Hawaiʻi Pacific University

Hawaiʻi Pacific University is offering a new minor for undergraduate students and a summer short course series to train a workforce to address marine debris. The Conversation spoke to Josh Forakis, a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Marine Debris Research at HPU, about the upcoming programs.

The competition was stiff — 475 people applied for 30 slots to train as physician assistants in a new master's program at Hawaiʻi Pacific University. It rolled out last month and aims to address our community's health care needs.

Shaun Moss, the executive director of Hawaiʻi Pacific University’s Oceanic Institute, shared the latest on an upcoming release of several hundred juvenile yellow tang in the waters off Windward Oʻahu.

Former U.S. Attorney Kenji Price has returned home to Hawaiʻi to take a job as senior vice president and general counsel for Hawaiʻi Pacific University. The Conversation spoke with him about his time in public service.

On June 6, 1944, the Allied nations stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, to push out the Germans. The Conversation talked to Russell Hart, a war historian and Hawaiʻi Pacific University professor, to give us context on this 80th anniversary.

Last month, The Conversation featured a new master's degree in construction management at Hawai’i Pacific University. The General Contractors Association of Hawaii just stepped up to support the program in a big way, to the tune of $250,000.

The Conversation talked with HPU Senior Vice President and Provost Jennifer Walsh about what's in store.

Hawai‘i Pacific University is opening a Las Vegas campus to students in August 2024. It’s the first time the private college, established on O‘ahu in 1965, has expanded outside the Hawaiian islands, according to a Tuesday news release.

A U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Thursday to end the ability for colleges to consider race in their admissions is now prompting institutions in Hawaiʻi to look at how it will affect their policies. The reversal of this decades-long precedent was decided by a six-justice conservative supermajority to require that universities use "colorblind" criteria when admitting new students.

An upcoming cultural exhibit at the Downtown Art Center in Honolulu will highlight the work of Hawaiʻi-based Micronesian artistry for the first time in three decades, according to organizers. The exhibit is titled “7 Degrees North - The Arts of Micronesia” and will showcase contemporary artwork by Micronesians who were selected by jurors to feature their work.