Hawaii Labor Board: UH graduate assistants have right to collectively bargain
The ruling reconsidered decisions by the labor board in 1972, which denied graduate assistants their right to collectively bargain. Read more
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UC Berkeley walls off People’s Park with shipping containers
The project has been ensnared in a legal challenge that claims the university failed to study the potential noise issues caused by future residents and to consider alternative sites. The park has also been the scene in recent years of skirmishes between activists opposing the project and police trying to help clear it. Read more
‘Laptop relief program’ gives over 640 devices to Maui fire survivors
The J. Walter Cameron Center in Wailuku sees the computers as crucial to restoring “a semblance of normalcy,” officials said. Read more
UH president won’t say if he was drinking before crash
The president of the University of Hawaii system declined to say whether he was drinking at a New Year’s Eve dinner before he hit a parked car and flipped his 2021 Toyota Rav4 early Monday. Read more
What to know about changes to 2024’s FAFSA application
A spokesperson for the Department of Education said the department hopes to keep the application open for longer stretches as it resolves issues with the new form. Read more
Harvard president Claudine Gay resigns amid plagiarism claims
Gay is the second Ivy League president to resign in the past month following congressional testimony about antisemitism on campus. Read more
UH President David Lassner uninjured in early-morning crash
Honolulu police and city Emergency Medical Services personnel responded to the incident. Read more
UH-Manoa summit aims to heal rifts in community, visualize future
Ending racism, combating climate change and ensuring generations ahead can live comfortably in Hawaii can feel to some like insurmountably massive goals. Read more
Record $3.5M gift to UH Manoa Music Department honors educator Smith
A donation of $3.5 million to the University of Hawaii Music Department by the Barbara Barnard Smith Foundation is the largest ever to that department and will fund its first-ever endowed chair. Read more
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Hawaii health care workers grateful for loan forgiveness
At the age of 54, nurse practitioner Drizza Tabisola-Nuesca continued to struggle so much with her remaining student debt of $50,000 that she constantly looked at jobs on the mainland and prayed about whether to move to someplace more affordable. Read more
Hawaii lags in preparing kids for kindergarten, state DOE report shows
On the Johns Hopkins University Ready for Kindergarten assessment, 29.6% of the Hawaii kindergartners earned overall scores that classified them as “demonstrating readiness.” Read more
Health officials push to get schoolchildren vaccinated as more parents opt out
In Idaho last year, parents opted out of state-required vaccines for 12% of kids entering kindergarten, the highest rate in the nation. Read more
Kapolei High students arrested for ‘disorderly conduct’ after multiple fights
Honolulu police officers responded to a “large fight” at Kapolei High School before 11 a.m. today, according to a department spokesperson. Read more
Public input sought in selection of next UH president
The board will hire an executive search company by Jan. 31 to conduct a national search and recruit candidates. Read more
Heavy traffic expected Saturday around UH Manoa graduation
For the University of Hawaii at Manoa commencement ceremony on Saturday, officials are issuing a traffic advisory, and reminders against clamshell lei containers and certain types of shoes that might damage the athletic fields. Read more
Gift drive for young fire survivors seeks aid
When Haleiwa resident Kanani Oury first conceived the idea of the “Makana no na Keiki” holiday gift drive benefiting kids who have survived the Maui wildfires, she vowed that every one of the hundreds of children preregistered for the culminating “family fun fair” this Saturday would get at least one gift. Read more
College athletes who transfer twice can play, for now
The NCAA said in a statement it would comply with the order and notify schools. Read more
Harvard board keeps president after antisemitism backlash
Only months into her leadership, Gay came under intense scrutiny following the hearing in which she and two of her peers struggled to answer questions about campus antisemitism. Read more
Harvard president’s future uncertain as board convenes
As donors ratcheted up a pressure campaign to oust Gay, about 700 members of Harvard’s faculty came to her defense in several open letters. Read more
UH Center for Indigenous Innovation and Health Equity gets $2M award
The University of Hawaii’s Center for Indigenous Innovation and Health Equity has received a $2 million award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Read more
Lahaina school replacement 2-3 months away
Late February or March is the earliest that a new temporary school being built to replace the King Kamehameha III Elementary School campus lost in the Lahaina fire will be ready for students and teachers to occupy, based on an Army Corps of Engineers timeline. Read more
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