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The German research ice breaker Polarstern. Photo by Anette von der Handt, SOEST/UH.
Ancient Heterogeneous Mantle
Manoa geologist Eric Hellebrand was co-leader of an expedition to the Arctic Ocean that discovered rocks that have survived the mixing process in the deep mantle. Some retained their 2-billion-year-old melting signatures, preserved by the complex geologic history of the region. This indicates that mantle heterogeneity may turn out to be more widespread in mid-ocean ridge settings than inferred from the more commonly studied erupted lavas. The results are published in the March 20 edition of Nature.The international team carried out two sampling expeditions aboard a German icebreaker to the inhospitable Gakkel Ridge in the Arctic Ocean. By using dredging equipment, the scientists were able to recover samples of mantle rock from the ocean floor. The samples were cut into slices thinner than a human hair so they could be examined under a microscope. That is when Hellebrand, along with Postdoctoral Researcher and co-author Anette von der Handt, realized that they had found something that, for many geologists, is as rare and fascinating as moon rocks—mantle rocks devoid of sea floor alteration. Even more, on analysis of the isotopes of osmium, a noble metal rarer than platinum, the samples turned out to be 2 billion years old.
New Subatomic Particle
Manoa researchers working on the Belle experiment in Tsukuba, Japan reported the discovery of a new class of subatomic particle in the April 11 issue of Physical Review Letters.For the four decades that have elapsed since the birth of the quark idea, Murray Gell-Mann's three-quark baryon quark-antiquark meson description has sufficed to explain all observed particles. Recently, however, researchers led by Professor Stephen Olsen and Sookyung Choi have found a meson that that defies classification as a simple quark-antiquark state. This meson, called the Z(4430), is seen to decay into an electrically neutral psi' meson—a well established charmed-quark anticharmed-quark state—plus a charged pi meson.
Other Manoa participants in Belle include faculty members Tom Browder, Michael Jones, Mike Peters, Gary Varner, postdoctoral fellows Herbert Hoedlmoser and Li Jin, graduate students Hulya Guler, Kurtis Nishimura, Jamal Rorie and Himansu Sahoo.
Richard Allsopp, pictured fourth from left.
Tilker Foundation Award
Manoa Assistant Professor Richard Allsopp won the Tilker Foundation Award. The $25,000 junior investigator grant will fund research Allsopp is conducting that may help develop therapies to fight cancer and address aging, including targeting neuromuscular and degenerative diseases.Allsopp has spent a decade studying telomerase, a protein conglomerate that helps maintain the genetic material in cells. It has been implicated in critical areas of medicine including cancer, aging and extending the lifespan of stem cells. The specific focus of Allsopp’s current research is analyzing HiF1-apha Dependent Regulation of Tert Expression in Murine (mice) Stem Cells.
The mission of the Tilker Medical Research Foundation is to accelerate the discovery of new treatments and cures for neurodegenerative diseases by promoting innovative stem cell research and nanotechnologies.
“Telomerase works in stem cells to prevent or slow deterioration of cells, providing them an extended replicative lifespan,” says Allsopp. “The Tilker Foundation funds will help us to better understand how the level of telomerase is regulated in stem cells.”
Hawai'i Student Wins Poster Presentation Award
Hawai'i CC information technology student Eric J. Dela Rosa won the award for Best Poster Presentation in Computer Science at the national Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science Conference. He was the only community college student among the 22 participants in the computer science category.Dela Rosa’s conference report was based on his work as a student intern in the Akamai Program led by the Center for Adaptive Optics. From May to August 2007, Dela Rosa interned at the Canada France Hawai'i Telescope and worked on a project to create a user interface for a high-resolution spectropolarimeter instrument used at the observatory, which measures the magnetic polarization of a star using the full color spectrum.
He received a travel scholarship to the conference from Google and was offered a possible scholarship for graduate school and commitment to work for them for two years after graduation.
Future in Teaching Program
The College of Education’s Manoa Partnerships initiated the Get FIT: A Future In Teaching program. Students in the program will have access to faculty advisors, two special courses over two semesters, activities designed to introduce students to the field of teaching, service learning experiences with K-12 students, a private lounge on campus, guidance from COE advisors, and opportunities to explore the profession of teaching.The residential Get FIT program offers students the opportunity to live together on the same floor of the newly designed Frear Hall. Their resident advisor will be a College of Education major who will be participating in the same experiences.
The non-residential Get FIT program offers activities, special courses and guidance for those not choosing to participate in the residential experience at Frear Hall.
Telly Award
Manoa and RED, the youth lifestyle division of America Online, were recently honored with the 2008 Telly Award for Outstanding Achievement in Broadband Programming–Documentary Category for Project: Freshman.Project: Freshman 2007, which was filmed last fall documented the lives of first-year students Elliott Winter, Sarah Riordan and Bri Lagat-Ramos as they embarked on college life. Each student was given a video camera to document their personal experience—the good, the bad and the ugly of heading to a new school. For 13 weeks, RED showcased the lives of the three teens from different parts of the country. The students also posted commentary on one of RED’s blogs.
“We should all be proud of our wonderful students and their accomplishments,” says Vice-Chancellor for Students Francisco Hernandez. “This award recognizes how much we can accomplish if all of us work together to highlight all that is great about the Manoa campus.”
Business Gets $1 Million for Renovations
Jay Shidler donated an additional $1,012,116 toward renovations to the Manoa Shidler College of Business.Of the initial $25 million gift from Shidler in 2006, $1 million was given as a gift for the first phase of the renovations, which included landscaping, painting and resurfacing. Last summer, the college received an additional $526,000 gift toward the renovation of several executive classrooms, security cameras and courtyard refurbishing to name a few. The latest gift of more than $1 million will go toward existing renovations and new projects, placing the total gift at $2.5 million to renovate the Shidler College of Business.
Hawaiian Fishpond Restoration
Manoa’s College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources published Loko I'a: A Manual on Hawaiian Fishpond Restoration and Management by Graydon “Buddy” Keala with Assistant Specialist James R. Hollyer and Academic Support Luisa Castro.In the past three decades, Hawai'i has experienced a cultural renaissance and a strong resurgence in all aspects of Native Hawaiian culture. Hawai'i is the only known place in Oceania where the people practiced a “pure” form of fishpond aquaculture.
The manual features fishpond history, information on the permits needed to build or restore them, a guide for construction including color photographs, and troubleshooting tips.
Loko I'a: A Manual on Hawaiian Fishpond Restoration and Management is available from CTAHR (808) 956-7036 or download the order form.
Kudos
UH Hilo Conference Center Director Judith Fox-Goldstein presents a paper on “Destination and Niche Marketing” at the International Association of Collegiate Conference and Event Directors Meeting. Fox-Goldstein will present UH Hilo’s award-winning Hawaiian EDventure Program as a model for marketing sustainable and educational travel programs.Hilo Instructor John Hamilton presented at the American Astronomical Society’s 211th meeting in Austin, TX where a poster featuring the physics and astronomy department’s new 0.9 meter instructional telescope on Mauna Kea was featured. Co-author and department Chair Robert Fox also attended.
Anniversary List
Angie Carr, Yisa Var and Debbie Schwartz are Rydell's Pink Ladies.
You’re the One that I Want
Hilo Performing Arts Center presents the musical Grease, April 11–20. It’s 1959 and Rydell high is filled with rebellious, thrill-loving students.Sandy Dumbrowski is the new girl in school and it turns out that she and the leader of the Burger Palace Boys gang, Danny Zuko, had a brief love affair the summer before. As the show goes on, the students at Rydell High deal with love, gang violence, teen pregnancy and friendship. Tickets. (808) 974-7310
More Events
April 7—Centennial Concert: A UH Music Celebration fundraiser, Blaisdell Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m., (808) 591-2211
April 7—Corporate governance workshop, Manoa, law school Moot Court Room, 4:30 p.m., (808) 956-5355
April 9—Indonesian film Nagabonar Turns 2, Manoa, Korean Studies auditorium, (808) 956-6083
April 10—Liz Bryson speaks on the Canada-France-Hawai'i Telescope oral history project, Manoa, Henke 325, 12 p.m., (808) 956-3774
April 10—Dudley Thompson leads a forum on Africa and the Changing World, Manoa, Hemenway theatre, 12 p.m., (808) 956-8086
April 10—Salima Ikram speaks on Egyptian animal mummies, Manoa, Campus Center Ballroom, 7:30 p.m., (808) 956-4173
April 10–12—Center for South Asian Studies Spring Symposium, Manoa, (808) 956-5652
April 11—Activist Angela Ashton speaks on violence against women, Manoa, Campus Center 307, 2 p.m., (808) 956-8059
April 11—Spring Gourmet Gala featuring chefs Alan Wong and George Mavrothalassitis, Kaua'i, Fine Dining room, 6 p.m., (808) 245-8231
April 11—Manoa Astronomer Shadia Rifai Habbal speaks on Total Solar Eclipses and the Secrets of the Sun, Maui, 6:30 p.m., (808) 573-9500
April 11—The Claremont Piano Trio concert, Manoa, Orvis auditorium, 7:30 p.m., tickets, (808) 956-8742
April 12—Book Clubs and Literature Festival featuring 17 guest authors, Manoa, download PDF, (808) 239-9726
April 11–20—Kennedy Theatre presents The Servant of Many Masters, Manoa, tickets, (808) 956-7655
Announcements
Broadcast Communication Authority Seeking General Manager Applications
The Broadcast Communication Authority, which is one of six chartered student organizations, is looking for general managers for the 2008–2009 academic year for it's two programming organizations, KTUH Radio Station and the Student Video and Filmmakers Association.Applications are due to Campus Center 208 by Fri., April 18, 2008 and interviews with the BCA will be held on Thurs., April 24, 2008.
Applications and position descriptions can be found on the BCA website. If you have questions, please contact BCA Advisor Lisa Kitagawa.
Deadline for Submitting Course Reserve Lists for Manoa
Deadline for submitting course reserve lists to Sinclair Library and Wong Audiovisual Center are:- Summer I 2008—April 18
- Summer II 2008—May 16
- Fall 2008—July 18
- Spring 2009—Nov. 21
Deadline for ordering print and media for reserves is at least 2 months prior to needed date.
For reserves policies and procedures go online.
Sinclair is the home to all reserves at UH Manoa. If there are any materials—books, handouts, overheads and media such as videos, CDs, or DVDs—that needs to be available to the entire class, Sinclair is the place to make it happen.
UH Manoa library has limited copies of an item, placing a title on reserves will make it accessible to all students in a fair manner. Students may save money by utilizing the material at the library instead of having to purchase their own copy. Reserve materials can be from the UH Manoa library or the instructor's own copy.
E-Reserves—Electronic Reserves provide easy 24/7 online access to print materials for class use and subject to copyright restriction.
E-Recordings—Electronic Recordings provide online access to musical recording via Classical Music Library and Naxos Music Library or by uploading to iTunesU. Please ask for assistance when podcasting original sound or video recording.
Kapi'olani Summer Study Abroad Program Deadline Extended
The Kapi'olani Summer Study Abroad Program to the South of France is still accepting students until April 10, the final date for all payments and application submissions. This is open to all students in the UH Community College system.Students earn 6-8 language credits in only 4 weeks, immersed in the culture in Aix-en-Provence, voted by the French themselves as the best place to live in France! Students are accompanied by a Kapi’olani faculty member.
No previous French is required! Program offers both beginning French and intermediate French.
New this year, the program is allowing up to four participants who do not need credits, which saves $1,000-1,500. This is a good opportunity for someone who already completed the language requirement and would like to study French, or a faculty member, or a person in the community who would go through the Kapi'olani Continuing Education program.
For more info, please visit the website. For credit costs, please click on "Apply Now." There is also a link for those who do not need credits. There is now a slideshow of the 2007 program at the bottom of the first page. The program is also rich with local cultural activities and excursions.
Interested students need to contact Renée Arnold and Lori Price at CEA.
Manoa Financial Aid Information
Summer 2008 Financial AidApplications for the University of Hawai'i at Manoa summer financial aid will be available from March 17 to April 18, 2008 at Financial Aid Services, QLC 112 or online.
To be eligible for summer financial aid, you will need to meet all of the following requirements:
- Enrolled in UH Manoa courses only and be a UH Manoa financial aid recipient in the Spring 2008. Community College courses will not be funded.
- Demonstrate sufficient financial need according to your 2007-2008 academic year FAFSA.
- Maintain satisfactory academic progress based on UH Manoa Financial Aid Services academic policies.
- You must be enrolled at least half time during the summer (6 credits as an undergraduate student; 4 credits as a graduate student). You must be enrolled for all credits for aid to be disbursed. Graduate students enrolled in undergraduate courses must provide written approval from your academic advisor. If you are registering for summer extension courses, please check to see which session these courses fall under in order to assure your half-time enrollment.
- Complete the summer application form and Financial Aid Services MUST receive it no later than April 18, 200
The deadline for the 2007-2008 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) to be processed is April 1, 2008. Any additional forms must be received by Financial Aid Services by April 18, 2008 in order to be eligible for financial aid for the 2007-2008 year.