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January
2007
Honolulu
Advertiser
Ten Academy for Creative Media students at the University of Hawai‘i-Mānoa
will work as interns on ABC-TV's "Lost" series in a UH-ABC educational
partnership that will provide on-the-job training for film and TV prospects.
Honolulu
Advertiser
Hawai‘i is well-known for its blue skies and blue ocean, but not for
its blueberries. That could change if a University of Hawai‘i plan to
plant 1,000 blueberry plants bears fruit.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
Thirteen Honolulu Community College carpentry students are lending a helping
hand in renovating a meeting room at the YWCA on Richards Street. After years
of neglect and termite damage, the building was in need of urgent repair.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
A new listing of graduate programs based on faculty productivity ranks the
marine biology and biological oceanography and physical oceanography programs
at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa as among the top 10 in the
nation.
Honolulu
Advertiser
The Bernard Osher Foundation has awarded the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
and West O‘ahu campuses $50,000 each in grants as part of a national program
for students returning to complete a university degree after an absence of at
least five years.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, Honolulu
Advertiser
Ed Lu, NASA astronaut and former UH solar physicist, shared his notion of a
space tractor to divert asteroids that threaten Earth. Lu joined three
UH scientists last week in a panel on “Killer Asteroids” presented
by the Institute for Astronomy
Honolulu
Advertiser
Professor of Law Hazel Beh has been named Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
at the William S. Richardson School of Law beginning this semester and serving
until January 2008.
Honolulu
Advertiser, Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
The state Board of Agriculture voted 6-1 to allow the University of Hawai‘i
to import the virus to train local scientists on how to identify the disease.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
The University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa will offer an undergraduate degree
in travel industry management in Singapore -- a move that could help build
UH Mānoa as a brand name in international education.
Honolulu
Advertiser
Windward Community College students are getting hands-on experience with research-grade
laboratory equipment, thanks to a donation from a Kane‘ohe resident.
Pacific Business News
Mindy Jaffe, who is known for using earthworms to transform garbage
into nutrient-rich soil compost, is working with the University of Hawai‘i
to do research on sustainable agriculture and organic farming to help farmers
become certified organic producers using vermicast as a substitute for chemicals
and pesticides.
Honolulu
Advertiser
The Star degree system, first launched as an administrative tool at UH Mānoa
several years ago, is being extended as an online program for students across
the UH system.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
Younger children in large families appear most susceptible to a common type
of stomach cancer, UH Cancer Research Center of Hawai‘i researchers found
in studies of a group of Japanese- American men in Hawai‘i
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
John Madey, UH professor of physics and astronomy, has won custody of a unique
laser that was the subject of a nine-year ownership fight with Duke University.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
Millions of rats, rather than humans, may have caused Easter Island's ecological
devastation, suggests Terry Hunt, a University of Hawai‘i Mānoa
anthropologist.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, West Hawai‘i
Today
Students and staff of Hawai‘i Community College urged the governor to
release $18.2 million for the planning and construction of new campuses in
Hilo and Kona at last week’s UH Day at the Capitol.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
A unique course applying genetics to solve problems affecting humans and other
species is being taught at Coconut Island in Kaneohe Bay to 28 young scientists
from 16 countries.
Honolulu
Advertiser
A record 1,901 applicants are competing for 62 student slots next fall at the
University of Hawai‘i John A. Burns School of Medicine.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, Honolulu
Advertiser
The University of Hawai‘i had a 100th birthday party Saturday, Jan. 13,
setting off an 18-month Centennial Celebration aimed at sharing the school's
accomplishments, highlighting areas for improvement and raising money.
Hawai‘i
Herald-Tribune
Faculty, staff and students from the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo will
join their peers and colleagues from all 10 UH System campuses on Friday, Jan.
19, for UH Day, a biennial celebration of the statewide network of colleges
and universities, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the State Capitol Building in Honolulu.
Honolulu Advertiser
Gov. Linda Lingle’s new $30
million economic innovation plan includes several initiatives involving
various UH programs. The governor’s plan to create state-backed science
and technology “academies” in public schools would also be
operated by the UH.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
This year’s Living Treasures of Hawai‘i includes emeritus UH Mānoa
professor of music Barbara Smith and early dean of the UH med school Terry
Rogers.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
UH Mānoa Theatre and Dance Department faculty take the roles of director
and lead male part in the new Mānoa Valley Theatre show, “Who’s
Afraid of Virginia Wolf?” now playing thru Jan. 28.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, Honolulu
Advertiser
The University of Hawai‘i Board of Regents approved a proposal to allow
UH-Mānoa to increase dorm fees by up to 27.5 percent over the next five
years to fix its aging dorms and pay for increased salaries and other costs. The
regents also approved a new bachelor of education program at UH West O‘ahu.
Honolulu
Advertiser
As the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa celebrates its 100th birthday
this year, Chancellor Denise Konan outlines her ambitious plans to improve
campus atmosphere
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
University of Hawai‘i President David McClain has three main goals for
the next century of public higher education in the state: advancing academic
excellence, strengthening undergraduate education and fulfilling the research
mission of the university.
Honolulu
Advertiser
With University of Hawai‘i-West O‘ahu's final environmental impact
statement completed, the university's main hurdle now will be getting money
from the Legislature for construction — something officials have been
trying to do for more than 20 years.
Kaua‘i
Garden Island
Kaua‘i Community College Chancellor Peggy Cha is excited about the growing
number of opportunities for students as they return for the spring semester.
Honolulu
Advertiser
More than two years after flood waters damaged or destroyed more than 250,000
maps and aerial photographs at the University of Hawai‘i-Mānoa's
Hamilton Library, many of the rare and valuable documents are again available
for public use.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
University of Hawai‘i animal behaviorist Timothy Tricas, who has long
been intrigued by the fish's different colors, feeding habits and diverse social
behaviors, recently discovered that more than half of its 126 species might
be able to discern and make sounds.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
The state will have to do a lot more to prepare for the dramatic growth of
its aging residents, who are expected to make up a quarter of the population
by 2030, according to University of Hawai‘i researchers.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, Honolulu
Advertiser
If people had not altered Waikīkī's coastline over the years, it
would look much different today. "The waterline would be in the lobbies
of hotels, there would be thin margins of sand on the coast and wetlands would
extend to the H-1 freeway," said Charles "Chip" Fletcher, a
University of Hawai‘i coastal geologist.
Honolulu
Advertiser
University of Hawai‘i Hawaiian language associate professor Puakea Nogelmeier
has translated the Hawaiian epic about Pele's younger sister, which is the
first English translation of the legend. The book is scheduled for publication
this spring.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
The University of Hawai‘i at Hilo is the first in the nation to offer
a doctor of philosophy degree in Hawaiian and Indigenous Language and Culture
Revitalization. The program will begin in the fall.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
The University of Hawai‘i at Hilo is the first in the nation to offer
a doctor of philosophy degree in Hawaiian and Indigenous Language and Culture
Revitalization. The program will begin in the fall.
Honolulu Star-Bulletin
The University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa kicks off its Centennial
Celebration on Jan. 13 with a campuswide open house.
MidWeek
Not only has the work of Dr. Michele Carbone at the Cancer Research Center
of Hawai‘i given the UH facility added esteem, he also brings in $9.8
million a year in grants to pursue his groundbreaking investigations
Honolulu Star-Bulletin
The University of Hawai‘i and Hanoi University officially launched a
joint Inter-University Center at Hanoi University's campus in Vietnam.
MSN News
UH fish behaviorist Timothy Tricas is part of a team that is studying the variety
of sounds that fish use to communicate.
Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Honolulu
Advertiser
Hamilton Library at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa has reopened
its map and aerial photo collection, which had been damaged by the October
2004 flood.
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