UH Mānoa Media Log

“UH MANOA IN THE NEWS”
Media log for October 8, 2007 (Monday) – Oct. 14 (Sunday)

Sunday, Oct. 14 
Tech firm wins Army contract based on sensing research at UH Star-Bulletin

Hotel room tax has no effect on Hawaii visitors - UH economist James Mak.
Las Vegas Sun

Saturday, Oct. 13 
UH-bred anthurium snags first place Star-Bulletin

Study finds coping with stress may help HDL levels – UH psychologist Loriena Yancura. MediNews.com

ACM instructor Connie Florez wins emerging filmmaker award Yahoo

Feverish effort underway to understand Mt. Vesuvius – UH’s Lucia Gurioli. Yahoo News

UH researchers look to the horizon of future planet searches Astrobiology magazine

Friday, Oct. 12
Students' trip delayed by UH ship fuel leak KITV

UH student video to air during ESPN broadcast Advertiser Sports

State senators tour UH's Maui astronomy center Maui News

Regent Lagareta joins team advising University of California system Pacific Business News

3 firms honored by UH for hiring disabled – CDS’s Robert Stodden.  Pacific Business News

Wendie McClain appears in anti-abuse video Star-Bulletin

Venerable "veteran" trees cared for on Manoa campus Advertiser

Texas biodiesel research firm headed by UH grad expanding to Hawaii Star-Bulletin

Thursday, Oct. 11
Virtual patients train future doctors  KHON2

UH medical students gain experience with human simulators KHNL-TV

Findings by UH's Axel Timmerman show poles at risk from climate change Star-Bulletin

New tsunami forecasting model developed by UH’s Kwok Fai Cheung KHNL-TV

New State Librarian Richard Burns, UH grad, is “fast-tracking” system  Star-Bulletin

Wednesday, Oct. 10 
UH count finds Waikiki homeless numbers growing – Urban Planning’s Karl Kim. Advertiser

Dance program showcases UH student talents – Oct. 17-20. Honolulu Weekly

JABSOM study shows cloned mice have obesity phenotype Nature Medicine

Tuesday, Oct. 9 
UH architecture students build to help Fijian villagers – UH’s Marga Jann. Advertiser

UH scientists mapping ocean floor off Kauai may have found submerged volcano – geophysicist Garrett Apuzen-Ito. Star-Bulletin

City offers paid internships to lure UH students to jobs Star-Bulletin

Tattoos becoming new middle-class symbol – UH sociologist Katherine Irwin. BBC News

Monday, Oct. 8 
Freshmen trio to represent UH in on-line reality series Advertiser

UH wants dairy herd closer to Manoa – CTAHR’s Andrew Hashimoto. Star-Bulletin

UH helps Hong Kong develop plan for safe transfer critically ill patients South China Morning Post