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May 2004 Archives

SSRI: Helping Researchers Navigate the Funding Process
“There’s grant money all over the place. It’s a matter of finding it and some faculty are good at it and know where to find it, some are just learning,” says Michael Hamnett, outgoing director of the Social Sciences Research Institute.

Hamnett has just been named executive director and chief operating director of the Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii. Before he assumes the new post in June, he shared his thoughts about SSRI’s processes and progress over the years. read more about SSRI >

Urban and Regional Planning partner to help Lili’uokalani Center
Contrary to preconceptions about the social aloofness of the University of Hawaii-Manoa, the Department of Urban and Regional Planning is one of many Social Science units that partakes in social service projects in the community.read more on Urban and Regional Planning >

Pop Studies Sets Interdisciplinary Standard
Population Studies is interdisciplinary-in-action. Faculty come from nine different fields, including Anthropology, Demography, Economics, Geography, Political Science, Sociology and Urban and Regional Planning.Read more on Population Studies >