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Musician advances in competition

MARTIN-DOIKE

Along with the other first-place winners, Martin-Doike advances to the national competition, which will be held in March in Kansas City, Mo.

The other Hawai'i contestants were awarded honorable mention in their categories of competition at the University of Hawai'i-Manoa. They are Natalie Chang, senior high school piano; Taylor Choy, senior high string; and Trina Hyun, junior high piano.

Brandon Lee of Utah, formerly of Honolulu, placed first in the senior high piano competition

4 finalists named for biomedical post

Four finalists have been selected for the position of director of the Pacific Biomedical Research Center at the University of Hawai'i-Manoa. They will be on campus beginning next week for public presentations from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in Room B-103 of the biomedical sciences building.

The candidates include:

• Robert S. Aronstam, director and senior scientist of the Guthrie Research Institute in Sayre, Pa. He also is research professor at the State University of New York Upstate Medical University in Syracuse and coordinator of the Integrated Medical Sciences Department at SUNY. Aronstam will speak Feb. 19.

• Brenda Claiborne, professor of biology at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Claiborne will speak Feb. 12.

• Kelvin Davies, who holds the James E. Birren Chair of Gerontology, is professor of molecular and computational biology, associate dean for research and director of the Andrus Gerontology Research Institute at the University of Southern California. Davies will speak Monday.

• Michael Johnson, associate director of the Center for Structural Biology and director of the Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and professor of medicinal chemistry at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Johnson will speak Feb. 9.

Dental service chief to chair committee

Faye Kurren, president and CEO of Hawai'i Dental Service and former head of Tesoro in Hawai'i, has been chosen to chair the search advisory committee to select candidates for dean of the University of Hawai'i-Manoa College of Business Administration.

The 18-member committee includes both community leaders and members of the college, as well as one individual from elsewhere in the university.

Applicant screening begins Feb. 12.

To contact the committee, write CBA Dean Search Advisory Committee, Attn: Joanne Clark, 2500 Campus Road, Hawai'i Hall Room 206, Honolulu, HI, 96822, or e-mail uhmexec@hawaii.edu.

Scholarships set for low-income students

USA Funds, an education loan guarantor in Indianapolis is making available $300,000 in scholarships for lower-income Hawai'i students.

Renewable scholarships of $1,500 are available for full-time undergraduate and graduate students, and $750 scholarships are available for part-time undergraduates. Eligible students must have no more than $50,000 in adjusted gross family income.

Applications must be mailed or sent online by March 15. More information is available at www.usafunds.org. USA Funds is in its 25th year as student-loan guarantor for Hawai'i.

UH-Hilo professor a Fulbright Scholar

HILO, Hawai'i — University of Hawai'i at Hilo associate art professor Andrew Grabar has been named a Fulbright Scholar and will use the grant to lecture and conduct research in Nepal.

Grabar is one of 800 American faculty members and professionals selected for the 2003-2004 academic year through the Fulbright Scholar Program, an international educational exchange sponsored by the U.S. Department of State.

Grabar's work will involve postmodern interpretations of tantra at Tribhuvan University in Kirtipur, Nepal. Tantra is a series of books of Hindu doctrine on rituals, meditation and other spiritual matters.