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Maxwell Tom Honored with President’s Award

Maxwell K. K. Tom was honored as the 2010 recipient of the President’s Award for Excellence in Building and Grounds Maintenance.

July Mālamalama Now Available Online

The July issue of the university’s Mālamalama magazine is now available online.

Gene Essential to Stem Cell Health Discovered

Researchers at Mānoa’s School of Medicine discovered a gene that is essential to keeping stem cells healthy.

President’s Report

President M.R.C. Greenwood reports on recent outreach activities and provides updates campus development projects in her July report to the Board of Regents.

Institute for Astronomy Director Candidates Visit

The candidates for director of Mānoa’s Institute for Astronomy will participate in a four-day visit.

Engineering Professor Studying Antibiotic Resistance

Mānoa Assistant Professor Tao Yan was awarded a $120,000 grant to investigate how human activities, such as irrigation with reused wastewaters, would affect the development of antibiotic resistance in soil and the consequences to human health.

Continuation Status for Pharmacy Approved

Hilo’s College of Pharmacy is on track to receive full accreditation next year after a positive evaluation by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education.

Anniversary List

The university celebrates August 2010 anniversaries.

New Book Examines Race and Ethnicity in Hawaiʻi

UH alumna Judy Rohrer and the University of Hawaiʻi Press published Haoles in Hawaiʻi, which strives to make sense of haole (Hawaiian for “white person”) and “the politics of haole” in current debates about race in Hawaiʻi. Recognizing it as a form of American whiteness specific to Hawai‘i, the author argues that haole was forged [...]

UH Happenings This Week

Mānoa’s Onoe Kikunobu Dance Company concert and more.

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