UH Mānoa Media Log

“UH MANOA IN THE NEWS”
Media log for March 17 (Monday) – March 23, 2008 (Sunday)


      SUNDAY, March 23

Kakaako to get new UH Biosafety lab – JABSOM’s Duane Gubler. Star-Bulletin

UH is fighting recruit lawsuit – counsel Ryan Akamine. Star-Bulletin

SATURDAY, March 22

Rep. Jerry Chang hopes JABSOM residency in Hilo will ease physician shortage.
Hawaii Tribune-Herald

FRIDAY, March 21

UH environmental law’s Alison Rieser: threat to polar bears could be major test of laws on power plant emissions. Los Angeles Times

UHM research finds urchins useful in eating invasive seaweeds. Hawaii Tribune-Herald

JABSOM graduates learn their futures on “Match Day” Star-Bulletin

UH’s Gregory Mark says community mobilization key to reducing youth violence Innovations Report

Anti-Iran rhetoric by US strengthens Irani conservatives says UH’s Farideh Farhi. Council on Foreign Relations

THURSDAY, March 20

UH Cancer Center’s Galina Lurie reports oral contraceptive use decreases risk of ovarian cancer. American Society of Clinical Oncology

UH collaborates on development of new PET technology. University of Chicago Chronicle

JABSOM’s E.C. Scott publishes new findings on septis therapy. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

UH’s Tedmund Leung says Olympics sponsors are unwitting advertisers of China doctrine.
Swarthmore College Phoenix

New Jersey robotics team heads to UH for competition. Homes News Tribune (NJ)

CTAHR’s Susan Miyasaka says genetic research could save taro from disease, pests. Business Week KHNL-TV Houston Chronicle

Japan student at UH makes NFL development team. Japan Times

WEDNESDAY, March 19

UH’s Farideh Farhi is skeptical of official election turnout figures in Iran. Newsweek

UH oceanographer Craig Smith led study of deep ocean “whale falls.” Times (London)

UH’s Tom Browder on “new physics” findings on antimatter. New Scientist

UH’s Peter Englert says Singapore ideal center to try innovative incentives to climate change. Straits Times (Malaysia)

Mililani’s Philip Mocz wins top national and State science honors, has one-year scholarship to UH. Star-Bulletin

UHM student and Rainbow Dancer Jonelle Layfield is new Miss Hawaii USA. KGMB9

TUESDAY, March 18

UH Pacific Business Center Program says Samoa workforce could staff call centers for technology firms. Pacific Magazine

Study by JABSOM’s Jerris Hedges shows Asians, blacks more likely to die in hospitals. L.A. Watts Times

JABSOM’s Alan Tice worries about spread of hepatitis from Las Vegas to Hawaii. Star-Bulletin

UH testifies at U.S. Senate field hearings on climate change. Office of Senator Inouye

June Jones still owes UH $400k. Advertiser

UHM offers engineering scholarship. Hawaii Tribune-Herald

MONDAY, March 17

UH preservationists Lynn Ann Davis and Kyle Hamada work to save flood-damaged maps. Star-Bulletin

UH’s Chip Fletcher says global warming contributes to Kailua beach erosion. KHNL-TV