The University of Hawaiʻi – West Oʻahu in Kapolei primarily serves students residing in western and central suburban Honolulu's communities.

The University of Hawaiʻi Community College System comprises four island campuses on O'ahu and one each on Maui, Kauaʻi, and Hawaii.

The board consists of 15 unpaid members nominated by a Regents Candidate Advisory Council, appointed by the governor, and confirmed by the state legislature.

[9] The university's governing board includes a current student, appointed by the governor of Hawaiʻi, who serves a two-year term as a full voting regent.

Senators Daniel Inouye and Tammy Duckworth are both veterans of the U.S. military who were injured in the line of duty and later entered government service.

She was also the first person to successfully develop a water-soluble form of chaulmoogra oil, used for decades to relieve the symptoms of Hansen's disease (leprosy).

Ryuzo Yanagimachi, principal investigator of the research group that developed a method of cloning from adult animal cells, remains on the faculty.