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CIS Student Sky Kauweloa wins Award for Excellence in Teaching

The University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Graduate Council has selected CIS student and School of Communications TA Sky Kauweloa to receive the Frances Davis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching for Graduate Teaching Assistants. This highly competitive award honors the top teaching assistant at UH Mānoa. Sky’s accomplishment highlights the many outstanding teacher-scholars present in […]

CIS 720 seminar by Dr. Katrina-Ann Kapā Oliveira

Please join us for Monday’s CIS720 seminar on 3/7/2017 (Hamilton Library 3f) by Dr. Katrina-Ann Kapā Oliveira.   She will speak about her research and the development of her book, entitled Kanaka ʻŌiwi Methodologies: Moʻolelo and Metaphors. Dr. Oliveira is an Associate Professor in the Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian Language within Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian […]

CIS 720 seminar by Alan Dennis, Ph.D.

Please join us for a talk by Dr. Alan Dennis at the CIS 720 Seminar. Dr. Dennis is a senior IS scholar at and HICSS Track Chair. His work involves a variety of topics dealing with HCI, collaborative technologies, and behaviors. Title of the talk: Priming and the Design of 3D Virtual Worlds to improve […]

CIS 720 seminar by Dr. Anthony Vance

Please join us for the CIS PHD seminar on Monday 4:30-5:30 in Hamilton Library. Our speaker will be visiting scholar Dr. Anthony Vance. Title: How Do People Habituate to Security Warnings Over Time? Insights from Longitudinal fMRI and Field Experiments   Abstract: Research in the fields of information systems and human–computer interaction has shown that […]

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