July 10, 2020
UH Mānoa football schedule affected by Pac-12 decision
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The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Athletics Department has announced that three more football games will not be played, following the July 10 Pac-12 Conference announcement of a conference-only slate for their fall sports. The games against Arizona (August 29), UCLA (September 5) and Oregon (September 19) have been canceled, in addition to the game […]
July 10, 2020
‘Bows post record 86 All-Academic honorees
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The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Athletics Department posted a new record of student-athletes who were named All-Academic Big West honorees during the 2019–20 season. Eighty-six student-athletes from winter and spring sports earned the All-Academic title. The sports included baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, beach volleyball, men’s and women’s golf, softball, men’s and women’s tennis, […]
July 10, 2020
3D metal printer keeps College of Engineering on the cutting edge
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Through a partnership with the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNS), University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa College of Engineering students and faculty have a state-of-the-art 3D metal printer at their fingertips. The College of Engineering and PHNS will jointly utilize the Markforged Metal X 3D printer, valued at roughly $250,000 and purchased […]
July 10, 2020
Graduate career services enhanced for fall 2020
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Katharine Brooks, Evans Family Executive Director of the Career Center Career support for graduate students is moving from the Graduate School to the Career Center beginning in the fall 2020 semester. The Office of the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, the Career Center and the Office for Planning and Institutional Effectiveness have prepared a short survey […]
July 10, 2020
Astronomers map massive structure beyond Laniakea Supercluster
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Laniakea Supercluster For the past decade, an international team of astronomers, led in part by Brent Tully at the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy, has been mapping the distribution of galaxies around the Milky Way. They have discovered an immense structure beyond Laniakea, an immense supercluster of galaxies, including our own. Astronomers have dubbed […]
July 10, 2020
Ask an Expert: Why should we continue COVID safety measures?
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Vanderbilt University faculty are sharing their expertise on a range of topics related to COVID-19. Subscribe to Vanderbilt’s “Ask an Expert” series on YouTube to get the latest updates. [embedded content] Dr. David Aronoff, Addison B. Scoville Jr. Chair in Medicine and professor of pathology, microbiology and immunology, discusses why it’s important for everyone on the […]
July 10, 2020
Podcast with Kauaʻi CC professors launched to help students
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Mary Alexander (right) being interviewed by Jay Baker Students often consider several things when signing up for a class. What is the class going to teach me? What is the professor like? What is their passion? How will they teach? To help put students at ease, Kauaʻi Community College has come up with a new […]
July 10, 2020
UH steps up big for Hawaii Foodbank
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The Hawaii Foodbank holds food drives for seniors. This year’s University of Hawaiʻi foodbank drive raised $56,476 in monetary donations despite the campuses being closed because of the pandemic for the majority of the campaign. The 2020 Hawaii Foodbank donation is close to $20,000 more than last year’s $36,657 total. “I’m incredibly proud of how […]
July 10, 2020
New initiative will tackle racism’s core concepts
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Prompted by recent killings and the social upheaval arising in their aftermath, our nation has awakened to the brutality of institutional racism and the violence to human dignity it has wrought in communities of color, now and throughout America’s history. Many who had previously failed to recognize and understand the structures of racism are now […]
July 10, 2020
Vanderbilt, peer institutions oppose new ICE guidance for international students, will file amicus brief
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Vanderbilt University and more than 50 of the nation’s top universities and colleges plan to file a joint amicus brief in support of a lawsuit opposing new federal immigration guidance requiring international students with F-1 visas to leave the United States, or transfer to another school, if their institution offers remote-only instruction in the fall. […]