UH celebrates fourth year of record federal funding

UH celebrates fourth year of record federal funding

Hawaii officials Wednesday celebrated the University of Hawaii’s fourth consecutive year of record- setting external funding, which they said keeps UH as the primary source of cancer research in the Pacific and provides high-skilled job opportunities for bright students who want to pursue medical careers in the islands. U.S. Rep. Jill Tokuda told a gathering at UH’s Cancer Center on Wednesday that UH’s record $734 million in external funding — m…