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February
2005
UH professor awarded $400,000
Pacific
Business News
The National Science Foundation has awarded UH civil and environmental engineering
professor Albert Kim $400,000 for a faculty early development program. This is
the organization’s most prestigious award for new faculty members and the
first for UH Manoa.
UH
nursing program offers online PhD
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
The Western Association of Schools and Colleges has approved the online delivery
of a doctorate in nursing degree at UH Manoa, the first doctorate program to
be offered online at the school.
Clay Aiken speaks for change at UH
disability conference
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
Clay Aiken, American Idol finalist and co-founder of the Bubel/Aiken Foundation
is in town for the University of Hawai’i Center on Disability Studies'
21st Annual Pacific Rim Conference on Disabilities to champion the cause of
disabled kids.
“Deep Impact” study on
Maui
Maui News
UH Manoa’s Astronomy Institute held a workshop on Maui Community College
this weekend for both professional astronomers and amateur space enthusiasts,
including students on Maui, to prepare for a celestial event on July 4. Their
study will be focused on the NASA Deep Impact project which examines the effects
of what is expected to be an explosive encounter in distant space.
UH students build on ‘sustainable
design’
Pacific
Business News
The University of Hawai‘i architecture school's emphasis on sustainable
design—taking advantage of a building's natural environment to make it
as efficient as possible—is attracting more students to its programs.
Best
architecture fits its environment
Pacific
Business News
According to UH architecture dean Raymond Yeh, the best architecture fits its
environment.
UH
scientists receive defense grants
Pacific
Business News
University researchers received grants from the Defense Department to purchase
state-of-the-art equipment to perform cutting-edge defense research.
UH
West-O‘ahu moves forward
Pacific
Business News
The University of Hawai‘i has selected four development teams to submit
proposals for the first phase of the development of the West Oahu campus.
UH grad helps plan space trip
Honolulu
Advertiser
Chris Davis, senior project manager for spaceport engineering and technology
at Kennedy Space Center, also a Damien Memorial High School and UH grad, helped
complete two high-priority shuttle that met NASA's new return-to-flight requirements
after the February 2003 Columbia disaster. His work will play a big role in
America's planned return to space in June
Palolo
program changes lives
Honolulu
Advertiser
A unique tutoring program called Palolo Pipeline launched a decade ago by Neghin
Modavi, a Kapiolani Community College professor, gives college students the
chance to serve as they learn and offer children from Palolo Valley Homes a
new source of inspiration.
UH
seating plan approved
Honolulu
Advertiser, Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, Pacific
Business News
The UH Board of Regents last week approved preferred seating and premium season
ticket prices plan proposed by ‘Ahahui Koa Anuenue for UH football games.
The plan will be in effect for the 2005-2008 seasons and is expected to generate
additional revenues of $5 million to support the costs of recruitment and athletic
scholarships for all sports at Manoa.
Manoa reorganization approved
Honolulu
Advertiser, Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
The UH Board of Regents has approved the reorganization of the chancellor's
office at Manoa, which streamlines academic decisions and services into one
reporting line.
UH
scientists find size limit to black holes
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
Bingeing on meals of gas and dust during the early formation of the universe
led to the stagnation of the biggest black holes, University of Hawaii astronomers
have discovered.
Armor
for the heart
News8
Austin
UH nutritionist Alan Titchenal provides tips on how to eat healthy and prevent
heart disease.
Allure of HCC event no mystery
Honolulu
Advertiser
For the third year, Honolulu Community College will play host to a “CSI” night
in April.
Kindergarten
registration important
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
UH Manoa’s Center on the Family encourages parents of children born in
2000 who plan to attend public school in the fall to register for kindergarten
now.
Developers
vie to build UH West–Oʻahu campus
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, Pacific
Business News
The University of Hawaiʻi has announced seven developers who are vying
to construct the West–Oʻahu campus—what officials say would
be the first public university campus in the country to be built entirely with
private funds.
KKEA retains rights to UH sports
radio
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
The University of Hawaiʻi Athletics Department has extended its contract
with KKEA Radio (1420 AM) for radio broadcast rights of UH sporting events,
effective August 1, 2005 through July 31, 2008.
UH professor provides tsunami clues
SitNews
(Alaska)
Gerard Fryer, UH geophysicist, has gathered evidence on one of the 20th Century's
worst tsunamis that swept from Alaska through the Pacific, killing more than
150 people about 60 years ago. His findings may change the way scientists study
tsunamis and how people prepare for them.
UH
political science professor remembered
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
Werner Levi, former UH political science professor, will be remembered for
being instrumental in the governance of UH and contributing to the national
and international reputation of the Political Science Department.
UH
to honor 8 outstanding alumni
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
The University of Hawaiʻi has announced eight distinguished alumni who
will be recognized at the annual awards dinner in May.
Capturing cultures on a disk
Pacific
Business News
The Small Business Innovation Research project, funded by the U.S. Navy, teams
UH sociology professor Sun-Ki Chai with high-tech defense contractor 21st Century
Systems Inc to develop software that captures the critical role culture plays
in the way people think and act in different situations, whether dealing with
a multinational work force in business or with overseas conflicts.
UH to get federal aid
Honolulu
Advertiser, Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, Pacific
Business News
President George W. Bush has signed a disaster declaration for the county of
Honolulu, making the University of Hawaiʻi eligible
for federal disaster aid as a result of the devastating Oct. 30 Manoa stream
flood that did $76 million in damage to university buildings.
UH
enrollment up overall
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, Maui
News, Hawaiʻi
Tribune-Herald, West
Hawaiʻi Today
The University of Hawaiʻi system saw an overall enrollment increase of
47,479 this spring, up 1.4 percent from 46,814 in spring last year. Maui and
Hawaiʻi saw the largest increase from the community colleges, with Hawaiʻi
CC jumping nearly 8 percent from last year.
Clinical partnership formed to battle
cancer
Hawaiʻi
Business Magazine
A new partnership with the Cancer Research Center of Hawaiʻi and Tripler
Army Medical Center will help Hawaiʻi access cutting-edge cancer treatments
and drugs.
Auntie Genoa to receive honorary
degree
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
Auntie Genoa Keawe, a living Hawaiian treasure, will receive an honorary degree
in recognition of her "national stature and musical achievements." Her
degree will be conferred in May at Windward Community College’s 2005
commencement.
An unconventional rise to the top
Hawaiʻi
Business Magazine
Kent Tsukamoto, who last month became the Honolulu managing partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers,
has had an unconventional rise up the corporate ladder. He cites his undergraduate
in accounting at UH Manoa as a step towards his “third career” which
led him to where he is today.
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