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March
2004
HCC
putting computers to work
Honolulu Community College is planning to expand a certificate course to create
its first four-year
bachelor’s degree program – in computer sciences. Meanwhile,
HCC has created an interactive online
algebra class that has won high praise at island schools.
World
expert on coral reefs joins UH
Honolulu
Star Bulletin
Bob Richmond comes from the University of Guam with a prestigious award as
one of 20 outstanding academic environmental scientists from the United States
and Guam selected as Aldo Leopold Leadership Fellows for 2004.
UH
doctors-to-be get word of their matches
Honolulu
Star Bulletin
Approaching the end of the school year, 64 University of Hawai‘i-Manoa
John A. Burns School of Medicine graduates have learned where they will go
for their residency.
Aquarium’s
new director wants a big splash
Honolulu
Star Bulletin
If you haven't been to the Waikiki Aquarium in
many years, look out for Andrew Rossiter, who’s making it a mission
to raise the facility’s profile.
Deep
secrets unveiled
Honolulu
Advertiser
The UH Hawai‘i Undersea Research
Lab explores the alien geography and myriad strange-looking organisms
that reside in our Hawaiian waters.
Hands-on
ag day captivates Kaua‘i kids
The
Garden Island
The UH Manoa College of Tropical Agriculture
staged its annual Agricultural & Environmental Awareness
Day last week – to the delight of nearly a thousand grade
school youngsters.
Turning a continent into
a telescope
Christian
Science Monitor
Monitor reporter Peter Spotts was at UH earlier this
year to profile the university’s best and brightest, including UH
Manoa physicist Peter Gorham and his colleagues who have embarked on a
unique project to turn an entire continent – the Antarctic ice sheet – into
the world’s largest telescope.
HCC students on the chainsaw
gang
Honolulu
Advertiser
Though they’re ten miles from campus,
Honolulu Community College students learning to use chain saws as
part of a weekly HCC class in wildland firefighting are doing more
than just hefting big equipment.
Freeze-dried sperm yields
live rabbit
Honolulu
Star Bulletin
Ryuzo Yanagimachi, University of Hawai‘i’s
mouse-cloning pioneer, and colleagues have achieved another first:
producing a live rabbit by using “dead” freeze-dried
sperm.
Feeding
the student body
Honolulu
Advertiser
Welcome to lunch hour at UH Manoa. The flagship campus provides a growing feast
of food choices and financial strategies.
Quest for the ultimate orchid
Hawaii
Business Magazine
Orchids already come in a variety of colors, but, so far, no one has been able
to attain the holy grail of orchid culture – a blue orchid. This could
change as UH researchers work on breeding the world’s first blue orchid.
Hamilton
pulls an all-nighter
Honolulu
Advertiser
The Manoa campus library will go “24/3” – with extended hours
for the coffee shop next door – beginning this week.
Paradise Found! Why aren’t
you here?
We thought you would be interested in seeing how the new Sports
Illustrated On Campus magazine describes the University of Hawai‘i
at Manoa’s athletic program. It’s a new publication that covers
college sports and collegiate lifestyles, and the Rainbow Warriors were on
the cover last week.
Federal
program offers local research funds
Pacific
Business News
The University of Hawai‘i is among companies and state agencies involved
in science and technology research that could get millions in funding through
a relatively unknown federal program.
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