July 31, 2006

Hilo Recognizes Service

Marilyn Brown	Gail Makuakane-Lundin	Dean Miyose

Three employees were honored with UH Hilo Chancellor’s Awards for outstanding service.

• Marilyn Brown, an assistant professor of sociology, is the recipient of the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Service.
• Gail Makuakane-Lundin, director of the Kipuka Native Hawaiian Student Center, was given the Distinguished Service Award for Improving Student Life.
• Dean Miyose, a groundskeeping supervisor, was honored with the Buildings and Grounds Maintenance Award.

Read more about the honorees.

Earth's Liquefied Discovery

Stephanie Ingle

Manoa researcher Stephanie Ingle and scientists from Japan and California found evidence for the existence of partial melt in the Earth’s upper mantle beneath the Pacific Ocean near Japan. Using geophysical and geochemical data and age dating techniques, the team determined that volcanoes found in this region should only exist if the upper mantle is naturally in a partially molten state. The study, to be published in Science, reports the discovery and implications of young volcanoes located far from tectonic settings where volcanism normally occurs.

“Many of the volcanic rocks from the sea floor that we found and sampled are chock full of holes called vesicles. Vesicles form when gases escape from erupting lava, so this provides strong evidence for gas presence in the upper mantle,” says Ingle. “The existence of gas permits, if not requires, the asthenosphere be in a partially molten state.” Read more.

Training Boost for UH Pediatricians

A new federally funded program at the School of Medicine is improving training for Hawai‘i pediatricians in treating children with developmental and behavioral issues, under a 5-year grant for $725,000. The fellowship training program at the pediatrics department is one of only nine in the country and the only one on the West Coast.

Physicians in the program become expert at conditions such as autism, cerebral palsy, mental retardation and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. They learn about the fields of developmental psychology, child psychiatry, child neurology and rehabilitative medicine to improve systems of care for children with disabilities and other issues. Read more.

CBA Receives $1 Million for Teaching

Manoa’s College of Business established two professorships—the William R. Johnson, Jr., Distinguished Professorship and the W. Ruel Johnson Distinguished Professorship, each endowed at $500,000. University alumnus William R. Johnson, Jr., and his wife Sylvia Sue donated the $1 million. Johnson earned a BBA from CBA in 1965 and later became owner and CEO of Johnson Machinery. Read the news release.

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