|
December
2007
USA
Today
University of Hawai‘i astrophysicist David Jewitt shares his theories
on the mysteries of the outer solar system, and how solving these mysteries
could shed light on how the whole solar system emerged and how life on Earth
was born.
Pacific
Business News
Nursing students at University of Hawai‘i community colleges will
get some relief from crowded classrooms with the construction of new temporary
facilities set to begin next spring thanks to $6.8 million released by
Governor Lingle.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
The University of Hawai‘i Warrior football team isn’t the only
one prepping for a big appearance in the Allstate Sugar Bowl on New Year’s
Day—the Rainbow Marching Band and University of Hawai‘i cheerleaders
are working hard to prepare for their national television appearance as
well.
Honolulu
Advertiser
Hawai‘i Congresswoman Mazie Hirono sponsored a resolution approved
by the U.S. House of Representatives honoring the University of Hawai‘i
for its 100 years of public higher education.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, Pacific
Business News
A weakening U.S. economy and high energy prices translate to lower growth
estimates for Hawai‘i's economy this year and in 2008, according
to the University of Hawai‘i Economic Research Organization's fourth-quarter
report.
Honolulu
Advertiser
Honolulu Community College’s Pacific Aerospace Training Center at Kalaeloa,
the only university-associated aviation training program in the state, will
receive $3.2 million for reroofing of its hangar.
Pacific
Business News, Honolulu
Advertiser
The University of Hawai‘i at Hilo will develop several faculty endowments
thanks to a $50,000 donation from KTA Super Stores and K. Taniguchi, Ltd.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, ABC
News, MSNBC
Researchers with the University of Hawai‘i’s Hawai‘i Undersea
Research Laboratory discovered what they believe to be two new species – a
lemon yellow bamboo coral tree and a giant sponge – in the Papahanaumokuakea
Marine National Monument.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
University of Hawai‘i geophysicist Gregory Moore is working with U.S.
and Japanese scientists to try to learn why earthquakes below some parts
of the ocean floor generate devastating tsunamis while those in other regions
do not.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, Pacific
Business News
Nearly 1,800 students will be awarded undergraduate and graduate degrees
as University of Hawai‘i campuses across the state hold fall commencement
ceremonies this weekend.
Pacific
Business News
In an effort to provide more access to legal education for an already competitive
pool of future law students, the William S. Richardson School of Law at
UH Mānoa will begin offering a part-time law degree program as early
as next fall.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
The University of Hawai‘i—West O‘ahu is advertising
to let potential students and their parents know it exists through
a media campaign that includes television commercials, a marketing
survey, and other tools.
Honolulu
Advertiser, Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, KGMB, KHNL, KHON, KITV
University of Hawai‘i Warrior Football Quarterback Colt Brennan
came in third in the balloting for college football’s biggest individual
honor, the Heisman Trophy Award.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
Most seniors want their doctors to talk to them about the cost of medications
when they write a prescription but they don’t ask, according to the
latest in a series of studies addressing problems seniors have with drug
coverage by Dr. Chien-Wen Tseng, an associate professor in the John A. Burns
School of Medicine.
Maui
News
A new associate degree in dental hygiene at Maui Community College
aims to answer Maui County’s needs for more dental hygienists
and more training and educational opportunities for dental assisting
students.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
The University of Hawai‘i AIDS Clinical Research Program is alive
and thriving thanks to funding received from the State Legislature for
the John A. Burns School of Medicine program that conducts research and
provides primary care for HIV-infected patients.
Honolulu
Advertiser
Governor Linda Lingle recently released $6.8 million for the design and
construction of temporary facilities for nursing programs at University
of Hawai‘i community college campuses statewide.
Pacific
Business News
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs has given the William S. Richardson School
of Law at UH Mānoa a $49,000 grant to support its Native Hawaiian
student outreach program, Ahahui o Hawai‘i, which aims to encourage
more Native Hawaiian involvement in legal issues and education.
Pacific
Business News
BAE Systems, one of the state’s largest defense contractors, has
donated $107,000 for six scholarships at the University of Hawai‘i
at Mānoa’s College of Engineering.
Pacific
Business News
A new, interactive software application developed by a team of personnel
from the UH Community Colleges is now available online and at touchscreen
kiosks at community colleges statewide and allows users to explore career
options through a variety of features.
Honolulu
Advertiser, Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, KGMB, KHNL, KHON, KITV
After a come-from-behind victory against the Washington Huskies makes the
University of Hawai‘i Warriors the only undefeated team in college
football, the Warriors get an invitation to New Orleans to play in the Allstate
Sugar Bowl on New Year’s Day.
|
<
