Are legislators overstepping when it comes to the University of Hawaii, or are they just doing their jobs?

Underrepresentation of Samoan and Pacific Islander students in the UH system persists despite three decades of effort to address the issue.

Improving access to archival maps can help students picture history’s greatest adventures and ignite curiosity about cultures and languages.

A bill would make the president’s procurement power permanent, but only if Sen. Donna Kim and her colleagues agree.

A push by Republican lawmakers across the U.S. to ban DEI programs at public universities would have disastrous effects in Hawaii.

The 13-12 vote came the same day the Legislature approved hundreds of bills, including one paying for the growing costs of the Maui fires.

The full Senate is set to vote on Alapaki Nahale-a’s reappointment this week. The future of the university is at stake, the faculty union says.

In spite of a Senate panel’s rejection, Alapaki Nahale-a wants to push ahead with his nomination “for our university and our state.”

The fate of Alapaki Nahale-a is now in the hands of the full Senate, barring a withdrawal of the gubernatorial nomination.

The program had been halted in July due to having too many bodies for too few surgical trainees.