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March
2003
University mourns passing of Paul Miwa
Honolulu
Advertiser 3/31
The former UH Hilo Chancellor held several senior executive positions at the
university.
The incoming law school dean plans to build on stregnths
Pacific Business
News
Incoming dean at the William S. Richardson School of Law—Aviam Soifer—sees
lots of strength in the UH law program.
$1
million grant supports language proficiency
Honolulu
Star Bulletin
UH Manoa can teach as many as 80 languages as the need arises. A federal grant
supports our stellar language programs.
Manoa’s
oldest building is new again
Honolulu
Advertiser
The oldest permanent building on the UH Manoa campus has reopened after a two-year,
$15 million facelift.
Researcher
Jim Brewbaker is the UH Corn King
Hawaii
Business Magazine
The UH college of tropical agriculture is home to a long-time distinguished
scientist whose interests extend to an unlikely Field of Dreams.
Underwater
surveillance training benefits the war effort
Honolulu
Advertiser
UH researchers had a hand in training dolphins now in the Middle East war zone
on mine detection duty.
UH
makes a deal with Hong Kong firm for biowaste conversion process
Honolulu Star
Bulletin
A UH Manoa ocean engineer came up with a process to turn biowaste into useable
plastic materials. A Hong Kong firm will use the technology.
Med
school students meet their match
Honolulu Star
Bulletin
It was match day at the med school last week, when future physicians found out
who they would be paired with for their residency programs.
Lending
a hand
Honolulu Star
Bulletin, Honolulu
Advertiser
Carpentry students from Honolulu Community College were getting practical experience
in the field this month – doing fixups for the Waikiki Health Center.
Chefs
in training at Kapi‘olani CC
Honolulu
Advertiser
Professional chefs from Hawai`i’s finest restaurants run the drills at
Honolulu’s premiere training café.
Reviving a classic
Honolulu
Advertiser
UH scholars have worked to bring back into print a classic dictionary of the
Hawaiian Language.
Asian Exchanges
Hawaii
Business Magazine
The University of Hawai‘i’s Asia-Pacific financial markets research
center is a wealth of information.
Community College campuses make progress
on fixups
Repair and maintenance work at all UH campuses continue. Read about efforts
underway at Honolulu
Community College and the program at Windward
Community College to cope with constricted budgets.
Boston College scholar picked as UH
law dean
Honolulu
Advertiser, Honolulu
Star Bulletin
The Board of Regents has approved the appointment of a prominent constitutional
law scholar to be the new dean at the William S. Richardson School of Law.
Kapi‘olani CC cooks will move to former
military club site
Honolulu Star
Bulletin, Honolulu
Advertiser
Property occupied by the former Cannon Club on the slopes of Diamond Head is
targeted as the headquarters for the community college Culinary Institute of
the Pacific program.
UH people: Fashion design student Heater
Meulemans
Honolulu
Advertiser
Fashion design students are finishing up their year-end projects. Here’s
a look at some forties and fifties chic.
UH hosts Asian business plan competition
Honolulu
Advertiser, Honolulu
Star Bulletin
The UH Manoa business college capitalizes on its reputation for Asia expertise
to host the premiere intercollegiate business plan competition in the Asia-Pacific
region.
UH researchers release findings of lengthy
vog study
Hawai‘i
Tribune-Herald, West
Hawai‘i Today, Honolulu
Advertiser
After five years of data collection, UH scientists report on the results of
their study of the effects of VOG (volcanic haze/fog) on Big Island residents
who have coped with more than two decades of pollution from Kilauea’s continuing
eruption.
Art
in a shoebox
Honolulu Star
Bulletin
The UH Manoa Art Gallery is staging one of the most popular exhibitions that
visits the Manoa campus – the 8th International Shoebox Sculpture show
that restricts artists to creating their entries in a space no larger than a
shoebox.
Solar observatories growing in importance
Honolulu
Advertiser
The Science City complex atop Haleakala is assuming a more prominent role in
observing the universe, with new telescopes planned or about to be completed.
Meanwhile, new discoveries from Mauna Kea as well
Honolulu
Advertiser, Honolulu
Star Bulletin
UH scientists from the Institute for Astronomy have contributed to new discoveries
in the vicinity of our solar system’s largest planet.
UH
research center a part of aquarium proposal
Honolulu Star
Bulletin, Honolulu
Advertiser
The UH Manoa administration has stated its support for a proposal by a private
developer to build an aquarium adjacent to the UH Kewalo Marine Lab to enhance
the university’s research capabilities.
Watching the weeds
Honolulu
Advertiser
As workers continue to extricate the invasive and alien Salvinia Molesta plant
pest from O`ahu’s Lake Wilson reservoir, UH botanists have set up a Hawai`i
Weed Risk Assessment system that aims to prevent this kind of problem in the
future.
Visiting
journalist tours UH campuses
Scripps Howard News Service
Former Scripps Howard editor Dan Thomasson was a guest lecturer in UH journalism
classes last week. In a story distributed worldwide by the news service, he
examines diversity at the university.
Special UH collections include some Congressional
papers
Honolulu Star
Bulletin
Hawai‘i Congressional files find a home at Hamilton Library—but the
special collection is not complete.
“World’s largest” megacam the newest astronomy tool
Honolulu
Advertiser
Astronomers working atop Mauna Kea will now have access to the largest camera
in the world as UH scientists continue to discover the wonders of the universe.
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