Tag: Hawaii

  • Nation & World

    Pinning down success

    Educator, wrestling coach, and Harvard College alum Ken Kakesako is finding creative ways to pin down success for his fellow Hawaiians.

    4 minutes
    Collage of map and images of Hawaii and photo of Ken Kakesako
  • Nation & World

    Putting ‘the language of the Earth on the agenda’

    At Harvard, indigenous Alaskan elder Angaangaq Angakkorsuaq and Polynesian navigator Nainoa Thompson offered a close-to-the-earth perspective on climate change.

    5 minutes
    Nainoa Thompson at the podium
  • Nation & World

    Researching roots, aiming to teach

    Soon to become a Fulbright scholar, Kapena Baptista ’16 finds histories in his heritage, and plans to teach.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Bridging the doctor-patient divide

    Graduating Harvard Medical School student Katherine Johnson hopes to bridge barriers between doctors and patients by using her skills in the community as she begins her residency.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    In the swim of things

    The men’s and women’s teams teach lessons to the community in the spring and fall to help fund their training trips in winter.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    With the Earth as teacher

    Students in Earth and Planetary Sciences kicked off their academic year early, spending a late-August week in paradise, observing Hawaii’s volcanoes, green and black sand beaches, and overarching geologic splendor.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Together again

    Aisha and Shayna Price are sisters from Hawaii who rock it out in the swimming pool for Harvard’s water polo team.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Lava provides window on early Earth

    Researchers at Harvard and the University of Hawaii believe they’ve resolved a long-standing controversy over the roots of islands — volcanoes in the middle of tectonic plates — showing that the islands’ lava provides a window into the early Earth’s makeup.

    4 minutes