Frederick and Joan Harris with the premier

Chinese Collaboration Celebrated

Professors of Physics Frederick Harris and Stephen Olsen met Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao during an Oct. 15 celebration marking 25 years of research collaboration. The Manoa scientists were among 10 U.S. representatives attending the Joint Committee for Cooperation on High Energy Physics in Beijing's government headquarters and a gala dinner in the Great Hall of China.

Harris, a UH faculty member since 1970, has conducted research at the Beijing Electron Spectrometer detector since it began operation in 1993. Olsen, who came to UH in 1992, primarily works through similar collaboration with Japan. They and fellow UH physicists are expanding the understanding of how particle physics works.

Hashimoto Gets His Day

Clark Hashimoto, former College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources county administrator, was honored by Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa who named Nov. 10 Clark Hashimoto Day in honor of his 28 years of service to Maui agriculture. Hashimoto retired to his family's persimmon farm on the island.

Foundation Trustees Elect Officers

Retired banker and Manoa alumnus Howard Karr has been elected chair of the UH Foundation Board of Trustees. Also elected were developer Bert A. Kobayasi and Hawai‘i Dental Services President Faye Kurren, vice chairs; Bank of Hawai‘i CEO Allan Landon, treasurer, and Bojim Investments Chair James Wo, secretary. Kobayashi attended Kapi‘olani CC and Kurren holds a UH law degree. Read the release.

Faculty activities

Kane‘ohe-based College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources Extension Agent Jari Sugano will contribute a monthly column to the Honolulu Advertiser. Her column on fruits and vegetables will appear every fourth week in Friday's Island Life section.

Carol Mon Lee spoke on American legal education at Capital Normal University and the International Law School at China University of Political Science and Law in Beijing.

Hilo Assistant Professor Harald Barkhoff served as sport psychologist and scientific consultant to the German National Team during the World Artistic Roller Skating Championships in Fresno, Calif., this month.

Marika Ripke, project coordinator for the Manoa Center on the Family's Hawai‘i Kids Count initiative, has been appointed to the sate Commission on Fatherhood. The legislature established the commission in 2003.

Danielle Conway Jones participated in panels on government contract and trademark law at the National People of Color Conference at George Washington University Law School.

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Hilo Associate Professor of Communication Catherine Becker is a reviewer for the Journal of Contemporary Ethnography.

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