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October
2007
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin (10/31), Honolulu
Star-Bulletin (11/01)
University of Hawai‘i students systemwide were in the Halloween spirit
this year, from a pumpkin carving contest at Honolulu Community College to
the UH Mānoa School of Architecture’s partnership with Bishop Museum
for the 20th annual Halloween Treat Street.
Leeward
People
Food, entertainment, arts & crafts, and a “Discovery Square” courtyard
featuring more than 30 interactive activities and exhibits are on the slate
for Leeward Community College’s annual Family Fun Fair set for Saturday,
November 10, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Pearl City Campus.
Honolulu
Advertiser, Hawaii
Warrior Beat.com, Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, KHNL
The University of Hawai‘i honors its first women’s athletic director,
Dr. Donnis Thompson, at a recent dedication ceremony of a bronze sculpture
of her that is now housed at the Stan Sheriff Center.
Pacific
Business News
University of Hawai‘i law students are working with O‘ahu’s
at-risk youth to help them be law-abiding citizens through a six-week program
called Street Law designed to promote better access to justice for an often
underserved population.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, KGMB
University of Hawai‘i scientists are part of a team that will use a $1.4
million federal grant to study deep-water corals in the Auau channel between
Maui and Lanai over the next three years, documenting the coral species and
the plants and animals that live in and around them.
Leeward
People
Leeward Community College will host the second annual Native Hawaiian Cultural
Art Exhibit, opening on November 1 and featuring works by students in the campus’ Office
of Continuing Education and Workforce Development’s Native Hawaiian art
classes that will be on display through December 6.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
The University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa School of Travel Industry Management
and its alumni association have joined with the trustees of the newly formed
Hawai‘i Hospitality Hall of Fame to honor 25 charter inductees who laid
the groundwork for what is today a multibillion-dollar industry for Hawai‘i.
Honolulu
Advertiser
The University of Hawai‘i coed sailing team placed first in the Pacific
Coast Conference Sailing Championship Sloop Championship and advances to the
national championship to be held November 16-18 in Forth Worth, Texas.
KGMB, KHNL, Pacific
Business News
The UH Hilo College of Pharmacy is the beneficiary of $6 million recently released
by the state for the design and construction of temporary facilities for the
college, which will include classrooms, teaching laboratories, and offices.
Honolulu
Advertiser, Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
A three-week summer institute designed by UH Mānoa and UH Hilo researchers
showcases the careers and research projects available in the geosciences in
order to attract more Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander undergraduate students
into the field.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, Honolulu
Advertiser
Oahu students and the public had the opportunity to learn about everything
from the ocean depths to outer space at this year’s School of Ocean and
Earth Science and Technology open house, which included a video-teleconference
with UH scientist Brian Popp who is currently living in the Aquarius Undersea
Laboratory off Florida.
Honolulu
Advertiser, Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
“Tropic Sunrise,” an anthurium bred by the College of Tropical Agriculture
and Human Resources at UH Mānoa, has won the Blue Ribbon in the Society
of American Florists’ 2007 Outstanding Varieties Competition.
Astronomy
Magazine, Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
University of Hawai‘i astronomer Dave Tholen uses a novel imaging system
atop Mauna Kea and gets photos of Pluto and its satellites that are better
than those from the Hubble Space Telescope.
Honolulu
Advertiser, Pacific
Business News
The Center on Disability Studies will honor Communications Pacific, the Hale
Koa Hotel and Kaiser Permanente for their support of Asian Americans and Pacific
Islanders with disabilities.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
Kai Sensors Inc., a Honolulu-based developer of wireless heart rate and respiration
sensing technology developed at the University of Hawai‘i, has landed
the first phase of a U.S. Army contract worth up to $850,000.
Honolulu
Advertiser
Scientists at the University of Hawai‘i are studying different growing
and processing techniques in an attempt to lay the groundwork for a cacao industry
in Hawai‘i, possibly making Hawai‘i-made chocolate the Kona coffee
of chocolate.
Honolulu
Advertiser
In a paper published in the journal Science, University of Hawai‘i researchers
and colleagues from other institutions review the prospects for discovering
smaller planets more like Earth, some of which may even have conditions suitable
for life.
KHNL
A new tsunami forecast model developed by the University of Hawai‘i’s
Kwok Fai Chung can give accurate estimations of a tsunami’s size before
it reaches Hawai‘i and has garnered interest from countries around the
Pacific.
KHNL, KHON
New high technology equipment such as advanced human patient simulators and
a virtual reality three-dimensional world are helping students at the John
A. Burns School of Medicine gain confidence and experience in dealing with “patients.”
Honolulu
Advertiser, Maui
News
Maui Community College student Laycie-Ann Tobosa is one of five students in
the country to be selected for a Patsy Takemoto Mink Education Foundation for
Low-Income Women and Children scholarship.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
Ralph “Tim” McCabe, an emergency medical services instructor at
Kapi‘olani Community College, passed away on September 30 but will continue
to save lives for years to come.
Honolulu
Advertiser
Eight University of Hawai‘i architecture graduate students will have
a chance to see their building designs go from concept to completion thanks
to a unique partnership with Fiji that will also benefit the 2,000 people of
the small island of Batiki.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
Information gathered by UH scientists from the deep ocean around Kaua‘i
on a month-long research voyage—including precision mapping of the ocean
floor, lava rock samples, and photos of the ocean floor—could eventually
rewrite the story of the Hawaiian Islands
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, KGMB, KHNL
After more than 40 years, the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources
looks to close the Waialee Livestock Research Farm on Oahu’s North Shore
as more students choose to study pre-veterinary medicine over domestic livestock.
Honolulu
Advertiser
A dedication will be held for the Lanihuli Observatory at Windward Community
College with plans to establish an endowment fund that will help maintain the
facility, which is part of the college’s Center for Aerospace Education.
Pacific
Business News
Female enrollment in engineering at UH Mānoa has slowly increased over
the years thanks to outreach efforts and mentoring that have helped increase
interest in the field amongst women.
Honolulu
Advertiser, KITV
Three UH Mānoa freshmen are making video diaries of their first year in
college as part of the second season of the Emmy-award winning web series “Project
Freshman,” available only on AOL RED, a website for teens.
Pacific Business News
Filling executive positions throughout the University of Hawai‘i system
with permanent appointments is a priority for the university’s administration.
Honolulu
Advertiser, Pacific
Business News
Bank of Hawai‘i CEO Allan R. Landon has been elected by the University
of Hawai‘i Board of Regents as its new chairman for the 2007-2008 year.
The Board also elected Andres Albano Jr. as vice chairman.
Saipan Tribune
The University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa School of Social Work and Department
of Ethnic Studies are assisting the Northern Mariana Islands in an effort to
survey residents to better responses to natural disasters.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, Pacific
Business News, KHNL, KITV
UH Mānoa’s John A. Burns School of Medicine has been selected to
participate in the largest study ever of the impact of environment and genes
on the health of American children.
Hawai‘i
Tribune-Herald
Two UH Hilo Na Pua No‘eau programs, Pathways and Ho‘omau, have
reached significant milestones and received continued funding in their efforts
to prepare Native Hawaiian students to research and resolve issues and assist
their transition from high school to college.
Hawai‘i
Tribune-Herald
The Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems, or PISCES,
which is being developed under the supervision of UH Hilo, is holding its first
international conference in Hilo next month to discuss its charge to research
ways to support long-term human habitats on alien worlds.
MidWeek
The public can vote for their favorite sculpture created entirely from canned
foods, including one designed by students from the UH Mānoa School of
Architecture and now on display through October 21 at Pearlridge Center, all
to benefit the Hawai‘i Foodbank.
Honolulu
Advertiser
Eight student films from the university’s Academy for Creative Media
have been selected for screening at the 2007 Louis Vuitton Hawai‘i International
Film Festival on October 21.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
University of Hawai‘i anthropologist Ben Finney suggests a technique
used on ancient basalt adzes by researchers that proves for the first time
that ancient Polynesian voyagers made the trip from Hawai‘i to French
Polynesia and back should be used to prove the same for such voyages to South
America.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
After receiving a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts from UH Mānoa,
David Kemble is now helping Bishop Museum tell its many stories through 3-D
exhibits.
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