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February
2009
KITV, Maui
News, Honolulu
Advertiser
Dr. Beatriz Rodriguez of the John A. Burns School of Medicine is principal
investigator for Hawaii’s SEARCH for Diabetes Youth study site at the
Pacific Health Research Institute, which is part of a 10-year diabetes study
that has found that Asian and Pacific Islander children in the United States
have higher rates of diabetes than children in many Asian countries.
The
Garden Island
Kaua‘i Community College’s community garden recently served as
a classroom for the youngest learners—first graders from Kalaheo Elementary
School, who visited the campus to learn about eating locally, eating healthy
and sustainability.
Hawaii
Reporter
Jimmy and Jeanne Yagi have announced the establishment of an endowed scholarship
at UH Hilo to honor their parents with the funding to be used to assist students
with tuition, books, fees and supplies.
The
Garden Island
Professional massage therapy students at Kaua‘i Community College benefit
from hands-on learning experience in a variety of massage techniques and
styles and a diverse academic program that works closely with the school’s
nursing program.
Honolulu
Advertiser
The India Jazz Suites, a cross cultural partnership of tap dance wunderkind
Jason Samuels Smith and Indian Kathak master Chitresh Das, will appear at
the Leeward Community College Theatre on March 14.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
A retired University of Hawai‘i vice president and a former television
news director are among those on the short list of candidates for the UH
Board of Regents recommended by the UH Regents Candidate Advisory Committee
to fill seats that will be vacated June 30.
Wired
Magazine
University of Hawai‘i Professor Peter Berkelman has developed a surgical
robot ready for testing on human cadavers that fits in a backpack and could
be used by medics on the battlefield within a few years.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
The University of Hawai‘i’s two submersibles will spend 15 days
filming and taking water and sediment samples south of Pearl Harbor as part
of an Army project to determine the risks of nearly 600 tons of chemical
weapons dumped there in 1944.
Honolulu
Advertiser
A $50 million facility to help educate students in the University of Hawai‘i’s
Academy for Creative Media and develop companies in the film and digital
media industry is being considered by the state as a potential expansion
to the Hawai‘i Film Studio near Diamond Head.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
An old anti-leprosy drug might provide an effective treatment for three devastating
autoimmune diseases – multiple sclerosis, psoriasis and type 1 diabetes – say
two researchers with UH Manoa’s John A. Burns School of Medicine and
mainland colleagues.
Pacific
Business News
“Green” topics, including ways to make businesses sustainable,
will be the focus of Summer Sessions 2009 at UH Mānoa, as its “Sustain
Your Brain” program will feature lectures, workshops, noncredit courses
and a film festival focusing on sustainability concepts.
Molokai Dispatch
Maui Community College’s Moloka‘i Education Center currently
serves nearly 200 students per semester and offers more than 20 classes on
site, yet is hopeful for an expansion of the facility that could make it
the center of island life and culture for Moloka‘i.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
Reef Watch Waikiki, a new community-based education and coastal monitoring
program under the University of Hawai‘i Sea Grant College Program,
will train volunteers to act as teachers to tourists and residents, and gather
valuable data about marine resources.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, Pacific
Business News
The Cancer Research Center of Hawai‘i is hoping to preserve its National
Cancer Institute designation and funds earmarked for a new facility as it
works to overcome obstacles to developing the new cancer center planned for
Kaka‘ako.
Honolulu
Advertiser, Pacific
Business News
SBS Media Holdings Co., Ltd. and SBS Foundation of Seoul, Korea, have given
$200,000 to the University of Hawai‘i to establish the Korean Law Faculty
Fund at the UH Mānoa William S. Richardson School of Law.
Honolulu
Advertiser
KTUH, the student-run noncommercial radio station broadcasting from UH Mānoa,
celebrates 40 years of being on the air this year, and is seeking old stories,
photos and memories from former staff and listeners for a documentary.
Maui
News
“Key Ingredients: America by Food” is a Smithsonian Institution
culinary exhibit that explores the unique traditions and culture attached to
the food we consume, and is on display now through April 12 at Maui Community
College's Ka‘a‘ike building.
Honolulu
Advertiser
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa College of Engineering alumnus
Jeoffrey S. Cudiamat was named 2009 Young Engineer of the Year and Reece
Iwami was named 2009 Student Engineer of the Year by the Hawai‘i Council
of Engineering Societies.
Honolulu
Advertiser
Robert S. Hines, a former dean of the UH Mānoa College of Arts and Humanities
and professor emeritus of music, will be honored for his contributions to
the arts in Hawai‘i by the Honolulu Symphony.
Hawaii
Tribune-Herald
The University of Hawai‘i at Hilo has received a $30,000 grant from
the National Writing Project to establish the Lehua Writing Project, which
will provide summer and school-year programs to local teachers focused on
improving student writing and learning.
The
Garden Island
Kaua‘i Community College’s culinary program offers Kaua‘i
residents and visitors a number of opportunities to enjoy students’ culinary
creations through its weekly bake sales and a number of buffet dining events
taking place in February, March and April.
Hawaii
Tribune-Herald
UH Hilo’s College of Business and Economics is up for business accreditation
review this fall and is getting ready with three major initiatives underway—a
focus on increasing student success, measuring student success, and exploring
physical expansion of the program.
Hawaii
Tribune-Herald
Daniel E. Brown, professor of anthropology at the University of Hawai‘i
at Hilo, has been selected as a fellow of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science, and is recognized for his distinguished research
on effects of cultural factors on human health.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
The University of Hawai‘i and the University of Hawai‘i Alumni
Association recently announced the recipients of the 2009 Distinguished Alumni
Awards, which recognizes outstanding alumni who have used their UH education
to excel professionally, provide inspirational leadership to others, and
provide service for the benefit of the community.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
Open for roughly 18 months, the College of Pharmacy at the University of
Hawai‘i at Hilo will create $50.2 million in annual economic activity
two years from now and will also generate $15 million per year in increased
state incomes, university economist David Hammes has calculated.
Honolulu
Advertiser, Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, KGMB, Pacific
Business News
To help the public track the university’s search for a new president,
the University of Hawai‘i has set up a new website containing the latest
information on the search process.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
Windward Community College’s Gallery Iolani features sculpture, photography,
drawings and mixed-media works of four emerging artists in the exhibit “Idiom,” which
runs through February 20.
Honolulu
Advertiser
Student volunteers from Leeward CC and UH West O‘ahu accounting classes
are providing free tax help for low to moderate-income taxpayers who need
assistance with preparing their 2008 federal and Hawaii tax returns every
Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon until March 28.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
Film producer Chris Lee is spearheading an effort at the University of Hawai‘i’s
Academy of Creative Media to help Native Hawaiian personal histories endure
in digital form with the help of a $192,000 grant from the U.S. Department
of Education.
Honolulu
Advertiser
Celebrating its 21st anniversary, the internationally-recognized Hakuoh University
Handbell Choir will be touring the island of O‘ahu, hosted by the UH
Community Colleges and offering free public concerts at Central Union Church
and Windward Community College.
Honolulu
Advertiser
Architects Hawai‘i Limited has established a $60,000 endowed scholarship
at the UH Mānoa School of Architecture that will be utilized for student
scholarships, travel, publications, specialized equipment, research, curriculum
and program enhancement, special programs and plans for future development
of the school.
Central
Oahu People, Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
“Second Saturday at the Garden” at the Urban Garden Center, an
outreach unit of the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, offers
tropical gardening tips and other horticultural information as well as its
annual plant and produce sale.
Honolulu
Advertiser, Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, KITV, Maui
News, Pacific
Business News
The University of Hawai‘i System has 50,952 students enrolled this
spring semester across its 10 campuses, breaking the previous record enrollment
for the spring semester set in 1995, which officials attribute to the sliding
economy and people seeking additional training to increase their job prospects.
Honolulu
Advertiser, Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, KHON, KGMB
Former University of Hawai‘i women's athletic director Dr. Donnis Thompson,
a pioneer and champion of women's sports for over four decades, died recently
at the age of 75.
Honolulu
Advertiser, The
Garden Island
University of Hawai‘i leaders welcomed the beginning of the future
as The Clarence T.C. Ching Field was dedicated recently, marking a new chapter
in the university's athletic makeover thanks to a $5 million donation from
the Clarence T.C. Ching Foundation.
Honolulu
Advertiser
Windward Community College announces the Hokulani Imaginarium's special Valentine's
Day show, "Romancing the Stars,” a special Imaginarium show that
explores love stories related to the stars, moon and planets.
Honolulu
Advertiser
Hawai‘i high school students are invited to enter the University of
Hawai‘i—West O‘ahu's second annual flyer contest, which
asks students to create designs to promote UH West O‘ahu with prizes
for the top five finalists and the winning design published in Sassy/G Magazine.
Pacific
Business News
The University of Hawai‘i is seeking legislative permission to issue
$250 million in revenue bonds to build more student and faculty housing and
make repairs across its 10 campuses, and asking legislators to be exempt
from the state’s procurement code.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
Scaled-down plans to fix Edmondson Hall on the UH Manoa campus will be designed
by Group 70 International, as a contract is being finalized with the architectural
firm and renovations expected to begin this summer.
Honolulu
Advertiser
Founded in 1978, the UH law school’s Ete Bowl began as a flag football
game between the female third-year law students and quickly evolved into
a game of Richardson alumnae, called the Bruzers, vs. the current women students,
known as the Etes.
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