Education & Government eWaste Disposal Days 2008
University of Hawai’i is offering free electronic waste recycling during “Education & Government eWaste Disposal Days 2008” October 20 until October 25. The program is open to Hawai’i residents, all public and private schools and universities, all City, County, State or Federal/Military branches in Hawai’i, small to medium sized businesses and non-profits. Drop off locations are on UH campuses on The Big Island, Kaua’i, Maui or O’ahu, plus Kealakehe High School in Kailua-Kona.
Pre-registration through the event webpage http://www.hawaii.edu/ewaste is required for the above mentioned Institutions; you are responsible for ensuring that the appropriate administrative paperwork for disposal of any items has been completed through your institution's inventory process. The institutional drop offs will be held from October 20 until October 24; dates and times vary per campus so please visit the webpage http://www.hawaii.edu/ewaste
Hawai’i residents are invited to drop off their personal eWaste on October 25 from 9:00a.m. to 3:00p.m. Visit http://www.hawaii.edu/ewaste for more information including drop off sites, hours of operation and a list of acceptable electronics items.
Staff will be at each drop off site to unload equipment from vehicles. All equipment collected will be processed in North America in an environmentally responsible way and recycled into commodity grade materials such as metals, plastics and glass. Recycling and disposal services are provided courtesy of Apple.
UH Modem Pool Ending
After serving the UH community for over 12 years, the UH central modem pool at 440-0002 will be retired on September 30, 2008. Over the past year, repeated component failures have made it clear that we can no longer properly maintain this equipment. Diminishing usage of modems, coupled with the State's economic condition and recently-announced budget restrictions, make it infeasible to replace this capability.
We understand that the shutdown will inconvenience some members of the UH community. To assist with the transition, a short list of Internet Service Providers on Oahu is provided below. This information is provided for reference only, and is not an endorsement of these particular products or services.
- FlexNet - http://www.flex.com/
- Hawaiian Telecom - http://hawaiiantel.com/
- HawaiianISP - http://www.hawaiianisp.com/
- LavaNet - http://www.lava.net/
- Oceanic Time Warner Cable - http://www.oceanic.com/
- Pacific LightNet - http://www.plni.net/residential/
The New Library Learning Commons
View recent plans, make suggestions. Visit http://library.wcc.hawaii.edu/NewBuilding for the latest information.
 High Performance Computing Conference, November 15 to 21, 2008
Super Computing 2008 (SC08) will take place November 15-21 in Austin, Texas. Mentoring and travel assistance grants are available for students and faculty to attend a High Performance Computing conference. The full press release is at http://www.hawaii.edu/cgi-bin/uhnews?20080609165516
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