July 2002

Groundbreaking UH research team honored
Hawai‘i Tribune-Herald
The team of scientists who saved the papaya industry in Hawai‘i has been awarded the prestigious Humboldt Award.

Looking to Asia
Honolulu Advertiser
Incoming UH Manoa athletics director Herman Frazier and chancellor Peter Englert are in agreement—they’ll be looking to Asia for resources for athletics.

Changing with the times
Honolulu Star Bulletin
The School of Accountancy in the UH College of Business Administration has adapted its curricula to include ethics in business courses that deal with corporate scandals.

New med school departments update the school’s focus
Pacific Business News
The UH medical school has created new departments and re-focused other programs to renew and revitalize the curriculum.

Minicomets pop up in astronomers’observations
Honolulu Star Bulletin
The Institute for Astronomy’s Dave Jewitt and his team find “a zoo of tiny minicomets” using the UH telescope atop Mauna Kea.

Planning for the future of astronomy studies
Hawai‘i Tribune-Herald
As planning proceeds for additional devices for Mauna Kea’s observatories, the Institute for Astronomy gathers information for the approval process.

Nuclear test-detector under development
Honolulu Star Bulletin
Physicist John Madey is building a lab at Watanabe Hall that keeps UH at the cutting edge of laser studies.

UH people: Robin Fujikawa of Kapi‘olani Community College
Honolulu Advertiser
Writer Rod Ohira profiles a student of life‚ and teacher of Asian philosophy and Zen Buddhism.

A new focus on Native Hawaiian Health
Honolulu Star Bulletin, Honolulu Advertiser
Queen’s Medical Center will support a new department of Native Hawaiian Health at the UH medical school.

UH Hilo’s US-China Center one step closer
Honolulu Advertiser
Regents have approved a lease of land to developers of the long-anticipated residence-commercial-conference complex.

UH Health and Wellness Center on track
Honolulu Star Bulletin
President Dobelle pledges that ground will be broken for the new campus of the UH medical school and research facility within 90 days. Here’s an update on plans for the school.

Regents approve new marine biology degree
Honolulu Advertiser
Years in the making, the new degree offering at UH Manoa will begin this fall.

President Dobelle reviews first year
Honolulu Advertiser
UH President Evan S. Dobelle spoke to the annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii to review his first year and look ahead to the next several months.

UH Manoa’s new Chancellor in the news
Peter Englert was in Honolulu last week to prepare for his tenure at UH beginning August 1. Here are some Honolulu Advertiser stories from interviews with the paper’s reporters. Looking ahead, Maori ceremony planned, thoughts on athletics

East-West Ceramics Collaboration III
Honolulu Advertiser
This year’s event focuses on intercultural exchange in the ceramic arts.

UH West O‘ahu options on the table
Honolulu Advertiser
Site selection narrows to three possible locations in O‘ahu’s second city of Kapolei.

UH on-the-air
Honolulu Advertiser
The University of Hawai‘i will be on both radio and television starting this fall to help spread the word about our centers of excellence.

UH/K5 agreement detailed
Honolulu Star Bulletin
Continued coverage of UH Manoa athletic events is assured for the next three years— with some new options for football fans.

Big Island astronomy education center advances
Honolulu Advertiser
An environmental assessment is filed as planning proceeds for a showcase UH Hilo facility.

Oceanographer off to New Zealand for a year
Honolulu Star Bulletin
UH Manoa researcher Alex Malahoff will continue his work at Victoria University, strengthening an international institutional agreement.

Researchers follow the stream
Honolulu Star Bulletin
Researchers in the Coral Reef Initiative develop new techniques to find how activities on land affect isle waters.

E-business: Alive and well at UH
Hawaii Business Magazine
UH Manoa College of Business Administration benefactors Barry and Virginia Weinman have endowed a chair in entrepreneurship.

Maui CC nurtures science students
Maui News
Classes this summer at Maui Community College have brought high school students and teachers to campus with startling results.

Views from the east coast
Boston Globe, Berkshire Eagle
In a review of the president’s first year, Honolulu writers Pat Bigold and Jaymes Song provide perspective for east coast readers.

Faculty incentives in the works
Honolulu Advertiser
The UH administration is processing requests for merit adjustments for teachers and researchers that reward excellent performance.

Tampering with termites
Honolulu Advertiser
A federally funded program is allowing middle school students to experience the world of discovery with UH researchers.

Stream to reef: a study in Waimanalo
Honolulu Advertiser
Scientists working with the Coral Reef Initiative Research Program are charting the effects of mountain stream runoff on reefs in O‘ahu’s Waimanalo Bay.

UH Manoa pair named AAM fellows
Honolulu Star Bulletin
Two UH researchers have been named fellows in the American Association of Microbiologists – both cited for their work with squids.

A team effort
Honolulu Star Bulletin
A team of students from the digital media arts program at Kapi`olani CC spent three semesters working on a 3-D digital animation motion picture that premiered recently.

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