Higher Education

... VIDEO: The March 22, 2020, Imua TMT Panel Discussion on TMT YouTube ....

...OHA demands UH charge Mauna Kea telescopes "a reasonably competitive rent"....

...American Astronomy’s Future Goes on Trial in Washington....

...measures of interest to the University of Hawaiʻi....

...one Maui County seat for a 5-year appointment and one student seat for a 2-year appointment....

...“The labs don’t translate online”....

...The Master Lease awarding management of the Mauna Kea Science Reserve to the University of Hawaii will expire in 2033. It seems to me that any decision about individual facilities should wait until the issue of who will manage the mountain next is resolved....

...work towards a solution that included balancing their fiduciary duties to the Native Hawaiian community with their primary focus – building telescopes on the mauna....

... 10am Saturday, March 7, 2020 ....

"...The government of Japan reduced its budget allocation for the TMT project in Japanese FY2020 (April, 2020 to March, 2021) due to the stalemate of the construction in Hawaii...."

...The Hawaii County Ethics Board is planning an investigation into non-enforcement of the law at the Mauna Kea Access Road....

...The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) Submillimeter Observatory and the UH Hilo Hōkū Ke‘a teaching telescope were previously set to be demolished by 2021....

...House cuts funding for TMT enforcement from state budget—Ige Wanted $65M to Not Enforce Law on Mauna Kea....

...Volunteers helped pull invasive plants around the Visitors Information Station, while also learning to identify seedlings of native species sprouting near the parking lot....

...Kia’i protestors Wong and Perez were quoted as saying in the Tribune-Herald that, “dirty tactics” were being used. Well now that’s rich coming from the protestors....

...More than 6,300 students, or 15.5 percent of UH’s approximately 40,861 adult students participated in the 2019 survey....

... ask the Governor to appoint Malia Martin and Samuel Wilder King II to the panel ....

...here's what happens when the police are allowed to enforce the law....

...Representatives from member countries are expected to convene in Los Angeles in February to decide on project modalities....

...TMT Protest Site on Maunakea Left Covered in Trash....

“...It is now time to utilize these rules to address the issues with excessive traffic that have been raised, as well as to issue new permits for commercial tour operations....”

...from Tyler Trent, Native Hawaiian physics student....

...January 5 and 6, 2020 in Waikiki and Jan 11 Panel Discussion in Nanakuli....

...thirteen years of jumping through hoops....

...Yes.  There is more at stake than OHA's money grab....

...This 'agreement' helps everybody EXCEPT the telescope....

...OHA approved today the selection of the UH Mānoa Native Hawaiian Science & Engineering Mentorship Program to administer a $1.1 million grant for higher education scholarships for Native Hawaiian students....

...The estimated number of persons experiencing long-term, chronic homelessness increased 8.5 percent between 2018 and 2019. This increase was concentrated on the West Coast, with the largest increases in California....

...Now that the Telescope is off the table. "The police are going to come heavy handed Dec 26 with enforcement and they going to clear all the tents from the highway."  The police will only be allowed to do this because it does not settle the telescope issue .... 

...For us, this dates all the way back to our groundbreaking in October 2014 and subsequent attempts to begin construction in April and June 2015 and in July 2019....

...on the access road about 30 protesters chanted and danced....

...Kalbert Young, UH vice president for budget and finance and chief financial officer, shares his analysis of the 2020 UH budget request to the Legislature....

...Dec 21, 2019 2-4PM at the Grand Naniloa Hotel, Hilo....

...the name game is at the heart of the Legislature’s practice of “gut and replace"....

• Navigator/Captain/Educator Kaelpa Baybayan
• Attorney/Educator/Cultural Practitioner Kimo Stone
• Former Trustee of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Peter Apo

...after more than a decade of working with the community and a multimillion dollar investment into Hawaii's economy, TMT must now reassess the viability of building a telescope in Hawaii.... 

"...to reflect on how we have responded as a community to challenging and sometimes polarizing issues, including but not limited to TMT...."

...Robert Chang, Camille Nelson and Anthony Niedwiecki....

...Thirty-six-point-six percent of UH Mānoa students who enrolled in fall 2015 graduated in four years, which is more than double the 17.5 percent of students who enrolled in fall 2006.... 

...Maui County seat and student regent....

... A TMT Panel Discussion Sunday, November 17, 2019 at 2 PM – 4 PM, Hawaii State Capitol ....

...The rules now advance through the remainder of the administrative rules process to Gov. David Ige for final approval....

...University of Hawaii at Manoa Provost Michael Bruno delivered a formal statement paying tribute to the original inhabitants of the land....

...public testimony will be heard by the BoR at UH Hilo Wednesday November 6, 2019....

...there’s only one problem, the bonds have already expired.... 

...The current percent of college degree holders in Hawaiʻi is 46.3 percent, up 1.4 percent from 2017....

... Wesleyan University Professor J. Kēhaulani Kauanui .... 

...Kyukendall 101, UH Manoa Campus, Friday Oct 18, 2:30 pm....

...Our experts estimated that the survival rate of the trees would be just 10 percent....