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August
2004
Helping
people communicate
Honolulu
Star Bulletin
UH finance graduate Kit Yee “Candy” Choi does good as a language
interpreter assisting those who can’t speak English.
Study
links low calories to longevity
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
According to a study by Dr. Bradley Willcox, clinician investigator of the
Pacific Health Research Institute at the University of Hawai’i, “it's
not low fat or low carbohydrates that counts, it's calories."
Shoji in the spotlight
Honolulu Star-Bulletin, (part
1), (part
2)
In a two part interview, UH women’s volleyball coach Dave Shoji talks
about the season, the program and his future at UH.
Looking
for a teaching job?
Honolulu
Advertiser
UH Manoa’s College of Education receives $2 million from the U.S. Department
of Education to fund its Transition To Training program to increase the number
of qualified teachers in Hawai’i’s high-need public schools.
UH
fruit fly program wins honors
Honolulu
Advertiser
UH’s Hawai‘i Fruit Fly Area-Wide Pest Management program earns
national recognition from the USDA for achieving success against a pest that
has wreaked havoc here for more than three decades and cost the state's agriculture
industry billions of dollars.
Space still available at Kauai CC
Kauai
Garden Island
“We've got room,” proclaimed Kaua‘i Community College Chancellor
Peggy Cha, inviting any students who weren't able to get either classes or housing
at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa to consider enrolling at KCC.
Grants
support schizophrenia studies at UH
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
Two UH Manoa researchers have been awarded $120,000 to study the genetics of
schizophrenia and identify adolescents at risk for psychoses.
“The Best 100 Japanese Posters
1945-89”
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
On display now through Sept. 24 at the UH Art Gallery are “The Best 100
Japanese Posters 1945-89” depicting graphical artistry of historical
milestones.
UH
scientist hails flight balloon
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
UH meteorology professor Dr. Steven Businger is part of a team using a “smart
balloon” to track air pollution levels in the troposphere.
UH research sub sets for busy season
Honolulu Star-Bulletin
A number of UH researchers prepare for a busy season on the Hawai’i Undersea
Research Laboratory submersibles, including dives to Loihi and a volcano off
American Samoa.
Jones aims to deliver
Pacific
Business News
June Jones prepares for the start of the college football season believing
that everything is in place to make the athletic department profitable for
the first time ever by the end of the school year.
UH
surgeon, children promote health wealth
UH plastic surgery head Dr. F. Don Parsa has committed to a number of global
humanitarian missions in his lifetime, and has inspired his children to follow
similar paths.
Honolulu Star-Bulletin
UH men’s basketball loses its
No. 1 fan
For more than 30 years, Art Woolaway touched many lives in the UH men’s
basketball program where he served as a volunteer assistant and administrator,
co-founded the UH athletics booster club Ahahui Koa Anuenue and was inducted
into the UH Sports Circle of Honor.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, Honolulu
Advertiser
New Wahine basketball coach hired
UH Wahine basketball coach Jim Bolla announced the hiring of Pat Charity as
the first of two associate coaches who will be involved in various aspects
of the program, including scouting, scheduling and game-day coaching.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, Honolulu
Advertiser
Magazine ranks UH in top 10
U.S. News & World Report magazine’s “America's Best Colleges
2005” ranks UH Manoa in the top 10 for its undergraduate business program.
Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Honolulu
Advertiser
CTAHR
garden fun for keiki and adults
The new Children’s Garden opening this Saturday at UH Manoa’s CTAHR
Urban Garden Center gives keiki and parents a fun, educational experience.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
Former
UH student, U.S. senator mourned
In his days as a UH student, the late Hiram Fong excelled in academics and
extracurricular activities, as he similarly did during his lifetime as a lawyer,
entrepreneur, tycoon and U.S. senator.
Honolulu
Advertiser, Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
UH adds new parking structure
A new $4.5 million parking structure on Dole Street next to the Center for
Hawaiian Studies will accommodate 276 vehicles, giving the university a net
gain of 175 parking spaces to accommodate enrollment increases.
Honolulu
Advertiser
UH faculty members honored
Roberta Lynn Brashear, Kathy Ferguson, David A. Krupp and Kem Lowry will receive
the Hung Wo and Elizabeth Lau Ching Foundation Award for making significant
contributions for strengthening ties between the university and the community.
Honolulu Star-Bulletin
UH to refund military assignees
UH officials announce that refunds will be given to military personnel who
have registered to attend classes, but have been called for duty. “The
University of Hawaii supports all or our faculty, staff and students who have
been affected by military deployments overseas,” said acting UH President
David McClain.
Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Hawai‘i’s
becoming leader in scientific research
Hawai‘i is becoming a leader in scientific research in areas of geology, oceanography and astronomy – with
UH researchers heading up the efforts.
Honolulu Advertiser
Former UH v-ball stars hit the beach circuit
Former UH volleyball standouts Tanya Fuamatu-Anderson and Heidi Ilustre are
climbing their way up the rankings and gaining respect in the beach volleyball
circuit.
MidWeek
KCC a ‘bridge to heaven’
Beautiful vistas, excellent programs and cultural activities are among the
many characteristics that make Kapi‘olani CC a wonderful place, says
Seo Eun-mi, former UH Fulbright researcher.
Korea
Times
UH astronomer reveals unseen
planets
Dr. Michael Liu, an astronomer at the University of Hawai‘i’s Institute
for Astronomy, has captured the sharpest image ever taken of a dust disk around
a new star, revealing structures that show evidence of unseen planets.
Universe
Today
UH
professor tracks balloon journey
UH meteorology professor Dr. Steven Businger is part of a team using a "smart
balloon" to track air pollution levels in the troposphere.
Honolulu
Advertiser
Novel birth control catches on
Dr. Tod Aeby, UH professor of obstetrics-gynecology, is the first physician
in Hawai‘i to introduce a new form of permanent birth control that doesn’t
require an incision.
Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Frazier shares best Olympics moment
UH athletic director Herman Frazier led America’s 460-member delegation
at the opening ceremony of the 2004 summer Olympics in Athens, in addition
to representing the state and the university.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
UH
moves forward using system seal
The University of Hawai‘i has decided not to choose any of the six proposed
logos and instead keep the decades-old seal as its universal image and modernize
it with some new typography. The seal can “be the basis for identification
of the university in a graphic sense going forward,” said acting president
David McClain.
Honolulu
Advertiser, Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
UH reduces toxic waste
UH has completed $1.2 million in clean up projects and is applauded for “turning
a problem area into an opportunity by instituting progressive pollution prevention
and waste-reduction practices.”
Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Hawai‘i CC gets new chancellor
Rockne Freitas is named the new chancellor at Hawai‘i CC and hopes to
create an identity for the college, find additional resources and raise morale.
Honolulu Star-Bulletin
UH
offers students running start to college
A UH program gives qualified high school students a head start to college allowing
them to take college courses and earn credits.
Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Jones
wants winning tradition
As football fall camp commences, UH football head coach June Junes talks about
the state of program and tells why it’s well on its way to becoming a
consistent success.
Honolulu Star-Bulletin (part
1) (part
2)
Maui
CC offers its first bachelor degree
Beginning fall 2004, Maui CC will offer its first four-year degree—a
bachelor of applied science in applied business and information technology.
Maui
News
Dairy
linked to lower fat for teen girls
In one of the first studies of its kind, UH researchers find that girls weigh
less if they drink milk over soft drinks.
WebMD
UH
football welcomes new coach
Darrel "Mouse" Davis, the founder of the run-and-shoot offense adopted
by the University of Hawai'i football team, has been hired as the Warriors'
assistant coach in charge of special teams.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, Honolulu
Advertiser
UH athletics unveils promotions
The UH athletics program announces new promotions to kick off the sports season
including a new booster section at UH games, a new Web site and weekly e-newsletters,
among others.
Honolulu
Advertiser, Ka
Leo O Hawai‘i
Professor
tackles drug costs
Chien-Weng Tseng, professor of family practice, is launching a $300,000 study
to find ways physicians can help patients get prescriptions filled without
having to give up paying for necessary payments like rent and groceries.
Honolulu Star-Bulletin
UH scientist earns honor
Lennox L. Cowie, University of Hawai’i Institute for Astronomy astrophysicist,
is one of 44 scientists to be named a fellow of the prestigious British Royal
Society.
Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Study
finds the origin of breathing
In a study of a primitive single-cell creature, UH researcher Maqsudul Alam
discovers plausible links of the origin of breathing.
Discover
Magazine
UH
athletics aims high for 2005
The UH athletics department is confident that football ticket sales, a corporate
sponsorship and a television contract will make them profitable in 2005.
Pacific
Business News
UH
focused on tasks ahead
Honolulu
Advertiser
With a new semester ahead and following the settlement of former president
Evan Dobelle, the University of Hawai’i moves forward to address important
initiatives and matters.
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