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July
2003
UH
Marine Mammal Lab set to treat ill dolphin
Honolulu
Star Bulletin
Akeakamai, a bottlenose dolphin resident of the UH lab, has a team of specialists
ready to support treatment and recovery.
Med School recruits infectious disease expertise
Honolulu
Advertiser
A researcher from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention will join the
UH medical school in January to begin creating an Asia Pacific Institute of
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease.
New support for Academy for Creative
Media
Honolulu
Advertiser
Chairman Chris Lee outlines progress toward developing a system wide approach
to the UH Academy for Creative Media.
Active
recruitment programs at Windward CC
A federal
grant to Windward Community College supports campus efforts to find talented
but disadvantaged students who can benefit from higher education. Meanwhile,
high school students in the WCC Upward
Bound program are on a serious search, too.
Nursing
center a reality
Pacific
Business News
In a quick follow-up to legislative approval, the UH School of Nursing and Dental
Hygiene has created a center to track and analyze nursing education and workforce
data to assure an adequate supply of quality health care professionals for the
state.
He
hit the ground running
Honolulu
Advertiser
It’s been a busy first year on the job for UH Manoa athletic director Herman
Frazier. Here’s a look at what’s been done and what’s ahead.
Vietnam MBA program graduates first class
Honolulu
Advertiser
The UH Manoa Business College launched an ambitious program in Vietnam two years
ago, and this summer sees its first graduates put their skills to use.
Kellogg grant kick starts P-20 project
planning
Honolulu
Advertiser
UH President Evan Dobelle envisions an alliance that will coordinate the education
experiences of youngsters from pre-school through college and beyond. The half-million
dollar grant from a leading national philanthropic organization gets the ball
rolling.
UH
Hilo visitor program alive and thriving
Pacific
Business News
UH Hilo’s EDventure program dispenses Hawaiian culture
to as many as 5,000 visitors each year who arrive on the Big
Island looking for education and adventure.
Cutthroat
Coral
Honolulu Star
Bulletin
The alien snowflake coral has been found in island waters and UH researchers
are detecting a threat to Hawai‘i’s black coral beds.
Maui
CC in the spotlight
Two stories from the Maui News this week highlight Maui’s leadership
in rural
development and in pioneering four-year
degrees at the UH community colleges.
Fish
farming update
Honolulu
Star Bulletin
A UH microbiologist is drawing up plans to develop an offshore tuna farm.
Moving
Science to the market
Honolulu
Advertiser, Honolulu
Star Bulletin
Cashing in on the work of research scientists at UH Manoa may be more an art
than a science, but patent income has increased, and several new grants are
earmarked to move science to the marketplace more quickly.
UH
under review
Honolulu
Advertiser, Honolulu
Star Bulletin
The accrediting commission from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges
has issued its reports following team visits to UH campuses. Check UH news
releases for the official university reaction.
Donors
support endowed chairs
Star Bulletin
The UH Foundation has announced significant new gifts that will support two
new endowed chairs for UH Manoa programs.
UH Hilo hosts volcano researchers
Hawai‘i
Tribune-Herald
The UH Hilo Center for the Study of Active Volcanoes is a natural place for
scientists from around the world to talk about their findings in volcano research.
UH
Med school gets a biotech neighbor
Pacific
Business News
Tissue Genesis has committed to space near the Kaka‘ako medical school
campus as a proposed bioscience park takes shape.
New
facility approved for Maui astronomers
The
Maui News
Development of a new support facility for UH astronomers on Maui will give the
Institute for Astronomy a chance to compete for a national solar observatory
project.
President Dobelle assesses two years at UH
Honolulu
Star Bulletin
Under his own byline, UH president Evan Dobelle looks back at his two years at
UH, and forward to goals he expects to meet in the years ahead.
The
Varsity Theater proposal
Honolulu Star
Bulletin
Here’s another look at a private developer’s proposal to turn
the Varsity Theater property into a UH Manoa student dormitory and commercial
complex.
Kaua‘i CC builds a bridge
The
Garden Island
A summer program involving students from all over Kaua‘i aims to teach
not only building skills, but also teamwork and Hawaiian cultural values.
Pharmacy program proposed at UH Hilo
Pacific
Business News, Hawai‘i
Tribune-Herald
UH Hilo will present a proposed degree program in pharmacy to the Board of Regents
in the fall for review and approval and hopes to enroll students beginning in
2006.
Back
by popular demand!
Honolulu
Advertiser
Windward Community College will revive its popular ho‘olaule‘a
in September. The annual event has attracted as many as 25,000 people in years
past.
Varsity
Theater’s days may be numbered
Honolulu
Advertiser
Back in the ‘60s, UH Manoa students shuffled up and down
University Avenue to lecture hall-sized classes at Varsity Theater. A developer
is now
shopping
around his plan to build a UH dormitory on the site.
Former UH faculty remembered
Longtime UH Manoa professors Charles
Bouslog of the English Department and linguistics professor Donald
Topping are remembered by their colleagues and students.
Wireless access spreads at UH Manoa
Hawai`i
Business Magazine
UH Information Technology Services engineers are installing wireless
centers around the Manoa campus so that someday there will be
access anywhere.
Tracking space shuttles—infrasonically
West
Hawai‘i Today
UH Manoa researcher Milton Garces has analyzed audio signals to assist
NASA in its investigation of the Columbia shuttle break up.
Varsity
Theater’s days may be numbered
Honolulu
Advertiser
Back in the ‘60s, UH Manoa students shuffled up and down University Avenue
to lecture hall-sized classes at Varsity Theater. A developer is now shopping
around his plan to build a UH dormitory on the site.
Former UH faculty remembered
Longtime UH Manoa professors Charles
Bouslog of the English Department and linguistics professor Donald
Topping are remembered by their colleagues and students.
Wireless
access spreads at UH Manoa
Hawai`i
Business Magazine
UH Information Technology Services engineers are installing wireless centers
around the Manoa campus so that someday there will be access anywhere.
Tracking
space shuttles—infrasonically
West
Hawai‘i Today
UH Manoa researcher Milton Garces has analyzed audio signals to assist NASA
in its investigation of the Columbia shuttle break up.
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