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55-527: The commercial district at South King Street and University Avenue in Mōʻiliʻili is the closest such district to the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa . The H-1 Freeway is located between University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and the business district. The community changed from being an agriculture-centered town to an urban area in the early 20th century. 80% of Mōʻiliʻili's population was of Japanese origins as of

110-700: A bachelor of science degree. Willis T. Pope went on to become the Superintendent of Public Instruction in the Territory of Hawai’i from 1910 until 1913 and later a professor of botany and horticulture at the university. In September 1912 it moved to its present location in Mānoa Valley on 90 acres of land that had been cobbled together from leased and private lands and was renamed the College of Hawaii. William Kwai Fong Yap, an cashier at Bank of Hawaii , and

165-639: A college town. He also discussed the idea of moving the UH system offices from University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa to Mōʻiliʻili. In 2007 Kamehameha Schools bought 1.7 acres (0.69 ha) of land from Pacific Theatres , including the Varsity Theatre and the Varsity Office Building, increasing its landholdings in Mōʻiliʻili to 11.4 acres (4.6 ha), mostly along South King Street and University Avenue. The Varsity Theatre, in operation since 1939,

220-622: A group of citizens petitioned the Hawaii Territorial Legislature six years later for university status which led to another renaming finally to the University of Hawaiʻi on April 30, 1919, with the addition of the College of Arts and Sciences and College of Applied Science. In the years following, the university expanded to include more than 300 acres. In 1931 the Territorial Normal School

275-623: A handful of small, private preschools. The central shopping area of Mānoa is the Mānoa Marketplace which features a farmer's market several days of the week. More recent development has seen housing on steeper parts of the Diamond Head side valley wall. Mānoa means thick , solid , vast , depth, or thickness in the Hawaiian language . There is another valley named Mānoa on the north shore of Kauaʻi . Mānoa Stream begins at

330-496: A portion of class instruction. Students interact with their instructors and peers from different locations to further develop their education. With extramural grants and contracts of $ 436 million in 2012, research at UH Mānoa relates to Hawaii's physical landscape, its people and their heritage. The geography facilitates advances in marine biology, oceanography, underwater robotic technology, astronomy, geology and geophysics, agriculture, aquaculture and tropical medicine. Its heritage,

385-564: A ready. Once the war was over, student enrollment grew faster than the university had faculty and space for. In 1947, the university opened an extension center in Hilo on Hawaiʻi Island in the old Hilo Boarding School. In 1951, Hilo Center was designated the University of Hawaii Hilo Branch before its reorganization by an act of the Hawaiʻi State Legislature in 1970. By the 1950s, enrollment increased to more than 5,000 students, and

440-600: A senior thesis project. The National Science Foundation ranked UH Mānoa 45th among 395 public universities for Research and Development (R&D) expenditures in fiscal year 2014. According to U.S. News & World Report ' s rankings for 2021, UH Mānoa was tied at 170th overall and 159th for "Best Value" among national universities; tied at 83rd among public universities; and tied at 145th for its undergraduate engineering program among schools that confer doctorates. The university offers over 50 distance learning courses, using technology to replace either all or

495-462: Is a valley on the island of Oahu , Hawaii . It is a residential neighborhood of Honolulu , Hawaii. The neighborhood is approximately three miles (5 km) east and inland from downtown Honolulu and less than a mile (1600 m) from Ala Moana and Waikiki . Similar to many Honolulu neighborhoods, Mānoa consists of an entire valley, running from Manoa Falls at the mauka (inland-most) end to King Street. The valley receives almost daily rain, even during

550-695: Is designated as cancer center by the National Cancer Institute and represents Hawaiʻi and the Pacific. It was founded in 1971 and was named the Cancer Research Center of Hawaiʻi before 2011. As of 2024 , Naoto Ueno serves as the center's director. UH is the fourth most diverse university in the U.S. According to the 2010 report of the Institutional Research Office, a plurality of students at

605-561: Is one of only four such universities in the country to participate in all four consortia ( Oregon State University , Cornell University and Pennsylvania State University are the others). UH and its subsidiary, the Applied Research Laboratory, is one of only 14 University Affiliated Research Centers (UARC) of the United States Department of Defense and is one of five UARCs in the country for

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660-545: The United States Navy . Notable UH alumni include Patsy T. Mink , Robert Ballard , Richard Parsons , and the parents of Barack Obama – Barack Obama Sr. and Stanley Ann Dunham . Forty-four percent of Hawaii's state senators and 51 percent of its state representatives are UH graduates. The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa was founded in 1907 as a land-grant college of agriculture and mechanical arts establishing "the College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts of

715-629: The WASC Senior College and University Commission and governed by the Hawaii State Legislature and a semi-autonomous board of regents. It also a member of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities . Mānoa is classified among " R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity ". It is a land-grant university that also participates in the sea-grant , space-grant , and sun-grant research consortia; it

770-464: The 1930 U.S. Census . The development of the H-1 Freeway took away commercial traffic that previously patronized Mōʻiliʻili's businesses. For a 40-year period before 2007, various members of the area community considered developing Mōʻiliʻili into a college town environment. Around 2002 Evan Dobelle , the president of the University of Hawaiʻi System , said that he would prioritize developing

825-529: The 1960s and low-rise condominiums. Mānoa is home to the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, the flagship campus of the University of Hawaiʻi System . The university has several faculty and student residence areas in Mānoa. Other educational institutions located in Mānoa include Manoa Elementary School , Noelani Elementary School , Punahou School , the Mid-Pacific Institute , Saint Francis School, and

880-399: The College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts of the Territory of Hawaiʻi and formerly the College of Applied Sciences, the College of Tropical Agriculture & Human Resources (CTAHR) is the founding college of the university. Programs of the college focuses on tropical agriculture , food science and human nutrition, textiles and clothing, and Human Resources. The college was established as

935-617: The College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts of the Territory of Hawaiʻi under a five-member Board of Regents on the corner of Beretania and Victoria streets (now the location of the Honolulu Museum of Art School). The Board of Regents first selected J.E. Roadhouse of the University of California to head the new college in October 1907 but unfortunately had died before leaving Berkely. With classes scheduled to start in February 1908,

990-452: The College of Engineering, the university also maintains professional schools in law and medicine. Together, the colleges and schools of the university offer bachelor's degrees in 93 fields of study, master's degrees in 84 fields, doctoral degrees in 51 fields, first professional degrees in five fields, post-baccalaureate degrees in three fields, 28 undergraduate certification programs, and 29 graduate certification programs. Originally called

1045-856: The College of Social Sciences and the College of Education at $ 16 million. Across the UH system, the majority of research funding comes from the Department of Health and Human Services , the Department of Defense , the Department of Education , the National Science Foundation , the Department of Commerce , and the National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA). Local funding comes from Hawaii government agencies, non-profit organizations, health organizations and business and other interests. The $ 150-million medical complex in Kakaʻako opened in

1100-678: The Honolulu Training School in 1895 to prepare and train teachers and then Territorial Normal and Training School after Hawaiʻi became a territory in 1905. As the school outgrew its location on the Punchbowl side of Honolulu, a new campus was to be constructed on the corner of University Avenue and Metcalf Street. The first two buildings constructed by the Territorial Department of Public instruction became known as Wist Hall and Wist Annex 1. The normal school

1155-596: The President of the University of Hawaiʻi, before the creation of the University of Hawaii System (UH System), served chief executive of the University. Technical and community colleges and Hilo College operated separately from what would later become the UH System. In 1965 the Hawaiʻi State Legislature created the University of Hawaiʻi System , which incorporated the technical and community colleges into

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1210-585: The School of Pacific and Asian Studies. The college's core focus is the study of arts, humanities, and languages with a particular focus on Hawaiʻi, the Pacific, and Asia Studies. The College of Business Administration was established in 1949 with programs in accounting, finance, real estate, industrial relations, and marketing. The college was renamed the Shidler College of Business on September 6, 2006, after real-estate executive Jay Shidler, an alumnus of

1265-494: The Teacher's College, for various purposes. The university's ROTC program was put into active duty, which made the campus resemble a military school. When classes resumed on February 11, 1942, about half of the student and faculty body left to enter the war or military service. Students, who returned to campus, found classes cancelled due to lack of faculty and were required to carry gas masks to classes and bomb shelters were kept at

1320-603: The Territory of Hawaiʻi and to Provide for the Government and Support Thereof". The bill Maui Senator William J. Huelani Coelho through the initiatives of Native Hawaiian legislators, a newspaper editor, petition of an Asian American bank cashier, and a president of Cornell University , was introduced into the Territorial Legislature March 1, 1907 as Act 24, and signed into law March 25, 1907 by Governor George Carter , which officially established

1375-636: The United States, ranking 86th in parent institution investment among 113 North American members of the Association of Research Libraries. The UH Mānoa offers an Honors Program to provide additional resources for students preparing to apply to professional school programs. Students complete core curriculum courses for their degrees in the Honors Program, maintain at least a cumulative 3.2 grade-point average in all courses, and complete

1430-595: The University of Hawaiʻi System in 1972. The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa operates within the University of Hawaiʻi System, which is governed by an 11-member board of regents who are nominated by the Regents Candidate Advisory Council, appointed by the governor, and confirmed by the State of Hawaiʻi legislature. The board also appoints the president of the University of Hawaiʻi System, who provides leadership for all 10 campuses, including as

1485-665: The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa are Caucasian , making up a quarter of the student body. The next largest groups were Japanese Americans (13%), native or part native Hawaiians (13%), Filipino Americans (8%), Chinese Americans (7%) and mixed race (12%). Pacific Islanders and other ethnic groups make up the balance (22%). All UH Mānoa residence halls are coeducational. These include the Hale Aloha Complex, Johnson Hall, Hale Laulima, and Hale Kahawai. Suite-style residence halls include Frear Hall and Gateway House. First-year undergraduates who choose to live on campus live in

1540-422: The University of Hawaiʻi was very different from what it had since its beginning. It had become larger and with the addition of the community colleges, a broad range of activities extending from vocational education to community college education, which were all advanced through research and postdoctoral training. The university was renamed the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa to distinguish it from other campuses in

1595-491: The University of Washington and Indiana University. UH Mānoa, the flagship campus of the University of Hawaiʻi System, is a four-year research university consisting of 17 schools and colleges. In addition to undergraduate and graduate degrees in the School of Architecture, School of Earth Science and Technology, the College of Arts, Languages, and Letters, the Shidler College of Business , the College of Education, and

1650-505: The area, including King William Lunalilo Elementary School, Prince Jonah Kūhiō Elementary School, and Queen Kaʻahumanu Elementary School. A number of charter and private schools also exist, including Voyager Public Charter School and ʻIolani School . Maryknoll School and Punahou School are located near the border of the Mānoa neighborhood. The City and County of Honolulu operates Mōʻiliʻili Neighborhood Park. The Mōʻiliʻili Community Center

1705-609: The base of Mānoa Falls and runs through the valley before joining the Palolo Stream to form the Mānoa-Palolo drainage canal, which flows into the Ala Wai Canal . Floods caused by high rainfall have plagued the residents living along Mānoa Stream. Most recent was on October 30, 2004, when Mānoa Stream overflowed causing millions of dollars in damages to residential homes and University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa buildings. Mānoa

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1760-538: The busy intersection of South King Street and University Avenue lies a complex system of caves known as the Mōʻiliʻili Karst. Originally the underwater stream was fed by the Manoa stream, but it has since been rerouted. A natural pond was formed and the popular Willows restaurant centered on this natural phenomenon. However, construction to the UH athletic fields and surrounding businesses caused collapses and rerouting of

1815-513: The chief executive of UH Mānoa. Day-to-day academic and operational management of UH Mānoa is the responsibility of the Provost. When UH began as the College of Hawaiʻi, Willis T. Pope served as acting dean from 1907 to 1908, despite declining the title of "Acting President." Since that initial period, the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa has always been led by a president, chancellor, or provost, including interim or acting roles. From 1908 to 1965,

1870-422: The college, who donated $ 25 million to the college. The School of Nursing was established in 1951, even though courses in nursing had been offered since 1932 with a partnership with Queen's Hospital School of Nursing. The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Library, which provides access to 3.4 million volumes, 50,000 journals, and thousands of digitized documents, is one of the largest academic research libraries in

1925-482: The dry season, and is thus richly vegetated – though the valley walls are often dry. Seeing rainbows in the valley is a common occurrence, and is the source of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa sports team names, the Rainbow Warriors (for men's teams) and Rainbow Wahine (for the women, with the beach volleyball team more often using BeachBows). The neighborhood is composed of private houses built before

1980-516: The island of Oahu, Hawaii . It is the flagship campus of the University of Hawaiʻi system and houses the main offices of the system. Most of the campus occupies the eastern half of the mouth of Mānoa Valley , with the John A. Burns School of Medicine located adjacent to the Kakaʻako Waterfront Park . UH offers over 200 degree programs across 17 colleges and schools. It is accredited by

2035-731: The people and its close ties to the Asian and Pacific region create a favorable environment for study and research in the arts, genetics, intercultural relations, linguistics, religion and philosophy. According to the National Science Foundation , UH Mānoa spent $ 276 million on research and development in 2018, ranking it 84th in the nation. Extramural funding increased from $ 368 million in FY 2008 to nearly $ 436 million in FY 2012. Research grants increased from $ 278 million in FY 2008 to $ 317 million in FY 2012. Nonresearch awards totaled $ 119 million in FY 2012. Overall, extramural funding increased by 18%. For

2090-524: The period of July 1, 2012 to June 20, 2013, the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) received the largest amount of extramural funding among the Mānoa units at $ 92 million. SOEST was followed by the medical school at $ 57 million, the College of Natural Sciences and the University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center at $ 24 million, the Institute for Astronomy at $ 22 million, CTARH at $ 18 million, and

2145-460: The position of chancellor was re-established by UH System president Evan Dobelle over conflict of interest concerns. Presidents The Provost role was established to handle the academic and operational affairs of UH Mānoa, while the President served as the chief executive of the University and retained overall UH System leadership. This reorganization was made to create a governance structure similar to other major research universities, such as

2200-562: The regents persuaded Willis T. Pope, vice principal of the Territorial Normal School, to head the college for its first semester. In Spring 1908, the regents appointed John W. Gilmore, professor of agriculture at Cornell University , as the college's first president. The Cornell connection would strongly influence the shaping of the new college, even today. It officially became an institution of higher learning on September 14, 1908, when it enrolled 5 freshmen registered for

2255-503: The spring of 2005. The facility houses a biomedical research and education center that attracts significant federal funding and private sector investment in biotechnology and cancer research and development. Research (broadly conceived) is expected of every faculty member at UH Mānoa. Also, according to the Carnegie Foundation, UH Mānoa is an RU/VH (very high research activity) level research university. In 2013, UH Mānoa

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2310-666: The traditional residence halls. Two apartment-style complexes are Hale Noelani and Hale Wainani. Hale Noelani consists of five three-story buildings and Hale Wainani has two high rise buildings (one 14-story and one 13-story) and two low-rise buildings. Second-year undergraduates and above are permitted to live in Hale Noelani and Hale Wainani. Manoa 21°18.87916′N 157°48.4846′W  /  21.31465267°N 157.8080767°W  / 21.31465267; -157.8080767 Manoa ( / ˈ m ɑː n oʊ ə / , informally / m ɑː ˈ n oʊ ə / ; Hawaiian : Mānoa )

2365-423: The underground waterway, and forced the owners to cement in the pond, making it now an artificial pond. Several species of fish and plant life live in this system of caves. This cave system is not open to spelunkers and is accessible only by a city sewer grate. The area is serviced by Honolulu's TheBus service, including routes 1/1L, 4, 5, 6, 13, and 18. Hawaii Department of Education operates public schools in

2420-492: The university had expanded to include a Graduate Division, College of Education, College of Engineering, College of Business Administration, College of Tropical Agriculture, and College of Arts and Sciences. When Hawaiʻi was granted statehood in 1959, the university became a constitutional agency rather than a legislative agency with the Board of Regents having oversight over the university. Enrollment continued to grow to 19,000 at

2475-452: The university through the 1960s and the campus became nationally recognized in research and graduate education. In 1965, the state legislature created a system of community colleges and placed it within the university at the recommendations of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare 's report on higher education in Hawaii and UH President Thomas H. Hamilton. By the end of the 1960s,

2530-466: The university. The President’s role was expanded to include oversight of the new university system. In 1974, the role of chancellor was established to handle campus-specific leadership, allowing the UH President to focus on system-wide governance. Presidents Chancellors In 1984, the role of the chancellor was dissolved and the president resumed direct oversight of UH Mānoa. In 2001,

2585-439: The very first coffee plantation in Hawaii. With the aid of an agriculture expert, John Wilkinson, the coffee trees were able to survive which allowed its descendants to be brought over to Kona and other islands many years later. Hawaiʻi is the only state in the United States that produces coffee commercially. For more history see coffee production in Hawaii . There are many legends associated with Mānoa. In one legend, Kahalaopuna

2640-412: The war. The Mōʻiliʻili Community Association received the school's lands and assets in 1945, leading to the establishment of the community center. In 1996 the community center had programs for 660 children and about 600 adults of all ages. University of Hawai%CA%BBi at M%C4%81noa The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is a public land-grant research university in Mānoa , Honolulu , on

2695-510: Was absorbed into the university, becoming Teacher's College, now the College of Education. The university continued its growth throughout the 1930s and 1940s increasing from 232 to 402 acres. The number of buildings grew from 4 to 17. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, classes were suspended for two months while the Corps of Engineers occupied much of the campus, including

2750-456: Was born to Kahaukani and Kauakuahine. Kahaukani is the wind of Mānoa and Kauakuahine is the rain of Mānoa. Kakaukani and Kauakuahine were brother and sister, both born to Akaaka (the projecting spur of the Mānoa mountain range) and Nalehuaakaaka (the lehua on the brow of the Mānoa ridge). Hawaii Department of Education operates public schools in Mānoa, which is also home to the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa . The private Saint Francis School

2805-459: Was demolished in March 2008. A small and local community, composed of numerous small businesses such as florists, imported goods, ethnic foods and surf gear and apparel, the major focus of the small community is centered on the area of University Avenue and King Street, 21°17′30″N 157°49′19″W  /  21.29167°N 157.82194°W  / 21.29167; -157.82194 . Located beneath

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2860-500: Was elected to membership in the Association of Pacific Rim Universities, the leading consortium of research universities for the region. APRU represents 45 premier research universities—with a collective 2 million students and 120,000 faculty members—from 16 economies. The University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center is part of the Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Its facility in Kakaʻako was completed in 2013. It

2915-506: Was established around 1950 and originated from the Mōʻiliʻili Japanese Language School, a Japanese-language school established by Kihachi and Shika Kashiwabara in 1906. At its pre-World War II peak this Japanese school had over 1,000 students. Non-Japanese persons transferred board positions to non-Japanese and had a Boy Scout troop moved into one of the school's buildings to prevent the school from being confiscated during

2970-487: Was eventually merged into the University of Hawaiʻi in 1931 as the Teacher's College. In 1959, the name was changed to the College of Education. The College of Arts, Languages, and Letters (CALL) is the newest and largest college at the university. It was created following the dissolution of the College of Arts and Science and the merger of the Colleges of Arts and Humanities, Languages, Linguistics, and Literature (LLL) and

3025-550: Was the site of the first sugarcane and coffee plantations in the Hawaiian Islands . Hawaiian coffee was first introduced along Mānoa Valley in 1813 by Don Francisco de Paula y Marytin as an ornamental plant. In 1825 Chief Boki, the Royal Governor of Oahu, followed up and brought coffee trees back from Brazil on the ship HMS  Blonde . Chief Boki also chose Mānoa Valley as the historic birth site of

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