Entries from January 2010

Hawaiʻi-born internees sought for oral history

January 21st, 2010 | by Malamalama Staff | Comments Off

The Center for Oral History is looking for Hawaiʻi-born Japanese Americans who were incarcerated in assembly centers and relocation camps on the West Coast during WW II.


Books for Hawaiian immersion schools

January 21st, 2010 | by Malamalama Staff | Comments Off

Mānoa Associate professor Sam L. Noʻeau Warner develops books focusing on Hawaiian language and literacy.


Jay Nicolas Sario: Project Runway contestant

January 21st, 2010 | by Malamalama Staff | 11 Comments

Jay Nicolas Sario
Studied fashion technology ’99–’04, Honolulu


New book examines Pilipino Cultural Nights

January 21st, 2010 | by Malamalama Staff | Comments Off

A new book by Mānoa Associate Professor of American Studies Theodore Gonzalves, The Day the Dancers Stayed (Temple University Press) offers a critical look at Pilipino Cultural Night performances.


Junko Wong: Reviving ’70s Blythe dolls

January 21st, 2010 | by Malamalama Staff | Comments Off

Junko Wong
BFA ’80 Mānoa


Carbon dioxide emissions affect ocean acoustics

January 21st, 2010 | by Malamalama Staff | 1 Comment

Increased carbon dioxide absorption by the oceans makes seawater more transparent to low-frequency sounds existing in nature and created by humans.


Digitizing 19th century Hawaiʻi newspapers

January 20th, 2010 | by Malamalama Staff | Comments Off

Hawaiʻi newspapers in the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America database; English-language Hawaiʻi newspapers available for browsing.


Seismic mapping supports hotspot theory

January 20th, 2010 | by Malamalama Staff | Comments Off

An ambitious marine seismology project supports the Hawaiian hotspot theory and is featured in Science magazine.


Service awards presented by UHAA

January 20th, 2010 | by Alumni Relations Staff | Comments Off

The University of Hawaiʻi Alumni Association presented three service awards during Homecoming 2009 weekend.


Hilo Vulcans sport new logo

January 20th, 2010 | by John Burnett | 1 Comment

The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Vulcans unveiled a new athletic logo in November 2009.