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Sunday, January 8, 2017 |
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Native Hawaiian Astronomers Testify in Support of Telescope
By News Release @ 2:11 PM :: 7325 Views :: Hawaii County , Higher Education, OHA
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“I see Maunakea as a special place that allows us to understand and study our origins....”
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Thursday, December 29, 2016 |
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UH Promises to Protect Illegals from Trump
By News Release @ 4:58 PM :: 5114 Views :: Higher Education
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RELATED: University of Hawaii: Report Trump Voters to Campus Police....
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Thursday, December 29, 2016 |
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OHA’s Secret Mauna Kea Meetings
By Video @ 1:19 AM :: 6804 Views :: Ethics, Higher Education, OHA
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Wait Until You Hear What This Ad Hoc Committee Can Do In Secret....
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Sunday, December 11, 2016 |
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All-time high for UH Manoa four-year graduation rate
By News Release @ 11:18 AM :: 3925 Views :: Higher Education
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...an 84 percent increase from 2010 to 2016....
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Tuesday, November 29, 2016 |
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Video: UH Manoa chancellor finalists
By Video @ 10:11 PM :: 4503 Views :: Higher Education
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Feedback on the candidates can be sent through the executive search website....
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Sunday, November 27, 2016 |
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Paradise for Lawyers: UH Law School top 10 for best chance of paying off debt
By News Release @ 4:18 PM :: 4614 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education
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...one of the 10 best law schools in the country in terms of starting salaries that exceed the debt that law graduates carry....
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Tuesday, November 15, 2016 |
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University of Hawaii: Report Trump Voters to Campus Police
By News Release @ 12:59 PM :: 7653 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education
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...(You will be arrested on Trumped-up charges.)....
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Monday, November 14, 2016 |
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U Texas signs agreement with Japan to collaborate on TMT
By News Release @ 6:06 PM :: 7175 Views :: Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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...“He said it will likely be located in Hawaii or the Canary Islands.’....
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Friday, November 4, 2016 |
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UH Seeks Believers to Photograph King Tides for Sea Level Rise Propaganda
By News Release @ 10:47 PM :: 5471 Views :: Environment, Higher Education
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...Community members will be trained to act as citizen scientists to 'Snap the Shore, See the Future'....
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Monday, October 31, 2016 |
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Announcement: When Thirty Meter Telescope Gives up on Hawaii, it will go to Canary Islands
By News Release @ 4:33 PM :: 7734 Views :: Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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The TMT International Observatory Board of Governors met last week to discuss the progress of TMT in Hawaii and to consider potential alternate sites....
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Friday, October 28, 2016 |
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Two Finalists named for UH Manoa chancellor
By News Release @ 4:44 PM :: 4439 Views :: Higher Education
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The finalists will be participating in a final round of interviews on the Mānoa campus, November 14 and 15 and November 21 and 22, respectively....
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Tuesday, October 25, 2016 |
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Fewer DoE Students Require Remedial Instruction in College
By News Release @ 11:10 PM :: 6183 Views :: Education K-12, Higher Education
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...remediation rates (retaking high-school-level coursework) among students attending the University of Hawaii System are down 8 points in math and 6 points in English in three years....
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Thursday, October 20, 2016 |
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Professor Used UH Email System to Harass Rival
By Selected News Articles @ 8:24 PM :: 9527 Views :: Ethics, Higher Education, GMOs
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...the writer described the location of where the Professor’s wife liked to bike, terrorizing her enough to become afraid of staying home alone. They even went to Craigslist....
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Friday, October 7, 2016 |
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Victory: Hawaii Supreme Court Approves Haleakala Solar Telescope
By News Release @ 3:01 AM :: 9474 Views :: Maui County, Environment, Higher Education, Land Use, OHA
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By a 3-2 majority the court affirmed the state land board’s decision in 2012 to grant a permit to build the Telescope....
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Wednesday, October 5, 2016 |
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Draft rules for Maunakea lands moving towards formal public hearing process
By News Release @ 1:11 AM :: 5868 Views :: Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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The community is strongly encouraged to participate in the public hearing process....
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Wednesday, September 28, 2016 |
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Getting out of Gridlock: Should UH Start Later?
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 12:20 PM :: 4853 Views :: Honolulu County, Higher Education
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...if UH started school at 9 a.m. instead of 7:30, 5,000 cars could be eliminated from the morning rush....
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Tuesday, September 27, 2016 |
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Wakai and Belatti named UH Manoa 2016 Legislators in Residence
By News Release @ 10:27 PM :: 4530 Views :: Higher Education
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...LIR is designed to provide opportunities for dialogue and collaboration between policymakers and the academic community....
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Sunday, September 25, 2016 |
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UH Manoa Celebrates Day Muslims Tricked Hawaii Legislature into Honoring Islam on September 11th
By Andrew Walden @ 10:20 PM :: 7099 Views :: Higher Education, Religion
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In 2009, Muslims tricked the Hawaii Legislature into celebrating 'Islam Day' on September 24--which is September 11 in the old Julian calendar. Seven years later, UH Manoa professors are still feeling the thrill ....
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Thursday, September 22, 2016 |
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Dishonesty is Unsustainable
By Joni Kamiya @ 3:20 AM :: 6942 Views :: Higher Education, GMOs
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...there is hope....
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Wednesday, September 14, 2016 |
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Tuesday, September 13, 2016 |
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Hawaii Student Loan Debt Ranked by College
By News Release @ 12:11 PM :: 4715 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education
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Hawaii Average Student Debt Per Borrower: $23,574 -- 44th in USA....
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Sunday, September 11, 2016 |
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Ethics? UH Dean Endorses American Samoa Congressional Candidate on UH Letterhead
By Andrew Walden @ 11:01 PM :: 8543 Views :: Democratic Party, Ethics, Higher Education, Politicians
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“Hawaii Revised Statutes section 84-13, the 'Fair Treatment' section of the State Ethics Code, prohibits the use of state resources for political campaign purposes.”
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Tuesday, September 6, 2016 |
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Nominations Open: Four Seats UH Board of Regents
By News Release @ 11:09 PM :: 4542 Views :: Higher Education
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Nominations are now being accepted for a Hawai‘i County seat (for immediate appointment due to the resignation of Regent Barry Mizuno) and for one (1) At Large seat; one (1) City and County of Honolulu seat; and one (1) Kaua‘i County seat for five-year terms, beginning July 1, 2017....
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Friday, September 2, 2016 |
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UHWO Chancellor Candidates follow Usual Pattern
By News Release @ 8:42 PM :: 5317 Views :: Higher Education
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... the Eco, the Outsider, and the Old Boy. Which faction will gain ascendancy? There's a Golden Parachute in it for the winner ....
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Monday, August 29, 2016 |
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Hawaii Public College Tuition Up 136% More than Average Household Income
By Selected News Articles @ 11:09 PM :: 4467 Views :: Higher Education
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Public colleges play a special role in making higher education affordable, but in recent years, soaring tuition is pushing that dream out of reach....
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Saturday, August 27, 2016 |
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E-W Center Names New President
By News Release @ 12:23 AM :: 4008 Views :: Higher Education
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The appointment of Dr. Vuylsteke concludes a year-long search involving several hundred potential candidates....
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Tuesday, August 23, 2016 |
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Calling All Cronies: UH Has $50K to Give You
By News Release @ 6:53 PM :: 6125 Views :: Higher Education, Tax Credits
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Do you have acting skills? Can you pretend to be a Tech Entrepreneur? UH has some money to give you....
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Thursday, August 18, 2016 |
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Regents approve Lassner as UH Manoa interim chancellor
By News Release @ 11:58 PM :: 4101 Views :: Higher Education
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The search for the next UH Mānoa chancellor began after Lassner fired Apple to satisfy Carbone--who then quit ....
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Friday, August 12, 2016 |
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Two Years After Ousting Apple, Lassner forced to Appoint Himself UH Manoa Chancellor
By News Release @ 3:47 AM :: 5370 Views :: Higher Education
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Flashback 2014: Did Attack on Carbone's $300K 'Assistant' Precipitate Removal of UHM Chancellor?
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Thursday, August 11, 2016 |
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India Parliament: War-Torn Kashmir is Approved as Site for Thirty Meter Telescope
By Selected News Articles @ 5:30 PM :: 8116 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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Indian scientists leading this project, led by the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru, visited the region and have completed measurements of Atmospheric turbulence....
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Thursday, August 11, 2016 |
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UH community colleges most affordable in the nation
By News Release @ 4:52 AM :: 4108 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education
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...but don't worry, UH Administrators are doing everything they can to change this....
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Wednesday, August 10, 2016 |
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Attorney: OHA Chair Secretly Supports Telescope
By Video @ 5:40 PM :: 6330 Views :: Hawaii County , Higher Education, OHA
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Attorney Claims OHA Trustee Robert Lindsey Supports Building The Thirty Meter Telescope Atop Mauna Kea....
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Friday, August 5, 2016 |
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UH Law Prof: White Milk is Racist Food Oppression
By Selected News Articles @ 10:18 PM :: 5636 Views :: Agriculture, Higher Education
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...“food oppression is a difficult concept for many to embrace because of the powerful rhetoric regarding personal choice that is endemic in the United States”....
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Thursday, August 4, 2016 |
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Latest Poll on Hawaii Island Shows 2-1 Margin in Support for TMT Construction
By News Release @ 2:15 PM :: 6424 Views :: Hawaii County , Higher Education, OHA
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...support for TMT’s construction is split among Hawaiians/part Hawaiians on Hawaii Island, with 46 percent of those polled in support of the project and 45 percent opposed....
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Saturday, July 23, 2016 |
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UH Law Grads Average $55K Debt
By News Release @ 10:55 PM :: 3790 Views :: Higher Education
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Average debt for 2015 UH Law School graduates who took out loans to pay for their legal education was $54,988....
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Friday, July 22, 2016 |
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Golden Parachutes are Expensive -- Massive tuition increases approved by UH regents
By News Release @ 3:38 AM :: 3362 Views :: Higher Education
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UH leadership claimed that the money raised through the increase will only be used for projects that modernize student spaces, classrooms and laboratories....
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Tuesday, July 12, 2016 |
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Report: $10K ‘Affordability Gap’ for Hawaii College Students
By News Release @ 3:10 PM :: 5141 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education, Cost of Living
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Between low wages and high net prices, no state can claim that the average four-year college is affordable for low-income students....
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Friday, July 8, 2016 |
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Leaving Hawaii: Decision on New Site for Thirty Meter Telescope set for ‘Early 2017’
By Selected News Articles @ 5:27 PM :: 7809 Views :: Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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New locations that are being considered include Baja California in Mexico, the Canary Islands and Chile, as well as locations in India and China....
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Thursday, July 7, 2016 |
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Report on UH lab explosion reveals deep, systemic safety failures
By Selected News Articles @ 5:38 PM :: 3710 Views :: Higher Education
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“Serious deficiencies in the institution’s approach to laboratory safety, [especially the] lack of a culture of safety.”
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Thursday, July 7, 2016 |
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HB2772: UH Rape Policy Now Written into State Law
By News Release @ 5:28 PM :: 4664 Views :: Higher Education, Law Enforcement
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In April, UH expanded is sexual harassment policies with a new Executive Policy on Consensual Relationships....
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Friday, July 1, 2016 |
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Hawaii Supreme Court Clarifies Appeals Clock
By Robert Thomas @ 4:47 PM :: 5446 Views :: Higher Education, Judiciary
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...the Hawaii Supreme Court clarified a point of appellate procedure that has been unnecessarily vague -- and therefore dangerous -- for a while....
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Friday, June 24, 2016 |
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Oppression of Education
By Joni Kamiya @ 1:54 AM :: 8220 Views :: Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA, GMOs
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...it’s clear who the real oppressors are....
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Thursday, June 16, 2016 |
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UH launches whistleblower hotline
By News Release @ 5:24 AM :: 4525 Views :: Ethics, Higher Education
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...to confidentially report violations of laws, rules, regulations and UH policies....
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Friday, June 10, 2016 |
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Office of Maunakea Management: 16 Years of Stewardship
By News Release @ 8:31 PM :: 5761 Views :: Environment, Higher Education, OHA
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Recent news making events have detracted from the great strides in the management of Maunakea....
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Saturday, June 4, 2016 |
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Telescope: Nobody can remove all fears of reversal
By Robert Thomas @ 7:39 PM :: 8316 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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...the late request by the University to remove Judge Amano ... out of a fear that retaining her might be overturned on appeal, invites the Board to subvert its own independent judgment....
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Friday, June 3, 2016 |
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Telescope: BLNR Sticks With Judge Amano
By News Release @ 8:36 PM :: 7998 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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...the Board unanimously denied a motion to disqualify retired Hilo judge Riki May Amano as the hearing officer in the case....
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Tuesday, May 31, 2016 |
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To Satisfy Protesters, UH Begins Decommissioning Three Perfectly Good Telescopes
By News Release @ 5:18 PM :: 6802 Views :: Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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... UH time has consistently been oversubscribed on all observatories ....
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Saturday, May 28, 2016 |
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Regents to Vote on New UH Cancer Center Director
By News Release @ 3:53 AM :: 4750 Views :: Health Care, Higher Education
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“He can be instrumental in our efforts to keep the UH Cancer Center NCI-designated"
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Saturday, May 21, 2016 |
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PUEO Hawaiians Support Telescope
By News Release @ 2:13 PM :: 7645 Views :: Hawaii County , Higher Education, OHA
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...to dispel the myth that all Native Hawaiians oppose the project....
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