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Information Technology Services

Help Desk Location: Keller Hall 105
Help Desk Tel: (808) 956-8883
Help Desk E-mail: help@hawaii.edu
Web: www.hawaii.edu/infotech
ITS Director Tel: (808) 956-3501
Fax: (808) 956-5025

Information Technology Services (ITS) provides support for academic computing, management information systems, networking, telephony, teleconferencing and distance learning technologies for the UH Manoa campus and the UH system. ITS provides and supports a wide array of hardware, software, networks and services to meet these objectives. ITS' infrastructure includes central servers and services, local and wide area networks, a large voice communications system, and several statewide video and teleconferencing systems to provide distance education services. In addition, ITS develops, operates and maintains the University's institutional administrative information systems.

Specific ITS services include: electronic mail, Web hosting services, Internet access, host-based software services, software site license programs, computer labs for students, a Digital Media Center for faculty, technical documentation, telephone services, voice mail, and a number of types of teleconferencing support. ITS also offers short courses and professional development activities for faculty and staff. All University students, faculty and staff can obtain access to the Internet and UH computing resources through ITS. The ITS Help Desk provides technical support and a single point of contact for access to ITS services.

Office of International Affairs

Physical Science Building 102–106
2565 McCarthy Mall
Honolulu, HI 96822
Tel: (808) 956-6940
Fax: (808) 956-5030
E-mail: oia@hawaii.edu

The Office of International Affairs (OIA) supports international education endeavors on behalf of students, scholars and faculty throughout the ten campuses of the University of Hawai'i. OIA oversees the University's more than 100 international agreements and exchanges with partner institutions, primarily in the Asia-Pacific region. Additionally, OIA assists departments in inviting international scholars, researchers and faculty; facilitates system-wide immigration processing; conducts monthly scholar orientation; and supports departments' international efforts through the dissemination of information. Finally, OIA serves as a center for the exchange of information and the coordination of system-wide international student recruitment. 

Laboratory Animal Service

Snyder 501A
2538 McCarthy Mall
Honolulu, HI 96822
Tel: (808) 956-8770
Fax: (808) 956-4448

The Laboratory Animal Service (LAS) is the University of Hawai'i support unit responsible for the care of vertebrate animals used in training and research. The University and the federal governments charge LAS to ensure appropriate and humane housing, care, and use of animals.

LAS provides instruction to investigators, technicians, and students in appropriate research techniques as they relate to animals. Assistance is provided to investigators in techniques for animal handling. Polyclonal antibody production is also provided as a service to any group needing antibodies.

The use of vertebrate animals for research and training is overseen at the University by the Animal Care and Use Committee which is composed of veterinarians, researchers, and local community representatives. The committee reviews proposals for research and training, inspects facilities, and considers issues of humane animal use.

Harold L. Lyon Arboretum

3860 Manoa Road
Honolulu, HI 96822
Tel: (808) 988-0456
Fax: (808) 988-0462

The Harold L. Lyon Arboretum facilitates and conducts research, instruction, and public service in tropical biology and horticulture. Located on a 194-acre site in upper Manoa valley are greenhouses, laboratories, classrooms, and an herbarium. The arboretum also houses living plant collections, comprising about 15,000 accessions that encompass more than 6,000 species, varieties, and cultivars. It is the only university arboretum in the U.S. located in a tropical rainforest, and it has one of the largest collections of palms of any botanical garden in the world. Other major collections include tropical trees, heliconias, gingers, aroids, and tis. Emphasis is placed on native Hawaiian plants, including research on propagation and restoration of endangered species, on restoration of Hawaiian ecosystems, and on ethnobotany of the Hawaiian Islands. The arboretum sponsors and publishes the Harold L. Lyon Arboretum Lectures.

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