UH
Receives $5 Million NASA Grant
 An Institute for Astronomy research team lead by Karen Meech was chosen as a
NASA Astrobiology Institute Lead Team. The NASA award will bring more than $5
million to the university for astrobiological
research over the next five years. The UH research programs will focus on
water as the habitat of, and chemical enabler for, life.
The interdisciplinary research team includes members from the departments of
chemistry, geology and geophysics, information and computer sciences and oceanography,
and the Hawai‘i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology and the Institute
for Astronomy.
Topics
of study include
• Examining the distribution of water
in interstellar gas clouds and comets and in disks around young stars
• Explaining
how water molecules form in the interstellar environment
• Investigating
the role water played in forming habitats for life in our solar
system and the diversity of rocks and minerals.
Read the press
release for more information.
Maui
First Community College to Offer Four-Year Degree
 To meet increasing demand for postsecondary education opportunities on the neighbor
islands, Maui CC will become the first community college in Hawai‘i to offer
a four-year degree. A proposal to establish a bachelor’s in applied business
and information technology at Maui CC was approved by the Board of Regents on
June 20. The degree was developed in response to the needs voiced by the Maui
community and is unique within the UH system as it is a business degree, emphasizing
small to medium sized business management, with a strong information technology
component.
"The mission of the community colleges is to ensure access to all, and,
in living up to that mission, Maui County residents will soon have the opportunity
to earn a baccalaureate degree at home in a high-demand field," said UH
President Evan S. Dobelle. Read the press
release.
System Faculty
Service Award Winners
Four
faculty members have been honored with the Hung Wo and Elizabeth
Lau Ching
Foundation Award for Faculty Service to the Community.
• Meda
Chesney-Lind, women’s studies professor, UH Manoa
• James
Pietsch, law professor, UH Manoa
• Lee
Stein, human services instructor, Maui Community College
• Stephen
Wehrman, respiratory therapy professor, Kapi‘olani
Community College.
This award recognizes the significant contributions that faculty make to strengthen
ties between the university and the community. Connect to the Web
site to read
more about the winners.
Kapi‘olani
CC Honor Society Named to Top 100
Alpha
Kappa Psi, the Kapi‘olani CC chapter of Phi Theta Kappa International
Honor Society was named to the top 100 chapters of the society. They were selected
from more than 1,200 chapters. Alpha Kappa Psi’s student president, Emma
Neff, was also named a distinguished president.
The five-star chapter also received several awards at the regional convention.
• Hallmark
Program Awards in Leadership, Scholarship and Service
• Hannah
Daido named Distinguished Officer of the Pacific Region
• Emma
Neff named Distinguished President of the Pacific Region and Distinguished
President at the International Level
• Julieann
Aliipule named Distinguished Member of the Pacific Region
• Linda
Letta named Distinguished Advisor of the Pacific Region
UH Hosts Multimedia Conference
More than 1,200 educational researchers, teachers and others involved in
educational multimedia, hypermedia and telecommunications from around the
world will be
gathering June 23–28 at the Sheraton Waikiki for the 15th Annual ED-MEDIA
Conference. The conference features eminent keynote and invited speakers,
a range of in-depth tutorials and a full program of more than 800 refereed papers,
panels and posters.
"ED-MEDIA brings together thinkers and doers from 60 different countries
to share their experience and ideas about how we can improve education through
the use of new technologies," says David Lassner,
UH chief information officer and ED-MEDIA 2003 co-chair.
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