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December
2004
UH
seeks West-Oahu developers
Pacific
Business News
The University of Hawaiʻi is looking for developers to build the first phase
of the West Oʻahu campus in Kapolei in exchange for development rights for
up to 320 acres of noncampus university-owned lands. Requests for qualifications
are due by Jan. 28
Kewalo Marine Lab awarded $800,000
to study reefs
Pacific
Business News
The University of Hawaiʻi's Marine Laboratory was awarded $800,000 by the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to support continuing research
on coral reef protection throughout the Pacific.
UH helps map gene of sea volcano bacterium
Honolulu Star-Bulletin
UH proves it can be a leader in the emerging field of genomics and bioinformatics
as scientists part of an international team mapped the gene sequence of a newly
discovered bacterium that lives in extreme conditions near the Loihi deep-sea
volcano off the Big Island.
UH offers rare foreign exchange program
Honolulu
Advertiser
Students at the seven UH community colleges statewide now have the opportunity
to participate in a foreign exchange program to China, Japan or South Korea while
also receiving tuition, room and board, airfare and stipend during their time
away.
Warriors win Sheraton Hawaiʻi
Bowl
Honolulu
Advertiser, Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
In a Christmas Eve of destruction, the University of Hawaiʻi football
team picked apart Alabama at Birmingham for a 59-40 victory in the Sheraton
Hawai'i Bowl.
UH seeking $25M grant for biocontainment
lab
Honolulu
Advertiser
To help boost the state's preparedness to respond to a bioterrorism threat,
UH administrators announces plans to apply for a $25 million federal grant
to help pay for and build a new state-of-the-art Level 3 Regional Bio-containment
Laboratory by 2010.
UH team makes another cloning advance
Honolulu
Advertiser
A UH team of scientists led by UH professor Ryuzo Yanagimachi who have garnered
success for cloning three generations of mice six years ago worked with scientists
in Japan to now clone an infertile male mouse.
Lyon
Arboretum reopens on Jan. 2
Pacific
Business News, Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, Honolulu
Advertiser
UH will reopen the Lyon Arboretum on Sunday, Jan. 2 after making necessary
accommodations over the last few months to ensure safe public access again.
The facility closed in late-August citing health and safety concerns.
NASA readies “deep impact” mission
National
Geographic
Karen Meech, UH astronomer and deep-impact co-investigator along with other
university scientists prepare the launch of NASA's Deep Impact mission to smash
a spacecraft into a comet in 2006.
UH scientists find sunken seaplane
Honolulu Star-Bulletin
UH scientists discover a sunken seaplane, one of the largest ever built, that
sheds light on Hawaii's postwar naval history.
Conference to unveil new med school
Honolulu Star-Bulletin
A convention of scientists and venture capitalists is the chosen audience for
the unveiling of the state's $150 million medical school and bioscience research
center in Kakaako.
UH scientists discovery shark theory
CNN.com, BBC
UH scientists provide hard evidence to support the theory that sharks navigate
with a biological compass.
UH
researchers study Maui runoff
Maui News
Peter Rappa and Megan Toaspern of the UH Sea Grant program are trying to help
Maui’s community eliminate runoff and pollution problems in the Iao watershed
in Central Maui and the Hapapa watershed in Kula and South Maui.
Salsa takes off at UH
Ka
Leo o Hawaiʻi
Salsa dancing has taken off at the University of Hawaiʻi, where some have
organized their own group while others with Hawaiʻi’s top salsa
groups have competed in the 3rd Annual Salsa Congress in San Francisco.
Developers
sought for new CRCH facility
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
Qualified developers are being sought for a new facility at the Cancer Research
Center of Hawaiʻi.
Religion
professor remembered
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
David W. Chappell, UH emeritus professor of religion, is remembered around
the world for being a respected scholar of Buddhism.
UH Hilo to create new fish farm
Honolulu Star-Bulletin
The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo is turning a former sewage treatment
plant into a new aquaculture research facility.
Coral
replacement at HIMB
Pacific
Business News, Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, Honolulu
Advertiser
State and federal partners help Jim Lakey, lab supervisor, and his team at
the Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology to remove coral heads blocking
the east lagoon channel and moving them to an area that has been devoid of
reef since it was dredged in the 1950s.
Conference to unveil new med school
Business
Wire
The Hawaiʻi Bioscience Conference to be held Jan. 13-14 will unveil the
new UH John A. Burns School of Medicine campus in Kakaʻako. The conference
will also offer sessions and panel discussions about the latest discoveries
in science and medicine.
Turning sea components to drug products
News
8 Austin
UH oceanographer Robert Bidigare and his team at the Hawaiʻi Institute
of Marine Biology have discovered various chemical compounds in the sea that
can be turned into products with beneficial medical and industrial uses.
Gallery showcases Hawaiʻi’s
land and power
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
In a continuing project called "Diamond Head Series," artist Laura
Ruby delves into the hot Hawaiian topic of exploitation of the land, its resources
and its people. Selected prints are now on display through Thursday at UH Manoa’s
Kuykendall Hall.
Web site offers kids tips to stay
active
Honolulu Star-Bulletin
In partnership with HMSA, UH kinesiology professor Charles Morgan has developed
an interactive Web site that provides tips to promote kids’ fitness.
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