{"id":42853,"date":"2016-02-11T14:04:54","date_gmt":"2016-02-12T00:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=42853"},"modified":"2019-08-07T15:52:34","modified_gmt":"2019-08-08T01:52:34","slug":"university-of-hawaii-reaffirms-support-of-tmt-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2016\/02\/11\/university-of-hawaii-reaffirms-support-of-tmt-project\/","title":{"rendered":"University of Hawai\u02bbi reaffirms support of TMT<\/abbr> project"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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The University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>’s response to recent media reports that the Thirty Meter Telescope is now exploring alternative sites as a \u201cPlan B\u201d if it can’t build in Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>:<\/em><\/p>\n

The University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span><\/a> remains steadfast in our support for locating the Thirty Meter Telescope in Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>. The project is a tremendous scientific and economic opportunity for Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Island and the state. It will be a cornerstone of the next generation of astronomy in Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>, one of the anchors of our research and innovation enterprise. TMT<\/abbr> is also providing educational, scholarship and STEM<\/abbr> support for Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Island schools and substantial resources for improved stewardship of Maunakea. UH<\/abbr> was the original permit applicant for the project and will be deeply involved in the upcoming Land Board<\/a> proceedings, as we have been throughout the process to date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> remains steadfast in our support for locating the Thirty Meter Telescope in Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,814],"tags":[34,659,1053,947],"class_list":["post-42853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-maunakea","tag-astronomy","tag-maunakea","tag-tmt","tag-uh-system","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t