UH Mānoa Media Log
“UH MANOA IN THE NEWS”
Media log for March 31 (Monday) – April 6, 2008 (Sunday)
SUNDAY, April 6
UH basketball legend Riley Wallace maintains Hawaii connections through new job with Boyd Gaming. Las Vegas Review-Journal
UH graduate Nora Rojek wins national award for work with endangered sea ducks.
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska)
Column by Richard Borreca: Tourism’s tough times were predicted by Prof. Ira Rohter.
Star-Bulletin
Archaeologist will speak at UH about Egyptian mummies. Advertiser
SATURDAY, April 5
Former UH engineering Prof. Ralph Partridge is honored as a “Los Alamos Living Treasure.” Los Alamos Monitor (New Mexico)
Column by Prof. Alfred Bloom: Why we honor Buddha’s birth. Star-Bulletin
CTAHR Prof. Bernard Kratky honored for hydroponics paper. Advertiser
Business Prof. David Bess expects Hawaii airfares to increase. Star-Bulletin
UH student offers reward for laptop stolen in Iwilei. KGMB9
FRIDAY, April 4
Miss Aloha Hula Kuhi Suganuma is UHM senior in Hawaiian Studies. Hawaii Tribune-Herald
UH mini-film festival celebrates achievements of girls. Star-Bulletin
Award-winning Florida senior heads to UH to continue turtle studies. Fish Update.com
JABSOM’s Neal Palafox says disparities in cancer survival persist because some groups lack access to early medical tests. Kansas City InfoZine
UH researchers Drs. G. Webster Ross and Helen Petrovitch help solve Parkinson’s-cholesterol puzzle. Red Orbit News
THURSDAY, April 3
New head of Philippines’ Mindanao State University is UH graduate. Arab News
Obituary: JABSOM Professor emeritus Robert Desowitz. Star-Bulletin
UHM Cultural Extension program presents theatre show. Lahaina News
UH student Eric Leong is Ozzie Smith Scholar intern at Baseball Hall of Fame.
St. Louis American
WEDNESDAY, April 2
Couple turns UH experiences into greeting card business. MidWeek
Linguistics emeritus Prof. Derek Bickerton authors book on Creole languages.
The Daily Texan
“Sustainability fest” at UHM on April 18. Advertiser
Governor nominates 5 as UH regents. Star-Bulletin
TUESDAY, April 1
Air Force awards $8m contract to UH Astronomy for PanSTARRS telescope project. Calibre
UH helps decipher X-rays of solar corona. Universe Today
UH wants more students to sign up for emergency alert messages. KGMB9 Advertiser
MONDAY, March 31
Anthropology’s Barry Rolett traces Pacific Islanders’ origins to China. Voice of America
TIM’s Frank Haas says new federal policy creates opportunity and challenges for Hawaii travel industry. Pacific Business News
JABSOM clinic headed by Dr. Tricia Wright for addicted pregnant women may become permanent. Star-Bulletin
Maunalua Bay corals killed off by fresh water channeling: Kewalo Lab’s Robert Richmond.
Star-Bulletin
UH’s Dr. G. Webster Ross finds impaired sense of smell may be first sign of Parkinson’s.
MedPage Today