02/01/2024
Around Mānoa: Center for Korean Studies
Did You Know? The Center for Korean Studies is the oldest and largest Korean studies institution outside Korea.
📍Established in 1972, the Center for Korean Studies coordinates and develops resources for the study of Korea at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. The Center seeks to promote interdisciplinary and intercultural approaches to Korean studies. Our faculty members specializes in all disciplines such as anthropology, Asian studies, business, communication, dance, economics, history, journalism, language, law, linguistics, literature, music, political science, social work, and sociology are regularly offered.
With the largest concentration of Korean specialists and resources in any University outside of Korea, the Center strives to be the premier institution for the study of Korea in the United States
To Learn More: https://manoa.hawaii.edu/koreanstudies/
01/19/2024
Around Mānoa: Hawai’i Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) also known as Coconut Island or Moku o Loʻe 🏝️
Did You Know? HIMB is the only research facility in the world built on a coral reef.
📍The Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology is a world leader in multi-disciplinary research and eduction in all aspects of marine biology. Located in Kāneʻohe Bay, the research facility is approximately 29 acres, including 6 acres of enclosed lagoons designated for research. The surrounding 64 acres of coral reef is designated by the state of Hawai‘i as the Hawai‘i Marine Laboratory Refuge.
To learn more visit: https://www.himb.hawaii.edu/
12/08/2023
Around Mānoa: Rainbow above the valley
Did You Know? Rainbows are some of the most spectacular optical phenomena in the natural world and Hawaiʻi has an abundance of them. In fact it can be said that Hawai’i is perhaps the best place in the world to experience them and they are commonly seen daily on our own campus! 🌈
To learn more about the secret of rainbows click below:
https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2021/03/12/best-rainbows-on-earth-hawaii/
11/18/2023
Around Mānoa: Million Dollar Sunset View Of Lower Campus
📍Sweeping sunset views of lower campus athletics and the Honolulu skyline as seen from the roof of Hale Lehua.
11/10/2023
To all those who have served and continue to serve in our armed forces…thank you for your courage, selflessness and courageous service.
Today we honor and celebrate you. Happy Veterans Day! 🇺🇸
10/31/2023
📍Hawai’i Hall painted in Halloween orange by the setting sun.🎃
HAPPY HALLOWEEN WARRIORS!
10/25/2023
Around Mānoa: Lyon Arboretum
📍Lyon Arboretum is a University of Hawai’i Research Unit and a public botanical garden located at the back of Mānoa Valley in Honolulu, Hawaii. It is a unique resource for the local community and provides place-based education and research programs that actively inspire and facilitate the conservation of tropical plant biodiversity.
10/17/2023
That feeling up have when you know you’re almost pau with midterms this week! 🤙🏽
10/15/2023
0ne-Week Countdown!
Join us next weekend on Saturday, October 21st and discover what makes UH Mānoa -azing!
🐳Walk through a 30 ft. inflatable whale to learn its anatomy
🎭Watch Bollywood and Indian dance or Kabuki stage combat performances from our theatre and dance department
🎵Enjoy a Pops Concert performance with the UH Symphony Orchestra
🌺 Enagage in demonstrations and workshops with Hawaiʻinuiākea, the School of Hawaiian Knowledge, which offers a distinctive academic experience you will find nowhere else in the world
🔬Participate in a School of Life Sciences workshops such as the one on Master pipetting
🎥Watching an ACM: School of Cinematic Arts presentation on Experimental Animation with Live Musicians
And so much more...
📲 Download the event app and create your schedule:
Download and check out the UH Manoa App to see all of the activities available and to build your schedule for the day. Activities are being added daily as we lead up to the event. As a student who will soon be a part of our alumni network, an event like this will help you gain a better understanding of the value of a Mānoa degree.
For more information, visit discovermanoa.org
10/12/2023
Around Mānoa: “The Fourth Sign”
The Fourth Sign is a public artwork by the American artist Tony Smith situated on the lawn outside the Art Building at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, in Honolulu, Hawaii.
The large sculpture is fabricated in steel, painted black, and signifies the fourth Zodiac sign, which is Cancer (a crab). The sculpture was commissioned by the Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts in accordance with the Art in State Buildings Law.
Since its installation, many have seen in its shape as a reference to the legs and claws of a crab
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