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Jonathan Okamura: UH Needs To Bar Race-Based Hate Speech Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Jonathan Okamura: UH Needs To Bar Race-Based Hate Speech

The university's focus on discrimination fails to address the question of members of the community expressing racist statements.

Danny De Gracia: UH Rises Above Charged Middle East Rhetoric To Protect Students Danny de Gracia/Civil Beat/2023

Danny De Gracia: UH Rises Above Charged Middle East Rhetoric To Protect Students

As campuses across the U.S. erupt in controversy, the University of Hawaii takes a different tack.

Chad Blair: This Group Of UH Experts Has Become A One-Stop Shop For Policy Analyses Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2015

Chad Blair: This Group Of UH Experts Has Become A One-Stop Shop For Policy Analyses

UHERO is expanding its role in advising the larger Hawaii community on pressing issues.

UH President David Lassner Will Retire Next Year David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023

UH President David Lassner Will Retire Next Year

He has run the University of Hawaii since 2013, an institution he first began working at in 1977.

Fast-Growing And Fire-Resistant Grasses Are Flourishing In Hawaii Thomas Heaton/Civil Beat/2023

Fast-Growing And Fire-Resistant Grasses Are Flourishing In Hawaii

Grass from East Indian sugarcane to African Guinea grass have been introduced to Hawaii for centuries, predating the state's increased risk of wildfire.

Former Land Board Chair To Lead New UH Conservation Office Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2022

Former Land Board Chair To Lead New UH Conservation Office

Suzanne Case served two terms as director of the state Department of Land and Natural Resources.

UH Law School Instructor Says He Was Banned For Criticizing ‘Nice Racism’ Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019

UH Law School Instructor Says He Was Banned For Criticizing ‘Nice Racism’

Kenneth Lawson criticized a Black history program for including no Black panelists.

UH Got Nearly $516M In Extramural Research Funding. Here’s What That Means Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

UH Got Nearly $516M In Extramural Research Funding. Here’s What That Means

The University of Hawaii set a new record in grants received from the federal government, industry and nonprofit groups.

Plan B: State Turns To Pigs To Devour Oahu’s Invasive Beetle Problem Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023

Plan B: State Turns To Pigs To Devour Oahu’s Invasive Beetle Problem

How much the program will cost and how it will roll out remains uncertain.

It’s Actually More Expensive To Buy A Home In Hawaii These Days Than You Thought Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

It’s Actually More Expensive To Buy A Home In Hawaii These Days Than You Thought

University of Hawaii economists have a new more realistic way to measure increases in home sales. It's detailed in a new report on state housing data.