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Visible
light image of the circumstellar disk around the nearby young star
AU Mic discovered with the University of Hawaii 2.2-meter telescope.
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Astronomers
Discover the Nearest Young Planet-Forming Star
A team of researchers including Institute for Astronomy scientists Michael
C. Liu and Jonathan P. Williams,
have found the nearest example of a young planet-forming star. They discovered
a spectacular circumstellar dust disk with indirect evidence for newly formed
planets around the star AU Microscopium (AU Mic). At a distance of only 33 light
years, this is the nearest star with a visible disk. The results will be published
online in Science Express and in the print editions of Science and Astrophysical
Journal.
“We know that extrasolar planets are common, but understanding how they
form is an outstanding question,” says Liu. “Because AU Mic is so
near to Earth, it provides us a special opportunity to examine planet formation
in great detail.”
Read
the press release.
Foundation President Leaves to Join Harvard Divinity
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Foundation President Elizabeth “Betsy” Sloane has been
named associate dean for development and alumni relations for Harvard
Divinity School. Sloane will join Harvard in early April and Donna
Vuchinich, vice president of development, will become acting president,
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“Betsy has done a tremendous job building the kind of high-caliber team
and infrastructure that will be needed for the upcoming centennial capital campaign,” says
UHF Board of Trustees Chairman Howard Karr.
Read more about
it.
UH
Hilo Rose Tseng, left, with Kay and Alec Keith. Photo
courtesy
of UH Hilo.
Hilo
Receives Largest Private Gift Donated To UH System
UH Hilo received a commitment for a $2.4 million cash gift
from Alec and Kay Keith to establish an endowed scholarship
fund for
graduates of Hawai‘i
and Pacific Island high school students. The gift is the largest private
donation ever made to any institution in the UH system by an
individual.
“Kay and I appreciate just how necessary and important scholarships are,” Keith
says. “A student who works hard, shows potential and wants to go to
college should not lose that opportunity because of financial considerations.”
Read
the press release.
2004 UH Distinguished
Alumni
The UH Alumni Association has selected this year’s Distinguished
Alumni Awards recipients—Beadie Kanahele Dawson, CEO of the Dawson
Group; Attilio Kanei Leonardi, Honolulu Fire Department chief; Thelma
Chock Nip, lifelong Hawai‘i educator; Barry K. Taniguchi,
president and CEO of KTA Super Stores and Frank Watase, chair
and president of California-based Quality! Natural Foods, Inc., chair of Yum
Yum Donuts and owner of Sonoma Valley Bagels and East Coast Bagels.
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The
UH Founders Alumni Association Lifetime Achievement Award will be
presented to Ah Quon McElrath,
an ILWU advocate and former UH regent. A dinner to honor
award recipients will be held on Thurs., May 20, 5 p.m. at the
Sheraton Waikiki Hotel.
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