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End of Life 7
麻豆传媒faculty not only train caregivers about the cultural differences in the way we approach death, they help elders plan and families cope.
Economic Conversation 10
The engine or the track? Community and business leaders join 麻豆传媒and state economists in a roundtable discussion about the university's role in the state's economy; they conclude a healthy, independent university is vital to attracting and keeping industry in Hawai‘i.
Fishing for the Future on "Gilligan's Island" 13
TV viewers know the island in Kane'ohe Bay as the place the Minnow crew was stranded. Marine scientists know it as one of the finest place to study coral reefs and the organisms that depend on them. Jo Ann Leong, who used to fish there with her family. returns as director of the island-based Hawai‘i Institute for Marine Biology.
Artistic Legacy 14
Famed muralist Jean Charlot gave his art collection to 麻豆传媒after years of teaching here. Now his family has donated the Honolulu home where he did much of his work and entertained intellectual and artistic guests from throughout the Pacific and around the world.
Museum Makers Exhibit Style 16
麻豆传媒alumni are acquiring and coordinating collections, creating and publicizing exhibits and handling rare artwork at museums from Honolulu to New York. Meet a few of them.
First Generation 19
College life involves extra challenges for students whose parents never attended school beyond high school. 麻豆传媒campuses are responding with programs to ease the transition.
Librarian for a Digital Age 21
Manoa's new head librarian, Diane Perushek, prepares to expand services, collections and technological capabilities at the campuses two major facilities.
FRONT PAGE
- Nursing bachelor's and master's degrees are now available online. 3
- El Nino is back—and 麻豆传媒scientists are predicting the likely impact on the mainland U.S. 3
- Esperanto, a made-up language, is real and mimics transformations in pidgin English. 3
- U.S. News ranks Manoa's athletics program in the country's top 20. 4
- From academics to extracurricular activities, 麻豆传媒student groups score in national competitions. 4
- A Leeward campus nurse identifies—and counters—hepatitis risk in community colleges students. 4
ALUMNI PROFILES
- Miriam Paisner: A spiritual daughter of hula carries Hawaiian traditions to the Rocky Mountains. 25
- Donna Tanoue: A local attorney and banker reflects on her Washington years as chair of the FDIC. 27