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June
2007
Honolulu
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The University of Hawai‘i’s Innocence Project has received a $10,000
grant to help people wrongfully convicted of crimes.
Honolulu
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Pathology professor Yoshitsugi Hokama, at the University of Hawai'i's John A.
Burns School of Medicine, has received a national award for his research connecting
ciguatera poisoning — food poisoning tied to eating contaminated fish — to
Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (CFIDS).
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
KHON reporter Tina Shelton, who has been in Hawaii broadcast news for nearly
30 years, will become the communications director for the University of Hawai‘i's
John A. Burns School of Medicine.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
A restaurant with sweeping views from the ocean off Waikīkī to the
mountains of Tantalus will be a centerpiece of UH’s Culinary Institute
of the Pacific being planned on the slopes of Diamond Head.
Honolulu
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The University of Hawai'i at Mānoa Graduate Division has announced its
2007 Distinguished Graduate Mentoring Award will go to Mari Yoshihara, associate
professor and graduate chair of the American Studies Department.
Honolulu
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Two students from the Pacific Islands are the first recipients of the University
of Hawai'i's Stars of Oceania Scholarships.Culinary Institute of the Pacific
being planned on the slopes of Diamond Head.
Honolulu
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To the untrained eye, plants growing at the new Bioprocessing Medicinal Garden
Complex at Windward Community College appear to be weeds, flowers and food,
but the students who will use these plants could turn them into the next miracle
drug or economic engine.
Honolulu
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Applications are being accepted now from crafts and food vendors for "The
7th Annual Windward Ho'olaule'a: A Homegrown Celebration" to be held Sept.
22 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Windward Community College in Kāne'ohe
Honolulu
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An emergency management program at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
has unveiled a Web-based series of disaster-preparedness training and education
courses for public health professionals in Hawai'i, California and the U.S.-affiliated
Pacific islands.
Honolulu
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UH researcher Chien-Wen Tseng is helping to find a solution that will ease
how doctors can locate medicines covered by private prescription drug plans
through the U.S. Medicare program.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
To University of Hawai‘i medical students staffing a mobile clinic, information
about the patient's personal life may be as important as his symptoms.
Honolulu
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Maui Community College student has been awarded the 2007 Masaki and Momoe Kunimoto
Memorial Award for Outstanding Contributions to Vocational Education by the
University of Hawai'i.
Pacific
Business News
The University of Hawai‘i's John A. Burns School of Medicine will open
a wellness center at its Kakaako campus in mid-July.
Honolulu
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Laurie Arial Tochiki has been promoted to associate dean for student services
at the William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawai'i. The
school also announced yesterday that Jennifer Hee has been appointed as director
of development for the University of Hawai'i Foundation.
Honolulu
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Five Hawai'i colleges and universities will receive a total of $2.6 million
in grants that aim to step up opportunities for Native Hawaiian students, U.S.
Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings announced today.
Hawai‘i Tribune-Herald
For the first time, the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo welcomed members
of the National Science Board to campus to discuss science initiatives at the
university.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
Students from the University of Hawai‘i's executive MBA program in Hanoi,
Vietnam, are taking an event and sports marketing class at the Shidler College
of Business and staying in Waikīkī for three weeks.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
Sponsored by the University of Hawai‘i's Outreach College, the “Kids
First! Film Festival” takes place on Sundays through July 22 at the UH-Mānoa
Yukiyoshi Room, offering free films each day.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
Young doctors will have an opportunity to lead cardiovascular research projects
under an $11.5 million federal grant to the University of Hawai‘i's John
A. Burns School of Medicine.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
The state Board of Land and Natural Resources approved permits allowing UH
scientists to perform research at the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. They
will conduct research of the environment at the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National
Monument.
Honolulu
Advertiser
Four students won cash scholarships and recognition at the 22nd Annual Student
Employee of the Year Awards Ceremony.
Pacific
Business News
University of Hawai‘i economists are less bullish than formerly about
this year's tourism impact on the state economy, and now project that arrivals
may fall slightly short of last year's.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
Kapi‘olani Community College is attracting an increasing number of foreign
students who see the campus as an attractive, safe and cheap alternative to
the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
Honolulu
Advertiser
Locally processed milk contained bacteria levels in excess of federal limits
five days before the "sell-by" date, according to preliminary findings
from a new University of Hawai‘i study.
Honolulu
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The William S. Richardson School of Law's Center for Excellence in Native Hawaiian
Law has announced that three 2007 graduates are the first recipients of the
new Pacific Asian Legal Studies (PALS) Certificates with a Specialty in Native
Hawaiian Law.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
Gov. Linda Lingle has signed legislation creating separate UH scholarships
in memory of Hawai‘i's first U.S. senators, Hiram L. Fong and Oren E.
Long.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
Through June 13, the Koa Gallery at Kapi‘olani Community College is exhibiting "Aspiration
for Unification," a group show by Incheon artists exploring the topic
of Korea unification.
Honolulu
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The University of Hawai‘i School of Social Work will host the conference "Indigenous
Voices in Social Work: Not Lost in Translation" at the Makaha Resort,
June 4–7.
Molokai Times
The University of Hawai‘i is currently bringing back a system initiated
in the mid 1980's called Industry Analysis (IA) that is used to identify holdups
in the growing industry and help farmers move forward.
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