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January
2004
Learning the intricacies of design
Honolulu Star
Bulletin
Building pieces of furniture from the ground up teaches architecture students
the finer points of working with building materials and how they can best be
put together.
A different kind of “team
spirit”
Honolulu
Advertiser
As UH athletes focus on their bodies and minds, there's a move afoot to incorporate
the spiritual aspect of life into their lives as well.
Farmers’ market
a hit with the community
Pacific
Business News
The Hawai‘i Farm Bureau Federation co-sponsors the market at Kapi‘olani
CC with the Culinary Institute of the Pacific, whose teachers and students,
on their own time, sell food they've made themselves, often to raise money
for class trips to places like Thailand and France.
From
Manoa to Mars
Honolulu
Star Bulletin
UH researchers are anxious to see what NASA explorers will reveal.
Garden honors 3 UH scientists lost
at sea
Honolulu
Star Bulletin
It takes the place of an older one dedicated to the 1978 loss of three UH Manoa
scientists aboard the Holoholo
UH
athletics Circle of Honor grows
Honolulu
Advertiser, Honolulu
Star Bulletin
Humility and selflessness are the traits shared by the two latest inductees
into the University of Hawaii Sports Circle of Honor.
UH
creative media program receives another large gift
Honolulu
Advertiser
The fund will help the inter-campus initiative develop a world class creative
media program focusing on Hawai‘i, Asia and Pacific themes.
Surveying
Hilo Bay
Hawai‘i
Tribune-Herald
A group of UH Hilo researchers continues its daunting effort of trying to identify
sources of pollution in Hilo Bay.
HCC gearing up to train builders
With an estimated $10 billion building boom anticipated during the next decade, Honolulu
CC is at the epicenter of workforce training needed to handle military
and hotel construction. Word from Maui
CC is that they’re anticipating demand on the Valley Isle as well.
UH
Hilo aquaculture research center on track
Hawai‘i
Tribune-Herald
The release of a $2 million appropriation will allow the Pacific Aquaculture
and Coastal Resources Center to go out for construction bids early this year.
Long, hard road ahead for University
of Mosul
Honolulu
Star Bulletin
What UH researcher Simar El-Swaify saw last month when he toured
the University of Mosul—once one of the Middle East's most prestigious institutions—made
him weep. He’ll lead at UH team to rehab the institution.
UH
regents give creative media school thumbs up
Honolulu
Advertiser
The academy—with 70 UH-Manoa students already enrolled—will be
the first to span the 10-campus system throughout the state and create a blueprint
for more system wide initiatives. An
editorial praises
the "exciting new window."
Two-to-watch at UH Manoa athletics
The Honolulu Star Bulletin has picked ten Hawai‘i residents as “people
to watch” in 2004. Among them are Athletic Director
Herman
Frazier, and UH quarterback Tim
Chang.
NewsLinks Extra: Research at the
University of Hawai‘i
In a partnership with the University of Hawai‘i, Hawai‘i
Business Magazine has produced a 32-page special section highlighting research
at campuses in the UH system statewide. Links to the report will remain posted
here during the month of January so that you may browse through it at your
leisure.
Study
Buddies
Honolulu
Star Bulletin
Learning is a family affair for Leri Downey, 84, and her daughter,
Diana Carter. They’re both in classes at UH West O‘ahu.
Squid with a built-in glow
Honolulu
Advertiser
University of Hawai'i scientists have discovered the key to how the Hawaiian
bobtail squid is able to shine its own built-in flashlight to confuse predators.
UH team studying noni as cancer treatment
Honolulu Star Bulletin
Early results of a study show promise, but more drug interaction tests are in
the works.
UH scientist helps study supernova
Honolulu
Advertiser
A University of Hawai‘i astronomer is part of a team that probed the
mystery of an odd supernova that occurred in 1993, proving the supernova exploded
next
to a companion star.
Building
a team at Kaua‘i CC
The
Garden Island
How does canoe-paddling relate to college-level instruction? Heading back to
school, the Kaua`i campus faculty and staff discovered the link.
Special
Report: Research at the University of Hawai‘i
Hawai‘i
Business Magazine
In a partnership with the University of Hawai‘i, the monthly
business magazine has produced a 32-page special section highlighting
research at campuses in the
UH system statewide. Links to the report will remain posted here during the
month of January so that you may browse through it at your leisure.
UH people to watch in 2004
Honolulu
Advertiser
Honolulu’s dailies have been publishing their year-end and new year features
over the last several days—including this look at two UH folks who the
Advertiser believes will help to shape Hawai‘i in 2004.
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