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Committee OKs Bill To Shield UH Regents From Revealing Financial Info Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat

Committee OKs Bill To Shield UH Regents From Revealing Financial Info

Bankers, former regents and contractors supported the measure while the Ethics Commission and University of Hawaii faculty union opposed it.

Falling Apart: Politics At Play With UH Maintenance Backlog? Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Falling Apart: Politics At Play With UH Maintenance Backlog?

The Legislature says it’s a management problem, but the university maintains it’s an issue of funding. Meanwhile, campus facilities continue to crumble to the detriment of students.

Lucky We Live In Hawaii, Where College Can Be Affordable Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Lucky We Live In Hawaii, Where College Can Be Affordable

A ProPublica database uses federal student aid data to compare college affordability across the country for low-income students. Hawaii’s flagship public university stacks up well.

CDC Secrecy Over UH Biolab Safety Failures Challenged In Court Flickr: NIAID

CDC Secrecy Over UH Biolab Safety Failures Challenged In Court

鲍辫诲补迟别诲:听A Hawaii law center is suing the Centers for Disease Control to release a safety report critical of a University of Hawaii biolab.

UH Law Grad To Clerk For Sotomayor Civil Beat file photo

UH Law Grad To Clerk For Sotomayor

It’s the first time a person of Native Hawaiian ancestry has served as a law clerk with聽a U.S. Supreme Court justice.

Why Are Online Classes, Degrees Hard To Get At The University Of Hawaii? Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Why Are Online Classes, Degrees Hard To Get At The University Of Hawaii?

UH Manoa offers two fully online degree programs, a stark contrast to the 16 programs offered on average at comparable institutions.

University Of Hawaii Seeks A Speedier Path To Graduation Cory Lum/Civil Beat

University Of Hawaii Seeks A Speedier Path To Graduation

Two-thirds聽of UH Manoa students may not be taking all the courses they need to graduate in four years. Can a new computer program change that and save the state millions?

Poll: Half Of Native Hawaiians Still Oppose Building The TMT Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Poll: Half Of Native Hawaiians Still Oppose Building The TMT

Support for the telescope on Mauna Kea remains high among other ethnic groups, but a long work stoppage hasn’t cooled Native Hawaiian opposition.

Nobel in Physics Has UH Connections NobelPrize.org

Nobel in Physics Has UH Connections

An affiliate faculty member and studies from the University of Hawaii’s High Energy Physics Group are connected to this year’s prize.

Ex-Leader of UH Medical School Dies at 70 Via Facebook

Ex-Leader of UH Medical School Dies at 70

The former Yale New Haven chief of staff came to Hawaii in 1999 and became the “driving force” behind creation of the Kakaako campus.