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Social Science Research Institute
Social Science Building 704
2424 Maile Way
Honolulu, HI 96822
Tel: (808) 956-8930
Fax: (808) 956-2884
The Social Science Research Institute (SSRI)
facilitates and supports interdisciplinary, applied research that
addresses critical, social, environmental, and economic problems
primarily in Hawai‘i and the Asia Pacific region. This is done through
collaboration with faculty and students throughout the University of
Hawai‘i and with other educational and research institutions, regional
and international organizations, the private sector, and federal, state,
and county agencies. It is supported largely by contracts and grants
from public agencies and private organizations.
SSRI provides practical experience to students at the
University of Hawai‘i through involvement in research, planning, and
training projects. SSRI’s staff assists county, state, and federal
agencies and local community groups in Hawai‘i with training and
technical assistance. SSRI is also working with instructional units to
integrate SSRI’s research efforts into courses offered at the
University of Hawai‘i.
The institute is currently working in five problem
areas: crime, drug abuse, youth problems, and poverty; resources,
sustainable development, and futures research; telecommunication and
information policy; culture, language and social problems; and health
services and health policy.
University of Hawai‘i Press
2840 Kolowalu Street
Honolulu, HI 96822
Tel: (808) 956-8257
Fax: (808) 988-6052
University of Hawai‘i Press publishes and
distributes books and journals of high merit that reflect the regional
or special interests and responsibilities of the University and other
scholarly research organizations. All titles carry the imprint
“University of Hawai‘i Press.” UH Press is a member of the
Association of American University Presses, the Association of American
Publishers, the Society for Scholarly Publishing, Hawai‘i Book
Publishers Association, and the International Association of Scholarly
Publishers. UH Press publishes books of regional interest, scholarly
monographs, textbooks, and scholarly journals. (UH Press also operates a
sales program--East-West Export Books--in Asia and the Pacific on behalf
of American scholarly publishers.) Editorial control (final approval of
manuscripts) is vested in a board made up of University of Hawai‘i
faculty members appointed by the senior vice president for academic
affairs. Faculty members are encouraged to submit book-length
manuscripts to the executive editor. Journal papers should be submitted
to the editor-in-chief of the appropriate journal.
Waikiki Aquarium
2777 Kalakaua Avenue
Honolulu, HI 96825
Tel: (808) 923-9741
Fax: (808) 923-1771
E-mail: webmaster@www.waquarium.hawaii.org
Web: waquarium.mic.hawaii.edu/
Waikiki Aquarium displays more than 2,100 specimens
representing over 400 vertebrate and invertebrate species. The exhibits
focus primarily on marine life and feature hands-on experience with the
“Edge of the Reef” outdoor exhibit. The aquarium also offers a
marine education program with classes, workshops, school tours, and a
lecture series on marine science. Research activities include larval
studies and the reproduction of the chambered nautilus. The aquarium is
open to the public from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, except Christmas.
Water Resources Research Center
Holmes 283
2540 Dole Street
Honolulu, HI 96822
Tel: (808) 956-7847
Fax: (808) 956-5044
Water Resources Research Center (WRRC) conducts
research on Hawai‘i’s water resources, assists and promotes
instruction in water resources in several academic departments, provides
training opportunities for engineers and scientists through research,
and communicates research results to users. Interdisciplinary research
is broadly based in physical and biological sciences, technology,
ecology, and social sciences. The research encompasses hydrology and
hydraulic engineering, geology, geophysics and geochemistry,
microbiology, chemistry, zoology, oceanography, sanitary engineering and
public health, climatology and soil physics, agricultural engineering
and forestry, and socioeconomic and legal issues. WRRC operates
laboratories and field research facilities and administers the
Environmental Center whose mission is to focus on ecological
relationships, natural resources, and environmental quality. |