Robotics Success Could Lead To Mechatronics Program
Posted On Tuesday, December 25, 2012 By USA Education News. Under HAWAII Tags: Harris Okazaki, Honolulu Community College, Norman Takeya, robots, Ryan Yamada
Honolulu Community College students Harris Okazaki and Ryan Yamada, recently participated in the 21st Annual International Micro Robot Contest in Nagoya, Japan.
The competition featured over 130 robots from Japan, Indonesia, South Korea, Thailand, Taiwan and the United States competing in four categories.
Okazaki, a construction management major, and Yamada, a liberal ...
Philanthropy Executive Kim Gennaula To Serve As Commencement Speaker
Posted On Monday, December 24, 2012 By USA Education News. Under HAWAII Tags: Aloha United Way, Austin Ralph Rochon, Feliz Salas, KGMB-TV, Kim Gennaula, UH Mānoa’s
Aloha United Way President and Chief Professional Officer Kim Gennaula will address graduates at UH Mānoa’s mid-year Commencement ceremony. The program will begin at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012, at the Stan Sheriff Center. The student procession will begin at 8:30 a.m.
Graduates, families, friends, and UH faculty and ...
Honolulu CC Children’s Center Earns Reaccreditation
Posted On Monday, December 24, 2012 By USA Education News. Under HAWAII Tags: childhood educators, Honolulu Community College, Keiki Hauʻoli Children’s Center, National Association for the Education, Young Children.
The Keiki Hauʻoli Children’s Center at Honolulu Community College was recently reaccredited for another five years by the National Association for the Education of Young Children.
The center earned superior ratings in the most recent accreditation report. It was assessed on 10 standard areas including relationships, curriculum, teaching, assessment of child ...
Scientists Discover Origins Of Wide Binary Stars
Posted On Thursday, December 20, 2012 By USA Education News. Under HAWAII Tags: Bo Reipurth, Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaiʻi, University of Turku
Using computer simulations, Bo Reipurth of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Institute for Astronomy and Seppo Mikkola of Tuorla Observatory, University of Turku, Finland have figured out how wide binary stars—two stars that orbit each other at a distance up to a light-year—form. Their research was published on December ...
Box Jellyfish Research Breakthrough By Manoa Biochemist
Posted On Thursday, December 13, 2012 By USA Education News. Under HAWAII Tags: human blood cells, John A. Burns School of Medicine, Pacific Biosciences, Pacific Biosciences Research, Yahagihara
Angel Yanagihara, a researcher at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa has developed a medicine that effectively treats the sting of a box jellyfish. Though the sting is usually just a painful nuisance in Hawaiʻi, it is deadly in places like Australia, Thailand and Indonesia. Yanagihara works for the university’s ...
Kathleen Berg Named CRDG Director
Posted On Tuesday, December 11, 2012 By USA Education News. Under HAWAII Tags: College of Education, Curriculum Research and Development Group, Kathleen Berg, University Laboratory School
Kathleen Berg has been named the new director of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa College of Education’s Curriculum Research and Development Group. Berg has been an educator and researcher for more than 35 years, serving in a variety of roles at College of Education, CRDG and University Laboratory School.
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