Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 22, Number 6, 1 June 2005 — UH lectures [ARTICLE]

UH lectures

Three upcoming lectures at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa will focus on native plants and preserving Hawaiian cultural practices. The free lectures, whieh are part of the university's Shunzo Sakamaki Extraordinary Lecture series, are free and will be held on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. at the UH Yukiyoshi Room, Krauss 012. This year the lecture series is based on the theme "Voyage of Discovery." The lectures include:

• June 15: noted landscape eonsultant and author Heidi Bornhorst presents a lecture on growing Native Hawaiian plants and trees for lei material in home gardens. Bornhorst is the author of the book Growing Native Hawaiian PIants, writes a regular eolumn in The Honolulu Advertiser and is featured in a weekly segment on KITV. • June 22: Sherelyn Odgen discusses the care and preservation of indigenous objects. Odgen is a nationally known preservation eonsultant and author of the book

Caring for American Ināian Objects: L A Practical and Cultural Guide, ' whieh highlights native views on preservation practices. Aug. 3: Brian Issell focuses on a study of the effect freeze-dried noni has on cancer patients. Issell, who received a grant from the National Institutes of | Health to conduct the research project, is the Director of elinieal trials at the Cancer Research Center of Hawai'i and a professor of medicine at UH. For information, eall 956-8246 or visit www.outreach.hawaii.edu/summer. O