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Deadline near for HPD forensic class
The Honolulu Police Department reminds science teachers that March 14 is the deadline to apply for "Forensics for Teachers," the department's week-long course for seventh- through 12th-grade science teachers.
The free class will be conducted June 23-27.
Applications are available by calling the department's Scientific Investigation Section at 529-3281 or by visiting the Web site www.honolulupd.org.
In the course, science teachers will work with HPD forensic scientists specializing in evidence collection, drug analysis, firearms, trace evidence, documents and DNA/serology.
Projects suitable for classroom instruction will be provided.
Middle and high school science teachers from public and private schools statewide are encouraged to apply.
Twelve teachers will be accepted for the program.
Applicants will be notified by March 31 if they are selected.
Russia officials to view state schools
A group of Russian leaders will be in Honolulu beginning this weekend to examine education in Hawai'i on the U.S. Congress-sponsored Open World Program.
Their nine-day visit will include a meeting with Gov. Linda Lingle, briefings from the state Department of Education and stops at ASSETS School, Punahou School, the University of Hawai'i and Chaminade University.
Patsy Mink to be honored at UH
The late Patsy Mink will be honored at UH-Manoa's William S. Richardson School of Law on March 13 with a tribute entitled "Peace, Civil Liberties and Justice After September 11."
Keynote speaker will be John Trasvina, Stanford law professor and former special counsel for Immigration at the U.S. Justice Department. He will discuss the impact Mink's voice had throughout Hawai'i and the nation during her 24 years in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Trasvina also will examine the Patriot Act and other recently passed legislation and the implications they have for civil liberties.
The lecture will be given beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the Moot Court room.
Following the lecture, the first annual Patsy Mink Legislative Fellowship will be awarded to a UH-Manoa law school student who embodies the spirit and commitment of Mink.
