Submitted Nomination: NameCynthia (Cindy) HunterCampus, DeptManoa, Life SciencesCategoryDedication to teaching and their studentsWhy is this faculty member worthy of your nomination?"She went home for Spring Break to take care of her mother who was awaiting heart valve surgery. After the March 12 announcement that UH was switching to online instruction, while taking care of her mother, she arranged to switch her two courses to online, setting up Zoom and encouraging guest lecturers to use a format most had never tried. Directing from [...]

Submitted Nomination: NameKen Leonhardt and JP BinghamCampus, DeptCTAHRCategoryCreate bio-based products to reduce the spread of COVID-19Why is this faculty member worthy of your nomination?"The two have been working together to produce hand sanitizer. Ken has donated over 70 pounds of aloe with another 50 pounds on the way. Jon-Paul cooked this up into 80 gallons of sanitizer. But they are just getting started, with their eyes on aloe plants throughout Oahu which will be sustainably harvested to meet the needs of frontline [...]

Submitted Nomination: NameDr Markus Wessendorf, Assist Prof Maile Speetjens and Production Manager Rick GreaverCampus, DeptTheatre and DanceCategoryDeveloping innovations to fight COVID-19Why is this faculty member worthy of your nomination?University of Hawaiʻi researcher and Department of Theatre and Dance initiate effort to sew masks for health care workersUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (UHM) Assistant Research Professor at the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) and the Pacific Biosciences Research Center Angel Yanagihara, along with faculty, students and staff of the UHM Department [...]