournament's first and second rounds. For the third-straight season, the Rainbow Wahine earned the Big West's automatic bid into the tournament after capturing the Big West title on November 25. UH (22-6 overall, 19-1 Big West) will open play against Louisiana State University (15-13 overall, 9-9 SEC) on December 2, 2:30 p.m. at Stanford's Maples Pavilion.

https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2022/11/28/wahine-volleyball-1st-round-ncaa-championship/

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