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Upcoming UH Day at the
State Capitol
The University of Hawai‘i system will unite as one team, one voice, one
university on Tues., Feb. 4 for UH Day at the State Capitol. Booths will be
set up to acquaint lawmakers with programs on all ten campuses. Please join
us from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., as faculty and students from campuses statewide share
our university with the Legislature. Download the attached
flier.
Plant Biotechnology Comes
of Age at Windward CC
Windward CC has added a state-of-the-art Tissue Culture and Plant Biotechnology
Laboratory to its campus. This $40,000 facility, equipped with the latest in
biotech instrumentation, will bolster Windward CC’s plant biotechnology
program. Windward CC is having a dedication ceremony on Feb. 5, 6–8 p.m.
at Hale ‘Imiloa Room 101-A. Guests will be given a tour of the lab, followed
by a potluck dinner organized by students, faculty, staff and friends.
Federally and state funded, the new lab is the latest addition to Windward CC’s
biotech program, which includes a climatically controlled glasshouse and Kuhi
La‘au, a tropical plant and orchid identification facility. Students can
now propagate plant tissues, implant genes from one plant to another, perform
DNA sequencing and other experiments. Read the full story.
 Lani
Carvalho-Esprecion, Greg Osterman and Darlene Ordenstein work with a gene gun
in Windward CC's new Tissue Culture and Plant Biotechnology Laboratory.
UHM Restores and Displays Charlot Mural
UH Manoa dedicated the Jean Charlot mural entitled Night Hula on Jan.
21 in Saunders Hall. Night Hula joins several other murals from the Jean
Charlot Collection on campus.
The 9x15 foot mural, which depicts an ancient Hawaiian hula scene at night,
was originally created as a private commission for a law office in Waikiki.
The mural was later moved to Kamehameha Schools where it suffered severe damage
from a storm. Kamehameha School was instrumental in raising funds to have the
mural restored, and The Jean Charlot Foundation, which was in charge of restoration,
donated the mural to the university. Laura Ruby, a UH Manoa art department faculty
member and her assistant, Martha Ridgley spent three years restoring the mural
and replacing damaged tiles. Read more about Ruby on the
people page.
Night Hula mural
Law
School Dean Candidate Makes Presentation
Allen Easley, associate dean of Wasburn University, is the final candidate selected
for the dean’s position at the School of Law. He will be doing a presentation
on Fri., Feb. 7, 4 p.m. at the School of Law, Classroom 3. The public is invited.
Easley graduated from Temple University School of Law.
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