Posted on 6:29 am, Friday, November 22, 2013. Tags: andrew howard, institute for astronomy, uh
MEDIA RELEASE Scientists from University of California, Berkeley, and University of Hawaii, Manoa, have statistically determined that twenty percent of Sun-like stars in our galaxy have Earth-sized planets that could host life. The findings, gleaned from data collected from NASA’s Kepler spacecraft and the W. M. Keck Observatory, now satisfy Kepler’s primary mission: to determine […]
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Posted on 11:53 pm, Wednesday, December 26, 2012. Tags: culinary institute of the pacific, institute for astronomy, scholarships, university of hawaii
MEDIA RELEASE An inspired donor has made one of the largest gift commitments to the University of Hawaii by a private individual to benefit UH students and research. The donor’s $9.2M gift will: * Fund scholarships for underrepresented students on 10 campuses * Expand our knowledge of the universe * Fuel research in microbial oceanography […]
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