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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) 988-3177
Fax: (808) 988-4231
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 Ma¯noa 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.
Spark M. Matsunaga Institute for Peace
Social Science 717
2424 Maile Way
Honolulu, HI 96822
Tel: (808) 956-7427
Fax: (808) 956-5708
E-mail: uhip@hawaii.edu
Web: www2.hawaii.edu/uhip/
The Spark M. Matsunaga Institute for Peace is an
academic community designed to develop and share knowledge about the
conditions of peace and the use of nonviolent means for resolving
conflicts. The institute is committed to improving education in peace
studies; undertaking peace research and peace teaching; participating
with community groups active in peace and conflict resolution; and
publishing scholarly and creative works on peace in all media. The
institute’s program includes the Program on Conflict Resolution,
engaged in the identification, prevention, and resolution of conflicts;
the International Center for Democracy, engaged in education for
democracy; the Program on Nonviolence, engaged in the research and
practice of nonviolence; the UH Mediation Service, engaged in dispute
resolution within the University community; and the Institute for Peace
Resource Center, which contains a collection of peace and conflict
resolution books, journals, and videos. The institute gives special
attention to issues of peace in the Asia Pacific region. For further
information on its educational programs, see the “Colleges of Arts and
Sciences” section within this Catalog.
Pacific Biomedical Research Center
Pacific Biomedical Research Center 215
1993 East-West Road
Honolulu, HI 96822
Tel: (808) 956-7401
Fax: (808) 956-4768
The Pacific Biomedical Research Center (PBRC) conducts
interdisciplinary research in cell structure and function, Hawaiian
evolutionary biology and conservation, neuro-behavioral biology,
retrovirology, biotechnology, and molecular endocrinology and
pathobiology of the extracellular matrix. It maintains core facilities
in molecular biology and electron microscopy; fosters undergraduate
research for minority students (Minority Access to Research Careers and
Minority Biomedical Research Support); and maintains the Kewalo Marine
Laboratory, the Bekesy Laboratory of Neurobiology, the Behavioral
Biology Laboratory, the Retrovirology Laboratory, and the Hawaiian
Evolutionary Biology Laboratory. It also serves as the locus for the
Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI) program, which conducts
basic, epidemiologic, and clinical research on HIV, HTLV-1, and other
emerging pathogens and research on native Hawaiian health problems. The
institute also supports, in collaboration with the John A. Burns School
of Medicine (JABSOM) and the Kapi‘olani Health Research Institute, a
Clinical Research Center located at the Kapi‘olani Medical Center for
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