Manoa geologist part of Mars rover team and more in the news
One of the first images from NASA's Curiosity rover shows part of the rim of Gale Crater on Mars. (Image courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech)
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa geologist Scott Rowland saw the result of years of hard work celebrated across the country on August 5 when the NASA rover Curiosity successfully landed on Mars.
More work now lies ahead for Rowland, a member of an elite camera team that will analyze the data sent back from the rover.
Watch the Hawaiʻi News Now video to learn more, read the article in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser (subscription required), or listen to his interview on the Hawaiʻi Public Radio program “The Conversation.”
More UH in the News for August 3–August 9, 2012
- Hawaiʻi News Now, August 9, 2012: “Man who stabbed two hikers begins new chapter of life”
- KHON, August 9, 2012: “Everything is new at renovated UH dorm”
- KITV, August 9, 2012: “Blessing held for renovated UH Manoa dorm”
- KITV, August 9, 2012: “Patient release controversy grows”
- The Maui News, August 9, 2012: “Man in attack can attend school”
- Hawaiʻi News Nows, August 8, 2012: “Hawaiʻi State Hospital defends controversial decision”
- Hawaiʻi News Now, August 8, 2012: “UH Manoa student followed by stranger while jogging”
- Honolulu Star-Advertiser, August 8, 2012: “Security alert issued for University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa campus”
- KHON, August 8, 2012: “UH student accosted by suspicious motorcyclist”
- KPUA, August 8, 2012: “Hawaiʻi, Chinese universities win research award”
- Midweek, August 8, 2012: “Solving the mysteries of Easter Island’s moai”
- Midweek, August 8, 2012: “Area firm funds LCC scholarships”
- Midweek Kauai, August 8, 2012: “Being the bridge for people”
- The Epoch Times, August 7, 2012: “Ship tracking tsunami debris, ocean trash makes stop in BC”
- Hawaiʻi News Now, August 7, 2012: “Man who stabbed 2 hikers allowed to attend college”
- Honolulu Star-Advertiser, August 7, 2012: “Building a biosafety lab would be good for Hawaiʻi” (subscription required)
- The Japan Times, August 7, 2012: “American photographer recounts childhood in wartime Karuizawa”
- KHON, August 7, 2012: “Man who stabbed hikers allowed to take college classes”
- U.S. News & World Report, August 7, 2012: “10 least expensive public B-schools for out-of-state students”
- Campus Technology, August 6, 2012: “Power purchase agreement brings solar energy to UH Manoa facility”
- Discover Magazine, August 6, 2012: “Bacteria transform the closest living relatives of animals from single cells into colonies”
- Hawaiʻi Reporter, August 6, 2012: “Top coral biologist sample Tunnels coral disease for DNA testing”
- Honolulu Star-Advertiser, August 6, 2012: “Officials looking to make UH Hilo campus more energy efficient”
- Honolulu Star-Advertiser, August 6, 2012: “Donors aim most cash at UH students” (subscription required)
- Pacific Business News, August 6, 2012: “University of Hawaiʻi—West Oʻahu campus: Slideshow”
- Press and Sun-Bulletin (Binghamton, New York), August 6, 2012: “Ithacan’s task: Menu for Mars”
- TIME, August 6, 2012: “New Study: U.S. military suicide rate now likely double or triple Civil War’s”
- The Garden Island, August 5, 2012: “KRS receives ERP recognition”
- Hawaiʻi Tribune-Herald, August 5, 2012: “UH Hilo utilities cost nearly $5.5M”
- Hawaiʻi Tribune-Herald, August 5, 2012: “Tseng to continue teaching at UH Hilo”
- Honolulu Star-Advertiser, August 5, 2012: “UH should detail how it spends donations” (subscription required)
- Honolulu Star-Advertiser, August 4, 2012: “UH economist was noted scholar” (subscription required)
- Big Island Now, August 3, 2012: “UH gets federal grant for biofuel research”
- Maui Now, August 3, 2012: “UH economic think-tank: Tourism hot but that’s all”
- The Oregonian, August 3, 2012: “Harvesting Hawaiian plants to make jet fuel and clean diesel? $6 million grant to Oregon State University researchers should help”
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