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November
2007
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, KHNL
Equipment that could have been used to make drugs will now be used to help
educate students at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa as more than
$10,000 worth of lab equipment was donated to the UH Mānoa chemistry department.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, KHNL
In honor of World AIDS Day, students at Kapi‘olani Community College
created a giant floral quilt on the campus’ Great Lawn as a memorial
to those who have died from AIDS and as a tool to build awareness of the disease.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, Honolulu
Advertiser, Pacific
Business News
Norman Loui, co-founder of Hawaiian Rent-All who passed away last year and
a 1961 graduate of what was then Honolulu Technical School, makes the largest
private donation ever to a Hawai‘i community college with his $3.4 million
gift to Honolulu Community College.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
Donald Frost, an instructor at Windward Community College’s Employment
Training Center, and his family teach “tough guy” automotive students
how to quilt through their “Body & Sew” quilting club.
Honolulu
Advertiser
The University of Hawai‘i Art Gallery has posted its first interactive,
educational website designed for young students in conjunction with its current
exhibition featuring jewelry from China, and has plans to create such websites
for future exhibits.
KHNL
University of Hawai‘i law professor Jon Van Dyke spent 12 years researching,
writing and shaping his new book entitled “Who Owns the Crown Lands of
Hawai‘i?”
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, Pacific
Business News
A slowing global economy is expected to worsen in 2008, weighed down by economic
troubles in the United States, according to a new report by the University
of Hawai‘i Economic Research Organization.
Honolulu
Advertiser, Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, KITV, KHNL
The whole state is sharing in the University of Hawai‘i football team’s
championship victory as fans across the state rush to show their pride by snapping
up WAC championship T-shirts, hats and other UH merchandise.
USA
Today, Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
Rakib Hossain, a UH Mānoa PhD student in urban planning, is one of 210
students chosen for a prestigious internship at the United Nations, where he
is evaluating programs funded by the U.N.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
The University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa has updated a long-range development
plan for the campus that includes more parking, new housing for both faculty
and students, new classroom and research buildings, and much more.
Honolulu
Advertiser
The University of Hawai‘i is receiving millions of dollars in grants
to help Iraq rebuild an agriculture sector that’s suffered from decades
of neglect and isolation.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, KHNL
Smaller Earth-like planets, some perhaps even having conditions for life, might
be detected by astronomers, according to UH Mānoa researchers.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
Nearly 700 exquisite objects of silver, jade, feathers, ivory, precious stones
and coral made during late imperial China are on currently on display at the
University of Hawai‘i Art Gallery in the exhibition, “Excelling
the Work of Heaven: Personal Adornment from China.”
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
University of Hawai‘i plant nutrient researcher Andre Theriault says
less popular vegetables like broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower and Brussels sprouts,
have a unique compound that makes them more protective against diabetes and
heart disease.
Maui
News
In the second installment of a monthly lecture series planned for the Institute
for Astronomy’s Advanced Technology Research Center on Maui, University
of Hawai‘i solar astronomer Jeff Kuhn explained why we need to know how
the sun works.
Honolulu
Advertiser, Pacific
Business News
Virginia Hinshaw, who assumed the post of chancellor of the UH Mānoa campus
in July, was recognized in a ceremony honoring both her inauguration and the
centennial year of the University of Hawai‘i’s flagship campus.
Pacific
Business News
Real estate developer Jay Shidler’s historic $25 million gift to UH Mānoa’s
business college helped boost the number of scholarships awarded to students
for the 2007-08 school year.
Honolulu
Advertiser, Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, KITV, KHNL
The whole state is sharing in the University of Hawai‘i football team’s
championship victory as fans across the state rush to show their pride by snapping
up WAC championship T-shirts, hats and other UH merchandise.
USA
Today, Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
Rakib Hossain, a UH Mānoa PhD student in urban planning, is one of 210
students chosen for a prestigious internship at the United Nations, where he
is evaluating programs funded by the U.N.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
The University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa has updated a long-range development
plan for the campus that includes more parking, new housing for both faculty
and students, new classroom and research buildings, and much more.
Honolulu
Advertiser
The University of Hawai‘i is receiving millions of dollars in grants
to help Iraq rebuild an agriculture sector that’s suffered from decades
of neglect and isolation.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, KHNL
Smaller Earth-like planets, some perhaps even having conditions for life, might
be detected by astronomers, according to UH Mānoa researchers.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
Nearly 700 exquisite objects of silver, jade, feathers, ivory, precious stones
and coral made during late imperial China are on currently on display at the
University of Hawai‘i Art Gallery in the exhibition, “Excelling
the Work of Heaven: Personal Adornment from China.”
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
University of Hawai‘i plant nutrient researcher Andre Theriault says
less popular vegetables like broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower and Brussels sprouts,
have a unique compound that makes them more protective against diabetes and
heart disease.
Maui
News
In the second installment of a monthly lecture series planned for the Institute
for Astronomy’s Advanced Technology Research Center on Maui, University
of Hawai‘i solar astronomer Jeff Kuhn explained why we need to know how
the sun works.
Honolulu
Advertiser, Pacific
Business News
Virginia Hinshaw, who assumed the post of chancellor of the UH Mānoa campus
in July, was recognized in a ceremony honoring both her inauguration and the
centennial year of the University of Hawai‘i’s flagship campus.
Pacific
Business News
Real estate developer Jay Shidler’s historic $25 million gift to UH Mānoa’s
business college helped boost the number of scholarships awarded to students
for the 2007-08 school year.
Honolulu
Magazine
UH Mānoa scientist Kim Binsted shares some insight into her four-month
Mars simulation mission on a remote island in the Canadian Arctic.
Pacific
Business News
Three years after a flood ravaged Hamilton Library and damaged or destroyed
thousands of books, maps and documents, the UH Mānoa library is still
vulnerable to heavy rains.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
A fire last month that caused several thousand dollars in smoke and water damage
is among the many reasons Edmondson Hall will be closed by the end of the year.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, KHNL
O‘ahu middle school students got a hands-on lesson in civil engineering
at the UH Mānoa Junior Engineering Expo as they competed to see whose
popsicle-stick bridges were the strongest and best designed.
Honolulu
Advertiser, Pacific
Business News
The University of Hawai‘i Board of Regents voted to approve a new Associate
in Science in Dental Hygiene program at Maui Community College that will prepare
students to enter the profession and address an urgent shortage in Maui County.
Honolulu
Advertiser
Honolulu Community College’s team in the Lunar Habitat Student Design
Competition was named overall winner in the national competition that pitted
them against teams from Purdue, University of Southern California and University
of Colorado.
Honolulu
Advertiser, KHNL
The University of Hawai‘i will be paid $2 million by the U.S. military
to use sonar and manned and unmanned submersibles to survey chemical weapons
dumped south of Pearl Harbor following World War II.
Honolulu
Advertiser, Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
University of Hawai‘i and Aloha Stadium officials ask fans to display
better behavior and aloha spirit at remaining Warrior home football games.
Hawai‘i
Business Magazine
Classes at Kapi‘olani Community College and elsewhere around the state
help train Native Hawaiian entrepreneurs and help lead them on the way to be
successful business owners.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
Consultants for the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa are recommending
improvements for parking and traffic problems on and around the campus.
Pacific
Business News
Three University of Hawai‘i engineering professors are seeing their research
come to life with help from Kai Sensors, a Honolulu technology company built
around their LifeReader invention, a wireless and remote heart sensor.
Lahaina
News
Through the end of the year, upcoming continuing education classes at Maui
Community College’s education center in Lahaina cover a variety of topics
geared towards the general public and small business owners.
Honolulu
Advertiser
Windward Community College will host its second annual A Taste of Science Family
Activity Night on November 16 featuring tours of its space shuttle flight simulator
and computer lab, hands-on activities, and an Imaginarium show.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
The Koa Gallery at Kapi‘olani Community College showcases 25 works of
John Young, including his famous horse paintings, contemplative drawings and
paintings on rice paper.
MidWeek
Hawai'i-born and grown Gene Awakuni leads UH West O‘ahu onto a new campus
in Kapolei with plans to move 2,000 students onto a new 23-acre campus by Spring
2010.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
The University of Hawai‘i brand is growing as UH logo merchandise sales
increase thanks to successful seasons for UH athletics teams so far and the
university’s centennial celebration.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
University of Hawai‘i astronomers are dazzled by Comet Holmes as they
continue to observe the once obscure, faint comet that has now eclipsed the
sun as the largest object in the solar system, and it continues to grow.
Honolulu
Advertiser
University of Hawai‘i alumni support the Warriors from Beijing, China,
hosting viewing parties for Hawai‘i transplants and local sports fans
thanks to HTSports-net’s online pay-per-view service.
Honolulu
Advertiser, Pacific
Business News
The Academy for Creative Media at UH Mānoa has joined with Burbank-based
Legendary Pictures to find the lead actor for a new movie based on the 1970s
television series “Kung Fu.”
The
Garden Island
The University of Hawai‘i System is one of 19 university and college
systems participating in the National Association of System Heads’ “Access
to Success” initiative, an effort to ensure that college graduates include
far more people from low-income and minority families.
Honolulu
Advertiser
The UH Mānoa Department of Physics & Astronomy will hold a open house
on Saturday, Nov. 17, featuring discussions, demonstrations and activities
for the public.
The
Garden Island
Accounting professionals and educators from across the state gathered at Kaua‘i
Community College recently to educate residents and students about the field
of accounting and the career opportunities available on the island.
Honolulu
Advertiser
The Center for Excellence in Native Hawaiian Law at the UH Mānoa William
S. Richardson School of Law has been awarded at $630,000 grant from the Office
of Hawaiian Affairs in support of its classes and programs.
Honolulu
Advertiser, KHNL
A study released by the UH Mānoa Public Policy Center shows a significant
increase in the recycling rate by focusing on workplace recycling programs
Honolulu
Advertiser
University of Hawai'i President David McClain has been awarded an Honorary
Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan.
Honolulu
Advertiser
Former U.S. Congressman Ed Case has donated his congressional papers to the
Hawai'i Congressional Papers Collection at UH Mānoa’s Hamilton Library.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
Jan Fried, an associate professor at Kapi‘olani Community College, coordinates
the college’s American Sign Language/Interpreter Education Program, teaching
people how to sign-language interpret and bridging the communication gap for
deaf and hard-of-hearing people.
Pacific
Business News
Three University of Hawai‘i engineering professors are seeing their research
come to life with help from Kai Sensors, a Honolulu technology company built
around their LifeReader invention, a wireless and remote heart sensor.
Lahaina
News
Through the end of the year, upcoming continuing education classes at Maui
Community College’s education center in Lahaina cover a variety of topics
geared towards the general public and small business owners.
Honolulu
Advertiser
Windward Community College will host its second annual A Taste of Science Family
Activity Night on November 16 featuring tours of its space shuttle flight simulator
and computer lab, hands-on activities, and an Imaginarium show.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
The Koa Gallery at Kapi‘olani Community College showcases 25 works of
John Young, including his famous horse paintings, contemplative drawings and
paintings on rice paper.
MidWeek
Hawai'i-born and grown Gene Awakuni leads UH West O‘ahu onto a new campus
in Kapolei with plans to move 2,000 students onto a new 23-acre campus by Spring
2010.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
The University of Hawai‘i brand is growing as UH logo merchandise sales
increase thanks to successful seasons for UH athletics teams so far and the
university’s centennial celebration.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
University of Hawai‘i astronomers are dazzled by Comet Holmes as they
continue to observe the once obscure, faint comet that has now eclipsed the
sun as the largest object in the solar system, and it continues to grow.
Honolulu
Advertiser
University of Hawai‘i alumni support the Warriors from Beijing, China,
hosting viewing parties for Hawai‘i transplants and local sports fans
thanks to HTSports-net’s online pay-per-view service.
Honolulu
Advertiser, Pacific
Business News
The Academy for Creative Media at UH Mānoa has joined with Burbank-based
Legendary Pictures to find the lead actor for a new movie based on the 1970s
television series “Kung Fu.”
The
Garden Island
The University of Hawai‘i System is one of 19 university and college
systems participating in the National Association of System Heads’ “Access
to Success” initiative, an effort to ensure that college graduates include
far more people from low-income and minority families.
Honolulu
Advertiser
The UH Mānoa Department of Physics & Astronomy will hold a open house
on Saturday, Nov. 17, featuring discussions, demonstrations and activities
for the public.
The
Garden Island
Accounting professionals and educators from across the state gathered at Kaua‘i
Community College recently to educate residents and students about the field
of accounting and the career opportunities available on the island.
Honolulu
Advertiser
The Center for Excellence in Native Hawaiian Law at the UH Mānoa William
S. Richardson School of Law has been awarded at $630,000 grant from the Office
of Hawaiian Affairs in support of its classes and programs.
Honolulu
Advertiser, KHNL
A study released by the UH Mānoa Public Policy Center shows a significant
increase in the recycling rate by focusing on workplace recycling programs
Honolulu
Advertiser
University of Hawai'i President David McClain has been awarded an Honorary
Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan.
Honolulu
Advertiser
Former U.S. Congressman Ed Case has donated his congressional papers to the
Hawai'i Congressional Papers Collection at UH Mānoa’s Hamilton Library.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
Jan Fried, an associate professor at Kapi‘olani Community College, coordinates
the college’s American Sign Language/Interpreter Education Program, teaching
people how to sign-language interpret and bridging the communication gap for
deaf and hard-of-hearing people.
Pacific
Business News
A new initiative at Windward Community College to form partnerships with four-year
universities in order to offer advanced degree programs on O‘ahu’s
Windward side is attracting many students.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
“DASH” is an exhibit of digital art showing at Gallery ‘Iolani
at Kapi‘olani Community College now through November 16.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
A recent federal appropriations bill approving $691 million in funds for Hawai‘i
includes more than $3 million for job training and education programs at Maui
Community College and $25 million for a regional biocontainment laboratory
at the John A. Burns School of Medicine in Kaka‘ako.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
Internationally recognized infectious disease expert Dr. Duane Gubler of the
UH Mānoa John A. Burns School of Medicine is heading to Singapore to lead
a new partnership on infectious diseases with the National University of Singapore
and Duke University.
Honolulu
Advertiser
The UH Mānoa Center for Chinese Studies presents monetary awards to faculty
and graduate students from the Chung Fong and Grace Ning Fund in Chinese Studies
in support of China-focused academic projects.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
The innovative fashion designs from the 1950s and 60s of Ethel Shirake de Saussure
Guyer have been donated to the Historic Costume Collection of UH Mānoa’s
Apparel, Product Design and Merchandising Program and will be on display through
November 16.
Hawaii Business
University of Hawai‘i professor Michael J. Antal Jr. has become well
known for his flash carbonization process that turns green waste into charcoal,
and even more so since it earned him a licensing deal with Kingsford Products
Co.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
The University of Hawai‘i has selected 30 faculty and staff from all
10 campuses to be the inaugural participants in the President’s Emerging
Leaders Program, an initiative of UH President David McClain to develop future
campus and system leaders.
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