Sustainability for High School StudentsWindward’s summer program receives an $85,000 grant. Read more
British Royal Society FellowManoa’s Nicholas Kaiser elected for research in large scale structure and cosmology. Read more
Obesity and Unintended PregnancyManoa’s Bliss Kaneshiro wins first prize for research on Body Mass Index and sexual behavior. Read moreScientist of the YearThe Achievement Rewards for College Scientists honors Adelheid Kuehnle. Read moreOutstanding Faculty and StaffHilo recognizes Lorna Arita-Tsutsumi, Lynette Egusa, Neal Nagao and Cheryl Ramos. Read more
Sea Grant Books HonoredKa Palapala Po'okela honors Reef and Shore Fishes of the Hawaiian Islands and Hawaiian Reef Plants. Read moreProject LearningManoa’s Violet Harada and alumni Carolyn Kirio and Sandra Yamamoto publish Collaboration for Project-Based Learning in Grades 9–12. Read more
Buddhist Cultures Workshop
Manoa’s Outreach College presents the workshop Buddhist Cultures of the Himalayas June 2–18 at POST 127. This course explores the rich cultural diversity of the Himalayan region though the prisms of history and cultural geography. Participants can discover the unique cultures of the Himalayas through the unifying theme of Vajrayana, or Diamond Path, Buddhism, which came to dominate the religious life and art of the region.
Topics include topography of cultures and basic historical chronology, the dissemination and persecution of Buddhism, the second great Buddhist period of the 10th–11th centuries, as well as the different regions in the Himalayas. (808) 956-8400
More Events
June 3—Jacob Park speaks on Corporate Environment and Social Responsibility–Is There an Asian Style, Manoa, Shidler C-101, 4:15 p.m., (808) 956-8041
June 4—Manoa student Ruey Hwu presents Effects of Two-phase Flow Regimes in Serpentine Flow Channels on PEM Fuel Cell Performance, Manoa, HITS2 broadcast in Kuykendall 201, 2 p.m. Also remotely at Leeward, Hilo and the Maui Research and Technology Center, email for details.
June 4—Manoa Associate Astronomer Paul Coleman speaks on Traditional and Modern Astronomy in Hawai‘i, Manoa, Krauss 012, Yukiyoshi Room, 7 p.m., (808) 956-8246
For more events, check the UH calendar.