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September
2004
Newest
regent named
Honolulu
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Gov. Linda Lingle has appointed Ramón S. de la Peña, UH emeritus
professor, the newest member of the UH Board of Regents. He replaces regent Charles
Kawakami whose term ended in June.
Insects for food, pest control
Maui News
UH Manoa entomology students invited to the 82nd annual Maui County Fair promote
the value of studying entomology to help farmers manage pest problems.
Oddball dishes served up
Honolulu
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Sponsored by UH’s Cooperative Extension Service, the 9th annual Taste of
the Hawaiian Range held on the Big Island challenged locally renowned chefs to
cook up some creativity using “forage animals.”
Surf
Science
Honolulu
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Rick Grigg, UH Manoa oceanographer, shows readers the technical side of surfing
and teaches how to predict surf in his new book called “Surf Science.”
Shoji
is Mr. 1,000
Honolulu
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Dave Shoji, UH Manoa’s women’s volleyball coach for the last 30
years reached a milestone of coaching 1,000 games this weekend and celebrated
with a glorious victory.
Architecture film screenings
Honolulu
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UH Manoa partners with Bank of Hawaiʻi to present a cinema series that
hopes to provide a forum for faculty and students to socialize on Fridays,
and to make the campus more accessible to the public on Sundays.
KTUH turns 35
Honolulu
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UH’s college radio station celebrates its 35th birthday with a weeklong
radiothon starting Oct. 3, with live performances to multiple hours of music
and public service announcements.
UH
puts 1.4 billion in economy
Pacific
Business News, Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
The University of Hawaiʻi system generated more than $1.4 billion in direct
spending in the isles in fiscal 2003, accounting for roughly 3.1 percent of
the state's nearly $46 billion economy, a UH report says.
First
Manoa chancellor credited for enriching school
Honolulu
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Wytze Gorter, the first permanent chancellor at UH Manoa, is remembered for
improving the quality of faculty and increasing research at the campus.
Celebrate ‘Family Day’ today
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
Supported by the Center on the Family at UH Manoa, Family Day encourages eating
dinner with the family to strengthen bonds. Celebrate with yours today on National
Family Day!
Hawaiian studies professor remembered
Honolulu
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Alberta ‘Pua’ Hopkins, former UH Hawaiian Studies professor, who
was instrumental in the formation of the program, is remembered for being “a
pillar of the Hawaiian language community.”
Cosmic Collision
Pacific
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Advertiser, Scientific
American
UH astronomer Patrick Henry and his team observed a head-on collision of two
galaxy clusters, in which trillions of stars have been smashed together – called
by NASA as "one of the most powerful events ever witnessed...second only
to the Big Bang in total energy output.”
Astronomy center funds advances in
Senate
Pacific
Business News
The final $4 million to finish the $28 million Mauna Kea Astronomy Education
Center, the “premiere interpretive center for the world's largest and
finest collection of operational astronomical observatories” has cleared
the Senate Appropriations Committee on a unanimous voice vote.
UH
researchers help protect water sources
Maui News
A team of University of Hawaiʻi researchers led by professor Aly El-Kadi
has been working on a numerical scoring system to evaluate what threats exist
to water supplies and how imminent the threats may be.
Different
beats, same passion
Honolulu
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Three UH educators who share a common bond of dance choreograph different approaches
in the classroom.
Britos showcases paintings
Honolulu
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UH communications professor Peter Britos showcases his 30 paintings created
in the past 15 years on display through Sept. 30 at Café Che Pasta.
$229M
federal funds includes UH
Honolulu
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Hawaiʻi stands to receive $229 million in federal money to support several
programs, including $10 million for UH’s new cancer center.
UH theatre eyes unique take on Greek
characters
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
“The Cyclops,” the second show of the Late Night Theatre season in
the University of Hawaiʻi-Manoa’s Ernst Lab Theatre, gives a unique
take on Greek characters. Additional performances are scheduled for Sept. 24
and 25.
UH
system sees modest enrollment increase
Honolulu
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UH officials
estimates total enrollment at all 10 campuses is 50,802, an increase of 37
students, or 0.1 percent, compared with enrollment in fall 2003.
Waikiki sees green
Honolulu
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The waters in Waikiki temporarily donned a fluorescent green hue, the result
of testing how a project headed by the UH Sea Grant Extension Service to replenish
beach sand would affect waves at the world-famous surf spots.
UH
seeks small business involvement in research
Pacific
Business News
UH will host its first statewide conference for the Hawaiʻi Experimental
Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCor) to promote Hawaiʻi’s
research projects and attract more federal money into the state.
UH researchers search for Knudsen’s
cannons
Kauaʻi
Garden Island News
Peter Mills, UH Hilo anthropology professor and chair, leads a team of UH researchers
to search for cannons removed from the Russian Fort at Waimea in 1864 that
was accidentally sunk by Westside pioneer Valdemar Knudsen.
Healthy changes sought in US food
aid program
Boston
Globe
Suzanne Murphy, UH nutritional program director and Women, Children and Infants
chairwoman says the US food aid program is considering changing its offerings
to recommend healthier choices for low-income families.
UH
student honored with FBI internship
Ka
Leo O Hawaiʻi
Engineering student Brandon Takase says his FBI internship experience was an
eye-opener. Takase was the only representative from Hawaiʻi chosen for
a coveted internship with the bureau this summer.
Supercomputers aids UH ocean studies
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
University of Hawaiʻi scientists are working with the world’s most
powerful supercomputer to chart currents in the Pacific Ocean that could affect
fish movements, climate and perhaps global warming.
Construction
activity booming in Hawai‘i
Hawai‘i
Business
The construction industry is big business in Hawai’i with numbers increasing
more than two-fold this year according to the University of Hawai‘i Economic
Research Organization (UHERO).
New
agricultural center breaks ground
Honolulu
Advertiser, Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, Pacific
Business News
The new $60-million complex for the U.S. Pacific Basin Agricultural Research
Center in Hilo broke ground last week within the University of Hawai‘i
at Hilo's science and technology park, bringing new partnership opportunities
for UH.
UH
scientists discover ancient tsunami
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
UH scientists discover a giant tsunami caused by the collapse of part of Mauna
Loa volcano 120,000 years ago surged more than four miles inland and deposited
coral at the 1,600-foot level of the Big Island.
UH
women’s golf team gets permanent coach
Ka
Leo O Hawai‘i
Ashley Adleta, the interim head coach of the University of Hawai'i women's
golf team, was hired as the team's full-time coach.
UHWO
chancellor finalists selected
UH has identified three candidates for the UHWO chancellor positions and will
conduct interviews and public meetings in the next two weeks.
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