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April
2003
Incentives
for inventors
Honolulu
Advertiser
The UH Office of Technology Transfer sponsors an Invention Convention for students
hoping to find the next big thing.
Now,
THAT’s different!
Pacific
Business News, Honolulu
Star Bulletin
The winners in the UH business college business plan competition have a plan
to save Vietnam’s birds. Addressing
the nursing shortage …
Honolulu Star
Bulletin
A scholarship scheme helps Honolulu CC nursing students make it through school
to serve immigrant populations.
UH in the NFL
Honolulu
Advertiser, Honolulu
Star Bulletin
Three former UH Warriors are headed for professional football training camps
following their selection in the NFL draft.
UH undergraduate researchers put
on a show
Honolulu Star
Bulletin
Young researchers display their projects at the year-end exhibition designed
to showcase the best and the brightest.
UH
People: Mona Darwich compiles a unique history
Honolulu
Star Bulletin
A UH Manoa senior has documented the history of Muslims in Hawai‘i for
her thesis project.
Fuel
cell test center opens
Honolulu Star
Bulleti
The UH Hawai‘i Natural Energy Laboratory is collaborating with Hawaiian
Electric Company to move the state forward into a hydrogen economy.
Faculty union contract extended
Honolulu
Advertiser, Honolulu
Star Bulletin
State negotiators and public employee unions – including the University
of Hawai‘i Professional Assembly – moved quickly to conclude contract
talks without wage increase provisions.
UH
Textbooks available to state schools at no charge
Honolulu
Advertiser
In a partnership with the state’s public schools, UH curriculum specialists
are offering as many as 10,000 new math, science and literature texts to Hawai‘i’s
K-12 teachers to help alleviate chronic shortages.
Exploring
the moon
Honolulu
Advertiser
UH researchers are committing to a new program of lunar exploration that will
take a close look at the moon’s poles.
The
world’s largest … atop Mauna Kea
Honolulu Star
Bulletin
It really is the world’s largest camera system, and UH astronomers have
already taken advantage of its extraordinary capabilities.
UH
on the SARS watch
Honolulu
Advertiser
UH has joined the State Department of Health in watching out for traces of the
deadly Sudden Acute Respiratory Syndrome.
UH
People: Klaus Wyrtki
Honolulu Star
Bulletin
A distinguished oceanographer receives a prestigious international prize for
his life’s work.
Researchers
find fault
Hawai‘i
Tribune-Herald, Honolulu
Advertiser, Honolulu
Star Bulletin 4/18
Discovery of a fault deep beneath Kilauea’s vents has meant reassessment
of the very active volcano’s “lower plumbing.”
Regents
April meeting covers the spectrum
The Board of Regents acted on a number of items at its monthly meeting at Windward
Community College – including UH
Hilo tuition and compensation
for community college nursing instructors – and heard
reports about money matters.
Changing the grading system
Honolulu
Advertiser
First they did away with hard-copy grade reports, and now they’re changing
the grading scale – at UH Manoa.
Expanding distance learning opportunities
Honolulu
Advertiser
The university is making it easier for students constrained by time and space
to earn degree credits through alternate means. Balloon
business bursting with success
Honolulu
Advertiser
A UH Manoa business professor has steered two of her students into a successful
campus-based business.
UH Hilo partnership feeds fish farms
Pacific
Business News, Hawai‘i
Tribune-Herald
A partnership with Oceanic Institute promises to enhance and support
aquaculture efforts in Hawai‘i.
About
that apple a day…
Honolulu Star
Bulletin
A UH Manoa researcher reports findings that show there may be some correlation
between consumption of fruit and susceptibility to Parkinson’s Disease.
Really
good cooks at Kapi‘olani CC!
Honolulu Star
Bulletin
The culinary arts students have been awarded a gold medal at a regional competitive
event on the mainland.
Developer
offers Big Island land
Honolulu
Advertiser
A private developer has offered some land to the university as a startup location
for the University of Hawai‘i West Hawai‘i campus.
UH
Hilo researchers demystify kava
Some people suffer ill effects
from drinking the common Pacific island drink, and the Honolulu
Advertiser reports that UH Hilo researchers think they have identified the
cause. An editorial
suggests how to proceed in light of their findings.
Hawai‘i
Hall restoration now complete
Honolulu Star
Bulleti
A two-year long restoration project has restored the luster to UH Manoa’s
oldest permanent structure.
Other thoughts from athletics
Honolulu Star
Bulletin
In a wide-ranging interview, UH Manoa athletic director Herman Frazier catches
up on several pending issues on the lower campus.
Law school, business college score again
Honolulu Star
Bulletin
US News and World Report issued its latest rankings for graduate programs last
week, and once again two UH Manoa programs are recognized.
Computer "shootout" resumes
Honolulu
Advertiser
UH Manoa’s Advanced Network Computing Lab is so well-regarded that developers
of sophisticated high tech equipment donate their products to the lab for testing.
Mac nuts, Kona coffee in orbit
Honolulu
Advertiser
A former UH astrophysicist will be a member of the International Space Station
crew when America resumes manned space flights following the Columbia tragedy.
A commitment to gender equity
Honolulu
Advertiser
UH Manoa’s athletic program is committed to meeting gender equity standards,
and has supplied some details to a certification committee from the NCAA.
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