Note: The story links provided on this page go directly to external news sites which maintain their own Web pages and determine when links will expire.

 

December 2003

WCC students win Web award
Honolulu Advertiser
Carlie Salomons and Chantal Aquino aren't surfers but they’ve created a national award-winning Web site on the subject.

See you in court!
Pacific Business News
University of Hawaii law school graduate Della Au Belatti is learning how the judicial system works firsthand—managing a courtroom, conducting bailiff's duties and seeing Hawai‘i’s most prominent attorneys in action.

Maui makes finals for new telescope
Honolulu Star Bulletin, The Maui News
Haleakala as among three sites being considered for the world’s largest ground-based solar optical observatory, with the UH Institute for Astronomy in line to benefit from this new capability.

KCC’s unique gift idea: Credit hours for Christmas
The Garden Island
Actually, it’s a gift that’s good anytime of the year—gift certificates to help pay for tuition.

Former UH Hilo professor returning to the Big Island in new role
Hawai‘i Tribune-Herald
Former University of Hawai‘i at Hilo professor Marlene Hapai has been named the new director of the Mauna Kea Astronomy Education Center.

Faulkes ‘scopes will link British and Hawaiian Isles (and heavens)
Astronomy Magazine
Astronomers at Cardiff University in Wales will lead an ambitious, $15.5 million project that connects students throughout the United Kingdom to research-class telescopes atop Haleakala in Hawai‘i and Australia in a partnership that includes the UH Manoa Institute for Astronomy.

UH crew helps explain underwater lava holes
Honolulu Star Bulletin
University of Hawaii researchers and associates say they have found evidence to explain apparent holes in hardened lava on the floor of the deep ocean, a mystery that has eluded experts since the 1970s.

UH faculty member’s movie to debut at Sundance festival
Honolulu Star Bulletin
Hawai‘i-based Te Maka Productions will have the world premiere of its first feature film, "The Land Has Eyes," in January at the Sundance Film Festival, one of the movie industry's most prestigious events. The coup earns high praise on the Star Bulletin’s editorial page.

High demand nursing program searching for support
Honolulu Star Bulletin
An accelerated nursing education program is a great success, but the UH Manoa-based program is looking for funding that will carry it beyond the one-year pilot phase.

UH in venture to develop Kona campus
Honolulu Advertise
The University of Hawai‘i has joined forces with a private developer to work toward a college campus on the Big Island’s Kona coast as part of a "university village" that could include a golf course, housing and a shopping mall.

 

 

 

November 2003
October 2003
September 2003

August 2003
July 2003
June 2003
May 2003
April 2003
March 2003
February 2003
J
anuary 2003

December 2002
November 2002
October 2002
September 2002
August 2002
July 2002
June 2002
May 2002
April 2002
March 2002
February 2002

 

 

UH Home | EAUR Home | NewsLinks

Compiled by External Affairs and University Relations

University of Hawai‘i
External Affairs and University Relations
E-mail: manke@hawaii.edu, Phone: (808) 956-6099, Fax: (808) 956-9701

© 2002 University of Hawai‘i all rights reserved.

 

current newslinks page external affairs and university relations home page newslinks home page external affairs and university relations home page