  {"id":171016,"date":"2022-12-27T17:03:46","date_gmt":"2022-12-28T03:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=171016"},"modified":"2022-12-28T10:33:28","modified_gmt":"2022-12-28T20:33:28","slug":"top-uh-news-stories-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/12\/27\/top-uh-news-stories-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Top <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> News stories, images, Hawaiian words of 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/system-top-stories-2022.jpg\" alt=\"Collage of U H News stories\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-171028\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/system-top-stories-2022.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/system-top-stories-2022-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/system-top-stories-2022-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The top story of 2022 was the return to a &ldquo;new normal&rdquo; after the COVID-19 pandemic turned the world upside down in early 2020. In-person instruction began in earnest in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/07\/15\/high-uh-vaccination-rates-vaccine-mandate\/\">fall 2022 semester<\/a> followed by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/09\/09\/masks-no-longer-required-after-sept-16\/\">lifting of the mask mandate for <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> campuses<\/a> on September 17, but COVID-19 has received enough attention. Here are, in no particular order, the Top 10 (non-COVID-19 related) <em><abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> News<\/em> stories of 2022, followed by the year\u02bbs Hawaiian Words of the Week and Images of the Week, which were both launched in 2022:<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/spring-2021-commencement-collage-300x169.png\" alt=\"4 graduates\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-141845\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/spring-2021-commencement-collage-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/spring-2021-commencement-collage-130x73.png 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/spring-2021-commencement-collage.png 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/02\/21\/record-graduation-rates-at-uh-campuses\/\"><strong>Record graduation rates at <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> campuses across the state<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> campuses achieved record highs in important graduation and retention metrics for the academic year 2020&#8211;21, the first full academic year impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/system-research-extramural-funding-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"researcher looking into microscope\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-122044\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/system-research-extramural-funding-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/system-research-extramural-funding-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/system-research-extramural-funding.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/07\/21\/record-extramural-funding-fy-2022\/\"><strong><abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> extramural funding hits record $505M in FY2022<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa accounted for $366 million of the extramural awards, followed by units at the <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> System level ($70.6 million), <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> Community Colleges ($43.6 million), <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> Hilo ($18.0 million) and <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> ($6.7 million).<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/foundation-marine-rsch-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Person scuba diving near coral surrounded by fish\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-164838\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/foundation-marine-rsch-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/foundation-marine-rsch-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/foundation-marine-rsch.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/09\/12\/uh-foundation-raises-record-165m\/\"><strong><abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> Foundation raises record $165M for students, programs, research<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nExtraordinary gifts included $50 million for ocean research, a grant that aims to boost the share of residents with college degrees, and an endowed scholarship bequest for underrepresented students from Pacific Island countries.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/ACM_digital_wall-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"instructor at digital studio wall\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-169220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/ACM_digital_wall-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/ACM_digital_wall-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/ACM_digital_wall.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/11\/17\/uh-regents-approve-6-year-strategic-plan\/\"><strong><abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> regents approve 6-year strategic plan, mission and vision statements<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nThe plan was developed by a steering committee appointed in March 2020, and more than a thousand students, faculty, staff and community members provided input.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/maui-wordle-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"person holding phone playing Wordle\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-154962\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/maui-wordle-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/maui-wordle-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/maui-wordle.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/01\/31\/wordle-now-in-olelo-hawaii\/\"><strong>Wordle now in &#699;\u014dlelo <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span><\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nThe Hawaiian game is named &ldquo;Hulihua, &rdquo; and users do not need to download a program to play. One new word is provided to players each day. Like Wordle, players try to identify a five-letter word and receive hints from the game that help them solve it.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/system-hana-pathways-health-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Healthcare person smiling\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-154220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/system-hana-pathways-health-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/system-hana-pathways-health-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/system-hana-pathways-health.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/05\/15\/free-training-for-high-demand-jobs-uh-community-colleges\/\"><strong>Free training for high-demand jobs available at <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> Community Colleges<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nThe Hana Career Pathways program prepares students to apply for registered apprenticeships and related degree programs, and connects students with work-based learning opportunities such as paid internships and guaranteed interviews with local employers.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/system-campaign-student-grnc-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"two women looking at laptop\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-163557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/system-campaign-student-grnc-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/system-campaign-student-grnc-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/system-campaign-student-grnc.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/08\/15\/uh-launches-statewide-campaign\/\"><strong><abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> launches \u2018a place for you,\u2019 statewide campaign<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nThe campaign encourages residents\u2014no matter their circumstances\u2014to consider enrolling at a <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> campus and pursue a higher education.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/hilo-maunaloa-sign-2022-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Volcanic eruption in background with &quot;Welcome you are entering Pohakuloa training area&quot; sign\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-169838\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/hilo-maunaloa-sign-2022-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/hilo-maunaloa-sign-2022-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/hilo-maunaloa-sign-2022.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/12\/02\/maunaloa-eruption-is-living-lab-for-uh-hilo-students-and-researchers\/\"><strong>Maunaloa eruption is living lab for <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> Hilo students and researchers<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nStudents and researchers have the opportunity to observe, sample and track the eruption in real time.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/west-oahu-students-classroom-gnrc-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"U H W O students in classroom\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-127188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/west-oahu-students-classroom-gnrc-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/west-oahu-students-classroom-gnrc-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/west-oahu-students-classroom-gnrc.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/10\/28\/public-meetings-tuition-proposal\/\"><strong>Public meetings for proposed tuition increase in 2025, 2026<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> is proposing a freeze on undergraduate tuition for two more academic years followed by a 2&#37;  increase in resident tuition rates at the three <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> universities in <abbr>AY<\/abbr> 2025&#8211;26 and a 2&#37; increase in <abbr>AY<\/abbr> 2026&#8211;27.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1672251001898{margin-bottom: -15px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1672251040627{margin-bottom: -15px !important;}&#8221;]\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/kauai-student-gnrc-2-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Kauai C C automotive student\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-167683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/kauai-student-gnrc-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/kauai-student-gnrc-2-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/kauai-student-gnrc-2.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/10\/20\/enrollment-dips-graduation-rates-first-time-students-rise\/\"><strong><abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> enrollment dips as graduation rates, first-time students rise<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n&ldquo;Our students, faculty and support staff have done an amazing job of maintaining focus on paths to graduation through the last two years of the pandemic,&rdquo; said <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> President <strong>David Lassner<\/strong>.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1672250960080{margin-top: -15px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1672251122563{margin-top: -15px !important;}&#8221;]\n<h2>2022 <em><abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> News<\/em> Hawaiian Words of the Week and Images of the Week<\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/gnrc-plant-hand-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Hand reaching toward plant\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-149032\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/gnrc-plant-hand-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/gnrc-plant-hand-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/gnrc-plant-hand.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/12\/27\/hawaiian-words-of-the-week-2022\/\"><strong><em><abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> News<\/em> Hawaiian Words of the Week 2022<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nMahalo to the students, faculty and staff members who shared words that inspired them.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMAGE-collage-2022-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Collage of Images of the Week\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-170904\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMAGE-collage-2022-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMAGE-collage-2022-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMAGE-collage-2022.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/12\/21\/uh-news-image-of-the-week-mahalo\/\"><strong><em><abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> News<\/em> Images of the Week 2022<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nMahalo to everyone who shared their pictures.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Graduation, enrollment, Hawaiian Wordle and more. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[61,62,63,64,65,71,14,9,60,947,59,66],"class_list":["post-171016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-hawaii-community-college","tag-honolulu-community-college","tag-kapiolani-community-college","tag-kauai-community-college","tag-leeward-community-college","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-uh-hilo","tag-uh-manoa","tag-maui-college","tag-uh-system","tag-uh-west-oahu","tag-windward-community-college","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171016"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171016\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":171076,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171016\/revisions\/171076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}