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Regents'
Medal Honorees
The university is proud to honor the recipients of the Regents’
Award for Excellence in Research and Regents’
Award for Excellence in Teaching.
The awards winners will be recognized at the Convocation 2002 ceremony on Monday,
September 9, 10 a.m. at UH Manoa Kennedy Theatre. For more information, please
call (808) 956-6934.
High-Tech Research Ship
Joins UH Fleet
The university’s newest research ship, the R/V Kilo Moana, a twin
hull marvel that has been called the best research ship in the U.S. academic
fleet arrived at Snug Harbor on September 3. The official welcoming ceremony
is scheduled on September 10, 11 a.m. at Aloha Tower Marketplace.
See photos of the Kilo Moana’s arrival, download
a fact sheet and check out the Web
site.
Japanese Midget Sub Discovery
Makes Media Splash
 Researchers
aboard the R/V Ka‘imikai-o-Kanaloa from the Hawai‘i Undersea
Research Laboratory (HURL) found the mini-sub involved in military actions that
lead up to the war of the Pacific between the Americans and the Japanese. The
midget sub was discovered 3 to 4 miles off Pearl Harbor. The destroyer USS Ward
sank the sub at approximately 6 a.m. on December 7, 1941—2 hours prior
to the aerial attack on Pearl Harbor. John Wiltshire,
associate director of HURL, called the discovery "probably the most significant
archaeological find in the Pacific."
For more information about the discovery, including video of the first sighting
of the midget sub, go to the project’s
Web site or read the press
release. The discovery was also featured in the Honolulu
Advertiser, Star
Bulletin, The
Washington Post, ABC
News, The
New York Times and CNN.
UHM Responds to Nursing
Shortage
The UH Manoa School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene is now offering an accelerated
"fast-track" program enabling students to complete a bachelor’s
degree in nursing in just 17 months—less than half the time required to
complete the traditional three-year program.
The accelerated curriculum path targets individuals with a prior bachelor’s
degree in any field that are interested in professional nursing as a career
change option. Ten students began the pilot program on August 26. After successful
completion of the program, a student will receive the Bachelor of Science degree
with a major in nursing, and be eligible for the RN licensure exam. Read
the press release.
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