Professors Kjos-Hanssen and Manes received Sony Technology Awards at Campus Center Ballroom today. The awards consisted of equipment from Sony Electronics valued at $2,300 each that Sony hopes may be of use in developing mathematics research and teaching.
Category Archives: Grants
UH Leeward CC Selected for National Math Program
Leeward has been selected as one of only 38 two-year institutions nationwide to participate in a new program, supported by a $2.3 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, focusing on redesigning remedial/developmental math courses.
Professor Eric Matsuoka and Instructor Jennifer Watada were instrumental in writing the grant. Eric received his MA in the UHM Math Dept in 1994.
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Researchers find optimal locations for doing business in multiple markets
Cameron Freer is involved in research on relativistic stock trading that is described in Science News Magazine’s 2010 Science News of the Year. Freer is a postdoc supported 75% by Prof. Kjos-Hanssen’s NSF grant and 25% by teaching in our department.
Prof Tom Craven Co-PI of $3.4M NSF Grant
Project Macimise is designed to support (tuition, technology, travel, per diem) for 15-18 candidates for Masters and Doctoral programs. The project is open to qualified candidates from Palau, FSM, CNMI, Guam, RMI, American Samoa, and Hawaii. It is anticipated that there will be 1-3 candidates from each state with 14-15 of those being Masters candidates and the remaining number Doctoral candidates.
The Macimise Project is a collaborative effort between Pacific Resources for Education and Learning (PREL) and the College of Education, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa (UHM) with PREL as the lead organization.