UH Stan Sheriff Center Arena Manager Rich Sheriff told state senators Tuesday he was "surprised" when UH put him on leave after the university canceled its Stevie Wonder concert on July 10.More>>
A State Senate committee has added a promoter and three members of the UH Board of Regents to its list of people expected to testify at the second hearing next week looking into the Stevie Wonder blunder and its aftermath.More>>
As the State Senate's Special Committee on Accountability prepared to hold its first briefing Monday afternoon into the University of Hawaii's Stevie Wonder concert fiasco, Hawaii News Now has learned UH President M.R.C. Greenwood tried to minimize criticism of UH leadership during private meetings, sources said.More>>
The chair of the special state Senate panel investigating the Stevie Wonder concert fiasco says she sees a "pattern" lucrative payouts to outgoing University of Hawaii officials.The Senate's Special CommitteeMore>>
Some people have called for the removal of top UH officials in the aftermath of the school's failed Stevie Wonder concert, a fiasco that has brought into question management decisions at Hawaii's largest educational institution. More>>
The University of Hawaii's Stevie Wonder concert fiasco was the product of a systematic breakdown and not the fault of a single university official, internal UH documents show.On Monday, the state SenateMore>>
Former University of Hawaii Athletics Director Jim Donovan plans to testify before state lawmakers Monday that UH offered him a "take it or leave it" deal for his controversial new job, sources said.More>>
These are the witnesses expected to testify before the special State Senate committee investigating the failed UH Stevie Wonder concert as well as other UH management and spending issues.More>>
These people's names may come up during briefings before a special State Senate committee investigating the botched UH Stevie Wonder concert as well as other UH management and spending issues. They either worked on the concert or were involved in the dissemination of information to the public in the aftermath of the event's cancellation.More>>
In spite of pleas from state lawmakers and some members of the public, the UH Board of Regents did not re-instate Jim Donovan as athletics director Wednesday and instead concurred with his transfer to a new UH communications job.More>>
The University of Hawaii will pay one Honolulu law firm up to $50,000 for an investigation into the failed Stevie Wonder concert, while it plans to pay another law firm as much as $25,000 for additional legal services connected with a State Senate investigation into the fiasco.More>>
The State Senate's Special Committee on Accountability will hold hearings late next month into the University of Hawaii's Stevie Wonder concert fiasco, asking that UH officials testify in public about their actions.More>>
Three University of Hawaii Manoa coaches who signed a letter asking for UH to immediately appoint acting Athletics Director Rockne Freitas to the position permanently plan to resign from UH's AD search committee, sources said.More>>
University of Hawaii Manoa Chancellor Tom Apple reacted for the first time Tuesday to state senators' plans to hold hearings looking into the Stevie Wonder Blunder and its aftermath.More>>
University of Hawaii Board of Regents admonished UH President M.R.C. Greenwood and UH Manoa Chancellor Tom Apple during a day-long closed-door meeting Wednesday when the two officials also offered their apologies to the board, sources said.More>>
The local promoter at the center of the failed UH Stevie Wonder concert, canceled two weeks ago, has encountered serious financial problems in recent years.More>>
The local promoter who booked the now-canceled Stevie Wonder concert told Hawaii News Now late Friday afternoon that the University of Hawaii's deposit money has been located, a claim that could not be independently verified.More>>
The University of Hawaii, apparently the victim of scammers, was forced to cancel a Stevie Wonder concert scheduled as a UH athletics fundraiser next month at Stan Sheriff Center.More>>
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Saturday, September 8 2012 2:29 AM EDT2012-09-08 06:29:20 GMT
KAPOLEI, OAHU (HawaiiNewsNow) – Bad wireless phone coverage is plaguing the University of Hawaii's newest campus in West Oahu. "In classrooms it's really, really bad. So you can't send or get anything.More >>
Bad wireless phone coverage is plaguing the University of Hawaii's newest campus in West Oahu.More >>
Thursday, September 6 2012 9:41 AM EDT2012-09-06 13:41:10 GMT
HONOLULU (AP) - Enrollment across the University of Hawaii system has reached a record high. The university said Wednesday fall 2012 opening enrollment reached 60,633 students. That number surpasses theMore >>
Enrollment across the University of Hawaii system has reached a record high.More >>
Wednesday, August 29 2012 9:51 AM EDT2012-08-29 13:51:51 GMT
Kihei, HAWAII (HawaiiNewsNow) – The University of Hawaii has lost the biggest contract in the school's history, worth tens of millions of dollars, to run a supercomputer center on Maui. The Maui HighMore >>
The University of Hawaii has lost the biggest contract in the school's history, worth tens of millions of dollars, to run a supercomputer center on Maui.More >>
Friday, August 24 2012 9:35 AM EDT2012-08-24 13:35:47 GMT
By Rick DaysogConstruction of the newly completed University of Hawaii West Oahu campus is $14 million over budget.And many of the companies that work on the project haven't been paid for some time.HawaiiMore >>
By Rick DaysogConstruction of the newly completed University of Hawaii West Oahu campus is $14 million over budget.And many of the companies that work on the project haven't been paid for some time.HawaiiMore >>
Tuesday, August 21 2012 9:37 AM EDT2012-08-21 13:37:52 GMT
Kapolei, HAWAII (HawaiiNewsNow) – The Western Association of Schools and Colleges has slapped the University of Hawaii West Oahu with a "notice of concern," one step below a formal warning that its brandMore >>
The Western Association of Schools and Colleges has slapped the University of Hawaii West Oahu with a "notice of concern," one step below a formal warning that its brand new Kapolei campus could be in danger of losing its accreditation.More >>