UH Issues Security Alert Over Shooting Threat
The University of Hawaii-Manoa Campus Security Office has sent an e-mail alert to all students, faculty, and staff after a “suspicious male was overheard in a City bus talking to himself about planning...
View ArticleMolly Holzschlag at Pacific New Media
Molly E. Holzschlag — well-known Web standards advocate, instructor, and author — is returning to Honolulu this week to lead workshops for Pacific New Media. On Friday, she’ll give a free public...
View ArticleMeet the Stargazers on Sunday
The University of Hawaii’s Institute for Astronomy is holding its annual Open House this Sunday, April 5, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. This year’s event is a special one, as it’s part of a global “100 Hours...
View Article‘Hawaii Five-0′ Band Competition Launched
As fans prepare to gather in Waikiki tonight for the “Sunset on the Beach” advance screening of the premiere episode of the new “Hawaii Five-0,” CBS has launched an online “Marching Band Mania”...
View ArticleKava Festival at UH on Saturday
Scientists call it piper methysticum, or “intoxicating pepper,” but in Hawaii, it’s known as ‘awa. Studied and used by people as diverse as researchers, nutritionists, and native Hawaiian cultural...
View ArticleCommercial Highlights UH Manoa “Lifestyle”
This past weekend’s opening college football game between the UH Manoa Warriors and the Colorado University Buffaloes was broadcast live on ESPN. And during one of the commercial breaks, both...
View ArticleHawaii Researcher Builds App for Yellowstone
An award-winning researcher who recently joined the University of Hawaii has created a mobile app that can predict eruptions and notifies users so they can be prepared for them. But the eruptions in...
View ArticleSocial Media Meets Politics at Wetware Wednesday
Scott Robertson One of the more interesting research centers at the University of Hawaii, to me, is the Hawaii Computer-Human Interaction Lab. “We are an interdisciplinary team of researchers...
View ArticleCyberCANOE Connects Class Across Campuses
The University of Hawaii system is offering its first joint video game development class between its Mānoa and West O‘ahu campuses, with students connectinve live across 15 miles thanks to the...
View ArticleEntries Sought for Contemporary Photography Exhibition
Pacific New Media (part of the UH Mānoa Outreach College) is inviting local photographers to submit their work for their 7th annual “Contemporary Photography in Hawaii” exhibition. And yes, photos...
View ArticleNew Exhibits Join Favorites at Astronomy Open House
One of my favorite geeky, family-friendly events is coming this weekend: the annual Open House hosted by the UH Institute for Astronomy. Parents, kids, and fans of space and science of any age are...
View ArticleCommunity College Students Set Sights on Space
In less than two months, a scientific instrument designed and built by students from four community colleges in Hawaii will be launched into suborbital space flight from a NASA facility in Virginia....
View ArticleJellyfish Researcher Brings Sting Relief to Market
A University of Hawaii researcher today announced that a jellyfish sting treatment that she has been developing for years is finally available for public sale. “Sting No More” is a cream and spray for...
View ArticlePhotography Festival Set for Saturday
In an effort to forge a stronger connection with and among local photographers, the Pacific New Media program at the University of Hawaii is hosting its first one-day “open to all” event on Saturday....
View ArticleRocket Shoots Student Science into the Sky
A rocket launched from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia this morning was carrying a scientific payload designed and built by a team of community college students from Hawaii. “Project Imua” was...
View ArticleFirst HI2 Forum to Connect Research and Business
The Hawaii Innovation Initiative — the one focused on research at the University of Hawaii launched in 2013, not former Gov. Linda Lingle’s policy plan from 2007 — will host its first forum next week....
View ArticleHonolulu Science Cafe Goes Very, Very Deep
One of the world’s leading deep sea researchers will be the featured speaker at this month’s Honolulu Science Cafe. Jeffrey Drazen, a professor of oceanography at the School of Ocean and Earth Science...
View ArticleFirst Hawaii Space Launch Fails [Updated]
The first attempted orbital launch from Hawaii failed this evening. The U.S. Air Force-led Operationally Responsive Space mission, ORS-4, launched the islands’ first space-bound rocket from the U.S....
View ArticleCivil Geeks: XLR8UH Accelerates University Entrepreneurs
My latest “Civil Geeks” column for Civil Beat provides an update on the XLR8UH accelerator program, a partnership between the University of Hawaii and local early-stage startup investment firm Sultan...
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