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News coverage featuring University of Hawaiʻi people, programs and activities for January 8–14, 2013 includes the following —

• January 14, 2013: – Hawaii News Now
• January 14, 2013: – KPUA
• January 13, 2013: (subscription required) – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
• January 13, 2013: (subscription required) – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
• January 13, 2013: (subscription required) – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
• January 13, 2013: – West Hawaii Today
• January 12, 2013: – Hawaii News Now
• January 12, 2013: – Hawaii Tribune-Herald
• January 12, 2013: (subscription required) – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
• January 12, 2013: – KHON 2
• January 11, 2013: – Astrobiology Magazine
• January 11, 2013: – Big Island Now
• January 11, 2013: – Hawaii News Now
• January 11, 2013: – Hawaii News Now
• January 11, 2013: (subscription required) – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
• January 11, 2013: – KHON 2
• January 11, 2013: – KHON 2
• January 10, 2013: – Big Island Now
• January 10, 2013: – Hawaii News Now
• January 10, 2013: – HONOLULU Magazine
• January 10, 2013: – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
• January 10, 2013: – The Maui News
• January 9, 2013: – The Garden Island
• January 9, 2013: – The Garden Island
• January 9, 2013: – Hawaii News Now
• January 9, 2013: – Hawaii Reporter
• January 9, 2013: – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
• January 9, 2013: – KITV 4
• January 8, 2013: – Civil Beat
• January 8, 2013: – Hawaii News Now
• January 8, 2013: – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
• January 8, 2013: – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
• January 8, 2013: (subscription required) – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
• January 8, 2013: – KITV 4

News coverage featuring University of Hawaiʻi people, programs and activities for January 1–7, 2013 includes the following —

• January 7, 2013: – Civil Beat
• January 7, 2013: – Hawaii News Now
• January 7, 2013: – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
• January 5, 2013: – Astrobiology Magazine
• January 4, 2013: (subscription required) – Pacific Business News
• January 4, 2013: (subscription required) – Pacific Business News
• January 4, 2013: (subscription required) – Pacific Business News
• January 3, 2013: – KPUA
• January 3, 2013: – Pacific Business News
• January 2, 2013: – Maui Time
• January 2, 2013: – Pacific Business News
• January 2, 2013: – Pacific Business News

A group of astronomers from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, the U.S. mainland, Canada, and Europe recently used the twin telescopes of the W.M. Keck Observatory on Mauna Kea to conduct a census of the brightest, but until now unseen, galaxies in the distant universe, bringing astronomers one step closer to understanding how galaxies form and evolve.

These galaxies glow so brightly at infrared wavelengths that they would outshine the Milky Way by hundreds, maybe thousands, of times. They are forming stars so quickly that between 100 and 500 new stars are born in each galaxy every year, and have been coined “starbursts” by astronomers.

While it’s not clear what gives these galaxies their intense luminosity, it could be the result of a collision between two spiral-type galaxies, similar to the Milky Way and Andromeda Galaxies. They could also be in a particularly gas-rich region of space, where galaxies form stars quickly due to constant bombardment from gas and dust.

Read the or learn more about the research as featured by .

东精影业 in the News for November 30–December 6, 2012

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students Harris Okazaki and Ryan Yamada, recently participated in the 21st Annual International Micro Robot Contest in Nagoya, Japan.

The competition featured over 130 robots from Japan, Indonesia, South Korea, Thailand, Taiwan and the United States competing in four categories.

Okazaki, a construction management major, and Yamada, a liberal arts student, participated in the most difficult and most prestigious category, which required the microbots to navigate a maze with no assistance from the students. Yamada placed fourth and Okazaki placed seventh in a field of 19 contestants.

The skills students develop through this process could lead directly to good jobs in the private sector, according to Honolulu CC Assistant Professor and Robotics Club Advisor Norman Takeya.

“There is a growing demand for workers in the industrial and manufacturing space who have the mechatronic skills needed to maintain, diagnose and repair sophisticated, automated systems that characterize manufacturing in the 21st century,” explained Takeya.

Although Honolulu CC does not have a mechatronics program, the potential demand for these skills from the business sector could put the college on course to develop this area further.

Read the or learn more about the potential demand for this program as featured in the (subscription required).

The voted on November 28 to approve the sale of 39 acres of land next to the new campus in Kapolei to the Roman Catholic Church, which plans to build a church and private school on the land.

Read more about the sale and how it benefits both the Roman Catholic Church and the university in news reports by , (subscription required), , and .

东精影业 in the News for November 23–29,2012

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• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, November 23, 2012: (subscription required)
• KPUA, November 23, 2012:

December 1 marks , a global health day first celebrated in 1988 to unite the world in the fight against HIV.

As the day approaches, news from the at the brings disturbing findings about the disease’s impact on the Native Hawaiian population.

Researchers have found that HIV/AIDS is being diagnosed in Native Hawaiians more than twice as often as Caucasians, and that Native Hawaiians with HIV/AIDS are three times more likely to need hospitalization.

Some 3,000 people in Hawaiʻi live with HIV/AIDS. One in four of them, about 25 percent, don’t even realize they are carrying the virus.

Read the to learn more about how 东精影业 researchers at the Hawaiʻi Center for AIDS are working to combat this disparity or read the news reports by and .

The University of Hawaiʻi’s has posted a notice to bidders for construction of the , Pālamanui campus in West Hawaiʻi.

Bids must be submitted to the Office of Procurement and Real Property Management or the Hawaiʻi Community College Administrative Affairs/Business Office no later than 2:30 p.m. on December 12, 2012. Bids are scheduled to be opened at 2:30 p.m. on December 14, 2012.

The includes construction of Pālamanui’s Culinary Arts Building and the Health Science and Student Services Building. Construction will cover approximately 24,000 square feet and will include new classrooms, learning kitchens, and science laboratories. These buildings will house functions servicing the Culinary Arts, Nursing, and Allied Health programs, and Student Services Administration.

Read the or news coverage by , , , , , and .

The has entered its final construction phase under budget, leaving room to build an extension.

As reported recently by , the original construction contract budgeted $119 million for the center but ended up costing $103 million.

The new 150,000 square-foot facility will be comprised of two buildings connected by an open-air lobby and central staircase. Materials will include a glass and steel exterior with warm interior finishes including tile, wood and glass.

A highlight will be a large two-story space on the ground level for hosting community and educational events. Additional meeting and conference rooms will be scattered throughout to encourage collaboration and conversation between colleagues.

The building also features many environmentally-friendly and sustainable features and is scheduled to open in February 2013.

Read the latest construction update on the 东精影业 Cancer Center’s website for more details.

东精影业 in the News for October 26–November 1, 2012

• Hawaii Business, November 1, 2012: “Archaeologist Windy Keala McElroy talks about her job”
• Hawaii News Now, November 1, 2012:
• Hawaii Reporter, November 1, 2012:
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, November 1, 2012: “东精影业 regents’ administrator leaving for the private sector”
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, November 1, 2012: “Regents to discuss Greenwood’s job, Donovan’s settlement”
• Hawaii 24/7, October 31, 2012:
• Hawaii 24/7, October 30, 2012:
• Hawaii News Now, October 30, 2012:
• Hawaii Reporter, October 30, 2012: “东精影业 graduate student named nation’s top electrical engineering student”
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, October 30, 2012:
• The Maui News, October 30, 2012: “Student killed after being struck by SUV; speed, alcohol suspected”
• Mesothelioma News, October 30, 2012: “Skin spots may act as an early detection indicator for mesothelioma patients”
• Hawaii 24/7, October 29, 2012:
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, October 29, 2012: “Hanabusa tops Djou in survey” (subscription required)
• Maui Now, October 29, 2012:
• RedOrbit, October 29, 2012:
• Science Daily, October 28, 2012:
• Hawaii 24/7, October 27, 2012:
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• KHON, October 26, 2012: “东精影业 President spends from lucrative donor accounts”
• The Maui News, October 26, 2012: “Entwined in ag education”

A new study, which appears in the November issue of Nature Geoscience, finds that a deep connection about 50 miles below Earth’s surface can explain the enigmatic behavior of two of the world’s most notable volcanoes, Hawaiʻi’s Mauna Loa and K墨lauea.

The research was conducted by scientists with the in the at the , along with colleagues at Rice University, the U.S. Geological Survey and the Carnegie Institution of Washington.

Their findings offer the first plausible model that can explain both the opposing long-term eruptive patterns at Mauna Loa and Kīlauea—when one is active, the other is quiet, and vice versa—as well as the episode in 2003-2007 when GPS records showed that both inflated concurrently.

Read the or learn more about the study as featured by , , , Honolulu Star-Advertiser (subscription required), , and RedOrbit.

东精影业 in the News for October 19–25, 2012

• Hawaii News Now, October 25, 2012:
• Big Island Video News, October 24, 2012:
• Civil Beat, October 24, 2012:
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, October 24, 2012: “College price hikes more modest but still painful”
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, October 24, 2012: “Pressure from lawmakers could leave 东精影业 flattened” (subscription required)
• Scientific American, October 24, 2012:
• United Press International, October 24, 2012:
• Hawaii 24/7, October 23, 2012: “Free astronomy workshop for teachers (Oct. 26–27)”
• Hawaii 24/7, October 23, 2012: “Every ounce counts toward 东精影业 recycling goal”
• Hawaii News Now, October 23, 2012:
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• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, October 23, 2012: “Chow lends support to 东精影业 leaders in wake of Wonder fumble”
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, October 23, 2012: “AD search: 东精影业 agrees to terms with firm” (subscription required)
• Ke Alakaʻi, October 23, 2012: “October marks National Breast Cancer Awareness month”
• KHON, October 23, 2012: “Cyclist recounts attack on Tantalus&rdquo
• Pacific Business News, October 23, 2012:
• Phys.org, October 23, 2012:
• Big Island Now, October 22, 2012:
• The Chronicle of Higher Education, October 22, 2012:
• Civil Beat, October 22, 2012: “More Muggy Days Ahead? Hawaii Trade Winds Are Dying Down”
• The Garden Island, October 22, 2012: “Na Kama Pono benefits from Adopt-A-School”
• Ka Leo, October 22, 2012: “Keep it green at eWaste Disposal Days”
• Space Daily, October 22, 2012:
• The Garden Island, October 21, 2012: “Kenney’s whole-animal breakdown is more than culinary skill”
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, October 21, 2012: “Some advice on advance directives” (subscription required)
• Hawaii 24/7, October 20, 2012: “Astronomers map dark matter filament”
• Hawaii 24/7, October 20, 2012: “Decrease documented in frequency of Hawaiʻi’s northeast tradewinds”
• Hawaii News Now, October 20, 2012:
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• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, October 20, 2012: “It’s been 3 months; do you know where your AD is?” (subscription required)
• KHON, October 20, 2012: “Two burglaries within two weeks at 东精影业 M膩noa campus”
• Big Island Video News, October 19, 2012:
• The Garden Island, October 19, 2012: “KCC all bus’d up”
• Hawaii 24/7, October 19, 2012: “College of Pharmacy gets accreditation for residency program”
• Hawaii News Now, October 19, 2012:
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, October 19, 2012: “Tom Apple to head panel discussion on 东精影业 research goals”
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, October 19, 2012: “东精影业 M膩noa library extends hours”
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, October 19, 2012: “Female student reports being accosted by unknown man at 东精影业 惭腻苍辞补&谤诲辩耻辞;
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, October 19, 2012: “Third batch of computer thefts in 2 months reported at 东精影业”
• KHON, October 19, 2012: “Student accosted at 东精影业 Manoa”
• KHON, October 19, 2012: “Two offices at 东精影业 Manoa’s Bilger Hall burglarized”
• The Maui News, October 19, 2012: “State In Brief: 东精影业 faculty senate delays confidence vote”
• Maui Now, October 19, 2012:

Scientists at the have observed a decrease in the frequency of northeast trade winds and an increase in eastern trade winds over the past nearly four decades, according to a recent study published in the .

For example, northeast trade wind days, which occurred 291 days per year 37 years ago at the Honolulu International Airport, now only occur 210 days per year.

Jessica Garza, a meteorology graduate assistant at the , Pao-Shin Chu, meteorology professor and head of the Hawaiʻi State Climate Office; Chase Norton and Thomas Schroeder analyzed 37 years of wind speed and direction, and sea level pressure data from land-based weather stations, buoys and reanalysis data.

Persistent northeast trade winds are important to the Hawaiian Islands because they affect wave height, cloud formation, and precipitation over specific areas of the region. When trades fail to develop the air can become dormant and unpleasant weather can develop.

Furthermore, Chu explained that the trades are the primary source of moisture for rain, and that a dramatic reduction could fundamentally change Hawaiʻi’s overall climate.

Read more about their research as featured in Civil Beat, , Honolulu Star-Advertiser (subscription required),Maui Time, Our Amazing Planet, , RedOrbit, and

东精影业 in the News for October 12–18, 2012

• Big Island Now, October 18, 2012:
• The Chronicle of Higher Education, October 18, 2012: (subscription required)
• Hawaii News Now, October 18, 2012:
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• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, October 18, 2012: “东精影业 regents have no comment after meeting on Greenwood’s future”
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, October 18, 2012: “Regents call in $15K consultant to talk about governing” (subscription required)
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, October 18, 2012: “University autonomy imperiled by concert troubles” (subscription required)
• KHON, October 18, 2012: “东精影业 Manoa’s Hamilton Library now open on Saturdays”
• KHON, October 18, 2012: “东精影业 Board of Regents approve biennium budget”
• KHON, October 18, 2012: “Hawaii County Food Self-Sufficiency Baseline study gets award”
• KITV, October 18, 2012: “东精影业 Regents approve budget proposal, Greenwood job in limbo”
• Radio Australia, October 18, 2012: “Jobs, agriculture on agenda of Hawaii research forum”
• Civil Beat, October 17, 2012: “Hawaii Monitor: What’s Behind the 东精影业 Athletics Debacle”
• The Garden Island, October 17, 2012: “Bee pests update, workshop starts Friday”
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• KHON, October 17, 2012: “Open Table Diners names UHMC’s Leis Class Act Restaurant No. 1 in Hawaiʻi”
• The Maui News, October 17, 2012: “Kahana Canoe Club awards three academic scholarships”
• Maui Now, October 17, 2012:
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• NBCNews.com, October 17, 2012: “Astronomers take first 3-D look at giant strand of dark matter”
• The Garden Island, October 16, 2012: “Domestic Violence Awareness launches at KCC”
• Hawaii Reporter, October 16, 2012:
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• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, October 15, 2012: “Public’s unease magnified by big 东精影业 salaries” (subscription required)
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• KPUA, October 15, 2012: “Grant to support Native Hawaiians in medicine”
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• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, October 13, 2012: “东精影业 West Oʻahu should aim high” (subscription required)
• Hawaii News Now, October 12, 2012: “Computer thieves strike Saunders Hall at 东精影业 Manoa”
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, October 12, 2012: “Greenwood’s goals released”
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, October 12, 2012: (subscription required)
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, October 12, 2012: “东精影业’s Apple responds to senator’s query” (subscription required)
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, October 12, 2012: “东精影业 fails to release Greenwood documents” (subscription required)
• KHON, October 12, 2012: “Thieves steal six computers from 东精影业 Manoa building”
• KITV, October 12, 2012: “Board of Regents discusses Greenwood’s appointment”

A unique study led by the and the is analyzing the connection between breast cancer and body weight by tracking more than 200,000 people in Hawaiʻi

The study began 20 years ago in 1993 and involves women in five ethnic groups, including African Americans, Caucasians, Hawaiians, Japanese and Latinos. Featured in the International Journal of Cancer, the study’s results help to validate the link between obesity and cancer.

To learn more about the study, watch the video featured in honor of October as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month on KITV 4 News with the 东精影业 Cancer Center’s Cancer Epidemiology Program Specialist Lynne Wilkens and Research Biostatistician and Epidemiologist Kami White.

东精影业 in the News for October 5–11, 2012

• Civil Beat, October 11, 2012: “Hawaii’s NE trade winds on the decline”
• Civil Beat, October 11, 2012: “Dinner and drinks? It’s on Jim Donovan”
• Civil Beat, October 11, 2012: “Should 东精影业 say aloha to football?”
• Hawaii News Now, October 11, 2012:
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• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, October 11, 2012: “Apple clarifies thank you remark”
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, October 11, 2012: “东精影业 law school receives national accolade”
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, October 11, 2012: “Chi’s strength celebrated” (subscription required)
• KHON, October 11, 2012: “东精影业 chancellor’s letter clarifies his statements”
• KHON, October 11, 2012: “Computers stolen in early-morning burglary at 东精影业 Manoa”
• Pacific Business News, October 11, 2012: “Hanabusa talks to PBN staff about 东精影业, Afghanistan, military spending and the Affordable Care Act”
• Taunton Daily Gazette, October 11, 2012:
• Hawaii Tribune-Herald, October 10, 2012: “CoPharm class of 2016 to unite in ceremony”
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, October 10, 2012: “Private donations covered UH athletic staff’s expenses” (subscription required)
• KHON, October 10, 2012: “Friends, family gather to remember 东精影业 swimmer”
• KHON, October 10, 2012: “Oversight varies in 东精影业 athletic spending”
• KHON, October 10, 2012: “东精影业 ranks among best law schools ”
• KITV, October 10, 2012:
• KITV, October 10, 2012: “Friends, family mourns death of student athlete”
• KITV, October 10, 2012: “Memorial set for UH swimmer”
• Pacific Business News, October 10, 2012: “Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, others give Hawaii funding as part of ‘Credit When It’s Due’ initiative”
• Hawaii News Now, October 9, 2012: “东精影业 athletic department spends $622K on travel, events, meals”
• Hawaii News Now, October 9, 2012: “OHA candidates to attend forum on HCC campus”
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, October 9, 2012: “东精影业 West Oʻahu head retiring”
• KITV, October 9, 2012: “东精影业 West Oahu chancellor to step down”
• KITV, October 9, 2012: “Obesity, ethnicity links to breast cancer risk”
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• Aerospace Manufacturing and Design, October 8, 2012: “Seeing into space”
• Civil Beat, October 8, 2012: “School bullies: Hawaiʻi DOE programs blasted at federal meeting”
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• KHON, October 8, 2012: “东精影业 chancellor calls for input on schools future”
• KPUA, October 8, 2012: “University of Hawaiʻi board to discuss Greenwood”
• Pacific Business News, October 8, 2012:
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• Hawaii News Now, October 7, 2012: “东精影业 swimmer remembered by teammates”
• Hawaii News Now, October 7, 2012: “New 东精影业 study: OK for pregnant women to eat most fish”
• Hawaii Tribune-Herald, October 7, 2012: “东精影业 officials spend $126K to travel”
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, October 7, 2012: “Regents face tough choice over future of 东精影业 leader” (subscription required)
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, October 7, 2012: “UH’s Palafox linked to state, federal probe” (subscription required)
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, October 7, 2012: “东精影业 pours out cash for consultants” (subscription required)
• KHON, October 7, 2012: “19 year-old 东精影业 swimmer remembered by teammates”
• KITV, October 7, 2012: “Coach says ‘Peter’ brought team together with humor”
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, October 6, 2012: “Power broker resigns from booster club” (subscription required)
• Big Island Now, October 5, 2012:
• Civil Beat, October 5, 2012: “Emails back up concerns of Inouye interference in Maui telescope case”
• Hawaii News Now, October 5, 2012: “Regents schedule special meeting to discuss embattled president”
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, October 5, 2012: “Key 东精影业 booster resigns over differences with Tom Apple”
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, October 5, 2012: “Drug, liquor violations rise sharply at 东精影业 惭腻苍辞补&谤诲辩耻辞; (subscription required)

Chancellor Gene Awakuni announced on October 8 his intention to retire at the end of the current academic year.

He released the following statement regarding his retirement:

“After 30 years in academia and since returning to Hawaiʻi, my goal was always to get the new 东精影业WO campus built and opened and to offer four-year baccalaureate degrees. All of this is consistent with the vision that state leaders had for 东精影业WO nearly four decades ago when they first envisioned a regional campus for this part of Oʻahu. As you all know, on August 20th of this year, that goal was achieved and I feel the timing is now right to move on to the next phase of my life.

“The 36-year journey for 东精影业WO has never been an easy one even before the construction of the Kapolei campus began. But what I have probably admired most about the 东精影业WO community is the willingness of faculty and staff to persevere, to think outside of the box to serve our students and to focus not on the criticism from others but on the charge we are tasked with: providing a quality higher education to residents of leeward and north shore Oʻahu.

“It has been a tremendous honor to work with such a dedicated and committed group of individuals and to meet so many fascinating students whose goals and aspirations assure that the future of Hawaiʻi is in good hands. I know that when I step down next year, this campus and its students will be in good hands.”

东精影业 President M.R.C. Greenwood released the following statement in response to Awakuni’s announcement:

“The Board of Regents and I charged Chancellor Awakuni with getting 东精影业 West Oʻahu built and open by this fall and he did. This is one of the most important projects for higher education in the entire state of Hawaiʻi and we are very proud that this campus opened to excited and enthusiastic students. We thank him, we will continue to work with him over this period and we will begin the search for a new chancellor in the near future. Once again, I have appreciated working with Chancellor Awakuni over the last few years and wish him the best.”

Read media coverage of Awakuni’s announcement by Hawaii News Now, Honolulu Star-Advertiser and .

and its associate degree program in hula is featured in the October/November 2012 issue of Hana Hou, the island lifestyle magazine of Hawaiian Airlines.

The highlights how the program came to be and the elements of hula that help to raise the overall rigor of academics for students.

The college鈥檚 h膩lau, Unukupukupu, represents the college and the program well. It has performed around the world this year, including in South Korea at the International Union for Conservation of Nature World Conservation Congress and as part of the University of 贬补飞补颈驶颈 delegation to the 2012 Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington, D.C.

Watch their performance at the Library of Congress.

东精影业 in the News for September 28鈥揙ctober 4, 2012

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• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, October 4, 2012: 鈥淒rug and alcohol violations increase at 东精影业 惭补苍辞补鈥�
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, October 4, 2012: 鈥淎pple鈥檚 claim about Donovan disputed鈥� (subscription required)
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, October 4, 2012: 鈥淲inners and losers amid the 鈥榃onder Blunder鈥� mess鈥� (subscription required)
• Inside Higher Ed, October 4, 2012: 鈥淢ajor turnover in research university presidencies could lead to unconventional picks鈥�
• KHON, October 4, 2012: 鈥�东精影业 campus security update shows burglaries are up鈥�
• The Maui News, October 4, 2012: 鈥淓arly study results hint at ill effects from cane burns鈥�
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• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, October 3, 2012: 鈥�东精影业 Manoa chancellor interrogated on concert aftermath鈥� (subscription required)
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, October 3, 2012: 鈥淪enate panel rebukes board for inaction鈥� (subscription required)
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, October 3, 2012: 鈥淢ayber Wonder fallout will help UH see the light鈥� (subscription required)
• KITV, October 3, 2012: 鈥淒ay 2 of Senate Hearings: Who is in charge?鈥�
• The Maui News, October 3, 2012: 鈥淪ister Cities plant for prosperity鈥�
• Civil Beat, October 2, 2012: 鈥淪enate Hearings on UH: What did we learn?鈥�
• Civil Beat, October 2, 2012: 鈥淪enate investigation into 东精影业 continues today鈥�
• Hawaii News Now, October 2, 2012:
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• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, October 2, 2012: 鈥淯noccupied UH mansion getting $680K in repairs鈥� (subscription required)
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, October 2, 2012: 鈥淟et sun shine on Greenwood review鈥� (subscription required)
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, October 2, 2012: 鈥淪enate panel says costs of Wonder blunder top $1 million鈥�
• KHON, October 2, 2012: 鈥淪enators put a $1.1M price tag on botched Stevie Wonder concert鈥�
• KHON, October 2, 2012: 鈥�东精影业 chancellor says he wanted to remove Donovan as AD鈥�
• KITV, October 2, 2012: 鈥淪enate committee holds 2nd Wonder Blunder hearing鈥�
• Civil Beat, October 1, 2012:
• Civil Beat, October 1, 2012: 鈥淗awaii voter turnout under national microscope鈥�
• Hawaii News Now, October 1, 2012: 鈥�东精影业 Regents, Manoa chancellor to testify before State Senate鈥�
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, October 1, 2012: 鈥�东精影业 regents evaluate Greenwood in secret鈥� (subscription required)
• Pacific Business News, October 1, 2012:
• Forbes, September 30, 2012:
• The Garden Island, September 30, 2012: 鈥�KCC breaks ground on affordable housing prototype鈥�
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, September 30, 2012: 鈥�东精影业 can鈥檛 escape grilling, with more in coming days鈥� (subscription required)
• The News International, September 30, 2012: 鈥淚ranians, West wonder if Rafsanjani set for a comeback鈥�
• Foodconsumer.org, September 29, 2012: 鈥淥besity linked to breast cancer鈥�
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, September 29, 2012: 鈥淐oral reef expedition uncovers new algae, habitats鈥� (subscription required)
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, September 29, 2012: 鈥淒onovan will be in charge of marketing UH brand鈥� (subscription required)
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, September 29, 2012: 鈥淎ccounting firm to aid in 东精影业 inquiry鈥� (subscription required)
• KITV, September 29, 2012: 鈥淢ore money going into 东精影业 尘补苍蝉颈辞苍鈥�
• The Maui News, September 29, 2012: 鈥�东精影业MC grant to help residents boost skills鈥�
• Hawaii News Now, September 28, 2012:
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• Hawaii Reporter, September 28, 2012: 鈥淲onder concert promoter Peyton will not appear before Senate committee鈥�
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, September 28, 2012: 鈥淐hancellor says Donovan to work on marketing 东精影业 惭补苍辞补鈥�
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, September 28, 2012: 鈥�东精影业 nursing school gets $648,000 federal grant鈥�
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, September 28, 2012: 鈥淩egents hire accounting firm for concert debacle investigation鈥�
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, September 28, 2012: 鈥淧roject to start on Kauai to turn shipping container into housing鈥�
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, September 28, 2012: 鈥淣ew vacuum cleaner will help rid bay of algae鈥� (subscription required)
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, September 28, 2012: 鈥�NCAA鈥檚 inquiry of 东精影业 rolls on鈥� (subscription required)
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, September 28, 2012: 鈥�东精影业-Senate hearings like washing laundry in public鈥� (subscription required)
• KHON, September 28, 2012: 鈥淐osts continue to mount after failed Stevie Wonder concert鈥�
• Pacific Business News, September 28, 2012:

An accreditation team from the visited the in September and praised the university for boosting undergraduate retention and graduation rates, improving financial planning, and making outstanding progress in securing federal grants for research.

A draft list of commendations and recommendations cited by the team also requests that any reports or legislation resulting from the failed Stevie Wonder concert and current Hawaiʻi State Senate hearings be provided to WASC.

Read more about the accreditation team visit as reported by and the Honolulu Star-Advertiser (subscription required).

东精影业 in the News for September 21—27, 2012

• Big Island Now, September 27, 2012: “东精影业H alumna wins Fulbright teaching grant”
• Big Island Now, September 27, 2012:
• Hawaii News Now, September 27, 2012:
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• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, September 27, 2012: “Report of campus sex assault prompts 东精影业 security alert”
• Pacific Business News, September 27, 2012:
• Saipan Tribune, September 27, 2012: “PHI Pharmacy welcomes two interns”
• Big Island Now, September 26, 2012:
• The Garden Island, September 26, 2012: “东精影业 professors says NASA’s Martian weather reports show extreme pressure swings”
• Hawaii Reporter, September 26, 2012:
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, September 26, 2012: “东精影业 looks feckless in hearing, some say” (subscription required)
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, September 26, 2012: “东精影业 president OKs $90K worth of help to hire athletic chief” (subscription required)
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, September 26, 2012: “Editorial: 东精影业 fiasco trying public’s patience” (subscription required)
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, September 26, 2012: “Grill legislators on abuse of power in 东精影业 debacle” (subscription required)
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, September 26, 2012: “Good luck, 东精影业, finding someone take AD job” (subscription required)
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, September 26, 2012: “Ex-东精影业 coach loses money on sale of Hawaii Kai digs” (subscription required)
• Honolulu Weekly, September 26, 2012: “The hidden tsunami of debris”
• KHON, September 26, 2012: “Student sexually assaulted at 东精影业 Manoa”
• Marianas Variety, September 26, 2012: “Two PHI Pharmacy interns to provide free health services”
• The Maui News, September 26, 2012: “Planning panel OKs UHMC’s PV”
• Maui Now, September 26, 2012:
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• Midweek Kauai, September 26, 2012:
• Pacific News Center, September 26, 2012: “UOG partners with 东精影业 Manoa on master of social work program”
• Space Daily, September 26, 2012:
• Hawaii News Now, September 25, 2012:
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• Hawaii Reporter, September 25, 2012:
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, September 25, 2012: “Coach was forced to settle, Donovan testifies” (subscription required)
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, September 25, 2012: (subscription required)
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, September 25, 2012: “Board hit for compliant role in mess” (subscription required)
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, September 25, 2012: “Senate session exposes dysfunction in Manoa” (subscription required)
• KHON, September 25, 2012: “Cycle Manoa encourages bicycling as a green alternative”
• KHON, September 25, 2012: “Senate 东精影业 inquiry growing”
• KHON, September 25, 2012: “Burglaries hit 东精影业 Manoa dorm”
• KITV, September 25, 2012: “Move to remove 东精影业 athletic director still being questioned”
• KITV, September 25, 2012: “Senate looking for answers from 东精影业 on concert fiasco”
• KITV, September 25, 2012: “Senate committee demands transparency over ‘Wonder Blunder’
• Maui Now, September 25, 2012:
• Pacific Business News, September 25, 2012:
• Civil Beat, September 24, 2012: “The 东精影业’s costly fumble”
• Hawaii News Now, September 24, 2012:
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• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, September 24, 2012: “东精影业 satellite program moves toward liftoff” (subscription required)
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, September 24, 2012: “Love for tech drives HiakaSat leader” (subscription required)
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, September 24, 2012: “Pacific warming likely to shift species’ habitat” (subscription required)
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, September 24, 2012: “Donovan tells panel he was not involved with wiring $200,000”
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, September 24, 2012: “Greenwood defends 东精影业 before Senate panel on concert”
• KHON, September 24, 2012: “Hot seats, cold shoulders in Stevie Wonder 东精影业 briefing”
• KHON, September 24, 2012: “东精影业 president sought advice from Abercrombie about 东精影业 AD job”
• KHON, September 24, 2012: “Former 东精影业 Athletics Director Jim Donovan grilled by senators”
• KITV, September 24, 2012: “College student sings sweet tune between classes”
• Hawaii News Now, September 23, 2012:
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• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, September 23, 2012: “Private funding long under fire” (subscription required)
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, September 23, 2012: “Senate panel wants questions answers ‘once and for all’” (subscription required)
• KHON, September 23, 2012: “Briefing on 东精影业 financial management on Monday”
• The Maui News, September 23, 2012: “Kaʻana Manaʻo: 东精影业MC major proves sustainability no longer just a catchy buzzword”
• Sky News Australia, September 23, 2012: “Tsunami debris washes ashore in Hawaii”
• RedOrbit, September 22, 2012:
• Hawaii News Now, September 21, 2012:
• Hawaii News Now, September 21, 2012:
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, September 21, 2012: “东精影业 Maui College to receive $4.7M grant for Hawaiian leadership program”
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, September 21, 2012: “东精影业 hires second law firm to help prepare for hearing” (subscription required)
• KHON, September 21, 2012: “First confirmed Japan tsunami debris found in Hawaii”
• KHON, September 21, 2012: “东精影业 concert fiasco Senate hearing”
• Pacific Business News, September 21, 2012:

More than 50 cities across the country will be celebrating the benefits of electric vehicles in observance of the second annual National Plug In Day on Sunday, September 23.

Maui’s electric vehicle, or “EV,” drivers and enthusiasts will participate in Maui’s first celebration of National Plug In Day with events on Friday, September 21, and Saturday, September 22.

Events on Maui are organized by the MauiEVA Project and the Maui Electric Auto Association to highlight the fun, clean-air benefits and cost-savings of electric cars.

Read more in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, The Maui News and .

东精影业 in the News for September 14–20, 2012

• Big Island Now, September 20, 2012:
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, September 20, 2012: “First tsunami debris may have arrived” (subscription required)
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, September 20, 2012: “No decision on outside firm in AD search” (subscription required)
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, September 20, 2012: “If it takes a Senate hearing to get answers, so be it” (subscription required)
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, September 20, 2012: “Hawaii food industry group donates nearly $1M to 东精影业 campuses”
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, September 20, 2012: “东精影业 hires law firm to help prepare for Senate hearing on concert”
• KHON, September 20, 2012: “Blunder to plunder: Costs mount in Wonder concert scam”
• Pacific Business News, September 20, 2012:
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• Civil Beat, September 19, 2012: “Nonprofits work to get Hawaii’s youth to the polls”
• Hawaii News Now, September 19, 2012:
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, September 19, 2012: “Senate panel on 东精影业
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, September 19, 2012: “More students attending 东精影业 sporting events” (subscription required)
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, September 19, 2012: “Maybe it’s time for stadium to tap out on alcohol sales” (subscription required)
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, September 18, 2012: “The more things change at 东精影业, the more they don’t” (subscription required)
• Hawaii News Now, September 17, 2012:
• Ka Leo, September 17, 2012: “AS东精影业 still waiting on athletics response”
• NPR, September 17, 2012:
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, September 16, 2012: “National Cancer Institute award will aid UH Hilo professor’s research” (subscription required)
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, September 16, 2012: “Animator goes ape over bid to kick-start island industry” (subscription required)
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, September 16, 2012: “Maui events explore electric vehicle ownership”
• Pacific Daily News, September 16, 2012: “Lights, camera, … festival: GIFF will feature almost 60 films”
• The Seattle Times, September 15, 2012: “Saving on trips to Hawaii”
• Civil Beat, September 14, 2012: “Native Hawaiians press land board to stop Haleakala telescope”
• The Garden Island, September 14, 2012: “Oshima students get ‘experiential’ training at Mayor’s office”
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, September 14, 2012: “Chow, Shoji, Beeman opt out of AD search committee” (subscription required)
• Ka Leo, September 14, 2012: “Humanitarians return home”
• Maui Now, September 14, 2012:
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• Pacific Business News, September 14, 2012: (subscription required)
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东精影业’s Innovation Initiative is talking real money

—Managing Editor’s Notebook by Jim George published in the September 21, 2012 issue of

“A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you’re talking real money.”

That famous quote, attributed to the late U.S. Sen. Everett McKinley Dirksen, may well be an urban legend. The Dirksen Congressional Center says there’s no record of the Republican senator from Illinois ever coining that phrase to express his disdain for federal spending.

But it’s a good one. And, despite the implied sarcasm, a billion dollars is still real money if it’s in the right place for the right reasons.

Peter Quigley knows this. As executive director of the , he has his sights set on one billion dollars. That’s the amount of money he wants UH to attract in federal research grants within the next eight to 10 years.

东精影业 already is about halfway to that goal. During a two-year period — fiscal years 2010 and 2011 — 86 东精影业 researchers, known as principal investigators, each received awards of at least $1 million for an approximate total of $456 million. Eleven researchers accounted for about 30 percent of that total.

In a 2009 report, 东精影业 ranked 51st out of 689 public and private universities in research expenditures. That sounds good, but Quigley thinks 东精影业 can do much better.

His goal is to build a research culture at 东精影业 and a research industry in Hawaii. To do that he needs to attract world-class principal investigators who can generate $5 million to $20 million apiece in federal grants by building teams of researchers that can execute those grants. He believes that, despite possible cuts in federal spending, the money is out there, as are the researchers. Some are already here and Quigley hints that others may be on the way next year.

Quigley talks about “front-loading the talent” — attracting the researchers to Hawaiʻi before all the infrastructure is in place. Facilities such as the new Cancer Research Center and the Mauna Kea telescopes certainly help, but researchers will follow a winner, especially if Hawaiʻi’s lifestyle is part of the mix.

Quigley’s business model is San Diego Connect, a program that began at the University of California San Diego in the mid-1980s that it says has assisted in the formation and development of more than 3,000 companies. The key to its success, according to its website, has been the “unique culture of collaboration between industry, capital sources, professional service providers and research organizations.”

Research means jobs. One estimate suggests that a $20 million federal research grant can create 400 well-paying jobs. 东精影业 President M.R.C. Greenwood has asked the 东精影业 Economic Research Organization to develop a more precise formula, and 东精影业ERO Executive Director Carl Bonham says he’ll have one by year’s end.

Quigley is not alone in his quest for a billion dollars. Greenwood has a rich history of scientific research and funding and has been pushing the concept of 东精影业 as a predominant research university since she arrived three years ago. She, Quigley and others have been on the speaking circuit, showing how the San Diego model could lead to a Hawaii Connect. The Hawaii Business Roundtable, a group of top executives at Hawaiʻi’s largest businesses, was a recent audience.

The Hawaiʻi Innovation Initiative is worth noting as a state Senate committee prepares to hold hearings next week on what has been dubbed the “Wonder Blunder” — an ill-fated attempt by the 东精影业 Athletics Department to hold a Stevie Wonder fundraising concert and the disappearance of $200,000 that even the FBI can’t find. Whether the hearings are political posturing or a sincere attempt at uncovering some answers is not the point.

The point is that we’re spending a lot of time and energy focusing on a missing $200,000. That time and energy would be better invested in finding ways to build a billion-dollar research and innovation industry for Hawaiʻi.

Then we would be talking real money.

—Reprinted with permission from Pacific Business News

Over the past decade, the United States, India and Israel have built over 3,500 miles of walls and fences along their borders.

The reasons behind the massive and costly undertakings and what the physical barriers symbolize are explored in a new book by Associate Professor of Geography Reece Jones.

“People often think of globalization as creating a borderless world, which is increasingly true for financial transactions and consumer goods,” Jones said. “However, over the past decade, dozens of countries have also strengthened immigration restrictions and built new walls and fences on their borders. Consequently, we also live in the most bordered period in the history of the world. My book explores this contradiction.”

Book launch and lecture on September 28

Jones will hold a book launch event for Border Walls: Security and the War on Terror in the United States, India, and Israel on Friday, September 28, at 4 p.m. Jones will present a short lecture at the 东精影业 Mānoa campus in Saunders Hall, Room 443, which will be followed by light refreshments. The event is free and open to the public.

Border Walls analyzes how the controversial border security projects in the United States, India and Israel were justified in their respective countries, what consequences these walls and fences have on the lives of those living in these newly securitized spaces, and what long-term effects the hardening of political borders will have in these societies and globally.

Visit Jones’ website or the Border Walls Facebook page for more information about the book.

An expert on political geography

Jones is a leading authority on political borders. He has published 15 research articles in highly ranked journals, as well as opinion pieces in newspapers around the world on the role borders play in globalization and the global war on terror.

An by Jones based on Border Walls was recently published in the global edition of The New York Times.

Jones won the Regents’ Medal for Excellence in Teaching in 2012 and also serves as the secretary/treasurer for the of the .

— Article updated on September 24, 2012

A new satellite communication facility recently installed on the top of Building 7 at will provide real-time data useful for local weather and ocean forecasts.

The project, funded by the and the at the , includes a new antenna and dish system that follows polar orbiting earth satellites and downloads real-time, high-resolution data as the satellites pass over Hawaiʻi.

The data received will aid SOEST researchers and National Weather Service forecasters in improving forecasts of hazards that are critical to the tropical Pacific, including heavy rainfall, tropical cyclones, and the detection and modeling of volcanic emissions. It will also help monitor the thermal activity of Kīlauea Volcano.

Read the SOEST news release or see media coverage of the project as featured on KITV 4.

东精影业 in the News for September 7–13, 2012

• Big Island Now, September 13, 2012:
• Civil Beat, September 13, 2012: “OHA gives $110K to UH for Native Hawaiian students”
• Hawaii News Now, September 13, 2012: “EXCLUSIVE: Senate 东精影业 probe widens beyond failed concert”
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, September 13, 2012: “东精影业 begins accepting applications for AD job” (subscription required)
• KHON, September 13, 2012: “Coaches on UHM search advisory committee withdraw from advisory positions”
• Maui Now, September 13, 2012:
• Pacific Business News, September 13, 2012:
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• Victoria Times Colonist, September 13, 2012: “Commentary: Transition and the Taliban: the enemy elsewhere and within”
• Civil Beat, September 12, 2012: “$147M released for airport, hospital, school projects”
• Hawaii News Now, September 12, 2012:
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• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, September 12, 2012: “Hilo pharmacy college professor wins $675K award”
• Ithaca Journal, September 12, 2012: “Sciencenter’s Sagan Planet Walk expands to Hawaii”
• KHON, September 12, 2012:
• KHON, September 12, 2012: “东精影业 begins soliciting applications for permanent athletics director”
• Maui Now, September 12, 2012:
• Pacific Business News, September 12, 2012:
• San Jose Mercury News, September 12, 2012: “Thousands expected to participate in Saturday’s annual coastal cleanup”
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, September 11, 2012: “Updated end-of-life documents can prevent drama” (subscription required)
• KHON, September 11, 2012: “A look inside the 东精影业’s two newest libraries”
• The Maui News, September 11, 2012:
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• Pacific Business News, September 11, 2012:
• Renewable Energy Focus, September 11, 2012:
• Big Island Now, September 10, 2012: “东精影业H group accepting nominations for distinguished alumni awards”
• Foodconsumer.org, September 10, 2012: “Isoflavones cut risk of endometrial cancer”
• Maui Now, September 10, 2012:
• Santa Cruz Sentinel, September 10, 2012: “Former UCSC chancellor grappling with fundraising scandal”
• Daily Herald, September 9, 2012: “Linguists criticize new changes to Utah native language center”
• The Garden Island, September 9, 2012: “Bill proposes to slash bus fare to Kauaʻi Community College students”
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, September 9, 2012: “The forgotten” (subscription required)
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, September 9, 2012: “Hundreds of 东精影业 medical students have cared for homeless” (subscription required)
• Civil Beat, September 8, 2012: “Ben and Kirk talk journalism and, of course, politics”
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, September 8, 2012: “Concert probe deserves answers” (subscription required)
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, September 8, 2012: “Skin flaws can indicate gene defect, increased cancer risk” (subscription required)
• The Maui News, September 8, 2012: “Great Recession recovery for Maui’s construction industry”
• The Garden Island, September 7, 2012: “The Voice of KCC: News from Kauaʻi Community College”
• Hawaii News Now, September 7, 2012:
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, September 7, 2012: “东精影业 Maui College and Japanese university sign cultural exchange pact”
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser, September 7, 2012: “Newswatch: 东精影业 West Oahu leads the way as system enrollment hits peak” (subscription required)
• KHON, September 7, 2012: “Senate calls for testimony for Stevie Wonder concert”
• KITV, September 7, 2012: “东精影业 looking at building diabesity center in Kakaako”
• Maui Now, September 7, 2012:

The week of September 10–14, 2012 is being celebrated nationwide as National GEAR UP Week 2012, commemorating the continuing success of a national college access program that provides students and families with the resources they need for college success.

, or GEAR UP, is funded by the and administered in Hawaiʻi by the . Since its inception in 1999, GEAR UP has improved educational outcomes for millions of low-income students across the United States.

The national week of celebration has brought attention to the programs and activities that has implemented to prepare Hawaiʻi’s low-income middle and high school students to enter and succeed in higher education.

Each year, GEAR UP Hawaiʻi serves over 10,000 low-income students statewide in grades seven through 12 and through their first year in college at University of Hawaiʻi campuses. Through a partnership with the and the University of Hawaiʻi System as well as the government, nonprofit, and private sectors, GEAR UP Hawaiʻi provides information, encouragement, support, resources, and services to help eliminate achievement gaps among groups traditionally underrepresented in higher education.

“National GEAR UP Week is a time to highlight all these accomplishments for our program as well as for programs across the country,” says Angela Jackson, GEAR UP program director and associate director of . “To be part of a national effort which inspires hopes and dreams that college is possible and imperative is something worth celebrating.”

See highlights of GEAR UP Hawaiʻi’s efforts as featured on and KITV 4.

Fall 2012 activities planned

One of GEAR UP Hawaiʻi’s major initiatives this year was to support students in their first year in college. This summer, GEAR UP sponsored multiple freshman orientation events and activities at the University of Hawaiʻi’s campuses to help ensure students were prepared for college life.

In September, 30 Hawaiʻi public schools throughout the state will receive training and begin to implement , a college and career access web portal designed to help students plan for college and career while in high school.

During the months of October through December, GEAR UP Hawaiʻi will launch the pilot project “College Application and Exploration Season” to assist high school students to explore and apply for college. Volunteers, college faculty and staff will work with five high schools to encourage their seniors to complete a college application and apply for financial aid.

GEAR UP Hawaiʻi will also sponsor over 50 financial aid workshops and events statewide to help families and students apply for financial aid. A complete listing of upcoming events is posted on the .

东精影业 Mānoa GEAR UP releases new video to mark national celebration

The marked National GEAR UP Week by announcing the release of a video about the Heritage Language Program at Waipahu High School.

Funded by a federal grant and administered by SEED, the GEAR UP classes in Samoan and Ilokano heritage are designed to help Waipahu High School students gain the confidence that is necessary for academic success in college.

The new video, “GEARING UP with Heritage Language: Waipahu’s Way to College Success,” visits with Waipahu students in their classrooms and homes as they prepare to perform at the annual Heritage Language Showcase, entitled “Pinakbet and Panipopo.”

“Heritage Language is one of many GEAR UP strategies intended to increase college preparation at Waipahu High School, where we have a concentration of low-income students who are also the first in their families to seek higher education. The Waipahu High School staff and community have partnered in this effort that will encourage Waipahu students in their academic and career pursuits and contribute to the sustainability of all Hawaiʻi nei,” said Pat Masters, principal investigator for 东精影业 Mānoa GEAR UP Waipahu.

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