Marques Hanalei Marzan awarded USA 2003 Fellowship Marzan is a BFA alum of the Department of Art & Art History and currently Cultural Advisor at the Bishop Museum. He is…

Danielle Seid received a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Fellowship Danielle Seid is an Assistant Professor of the Department of English. Her NEH Fellowship was awarded to her project…

Honolulu Star-Advertiser article about U.S. Ambassador to Mongolia's "talk story" session with UHM students The Honolulu Advertiser ran a story about Ambassador Richard Buangan's visit to UHM in which he…

Brandy Nālani McDougall named 2023–25 Hawaiʻi State Poet Laureate McDougall is an associate professor of Indigenous studies in the Department of American Studies, and the director of the Mānoa Center…

Two UHM Dance Alumni Cast in “Michael Jackson ONE” in Vegas Fighting for a spot in one of Cirque de Soleil’s premier Las Vegas shows can be off-the-charts intense, mentally and…

Jan Dickey Awarded Prestigious Golden Foundation Residency Jan Dickey (MFA, Painting 2018) was awarded the highly competitive Golden Foundation Residency. Over 600 international artists applied for 18 spots. Dickey will…

Creating Installation Art for a BFA Exhibition Leads to a Successful Career in Creating Environments for Restaurants Designer, fine artist, and printmaker Michael Files graduated from UH Mānoa in 2007…

Mānoa Alumna 1st Indigenous Woman to Earn Australia University Award Katerina “Kati” Teaiwa, alumna of the Center for Pacific Islands Studies (CPIS), was named the 2021 Australian University Teacher of…