C-MORE Hale

C-MORE Hale Groundbreaking: 15 April 2009

On Wednesday 15 April 2009, ground was broken at UH Mānoa for a $22 million building to house C-MORE labs and offices. It will be one of 17 National Science Foundation centers of science and technology nationwide, and the only one in Hawai‘i. US Sen. Daniel Inouye noted that when he started his college career, ambitious students wanted to go elsewhere to get a top educational experience. “When I got into this business, I said to myself, ‘We’re going to change that‘,” he said, “And this is a demonstration of that change. Now … this is the place to look into oceanography. This is the place where the experts reside.”

Rendering of C-MORE Hale. Thank you to the participants and attendees of the groundbreaking ceremony, with special thanks to University of Hawai‘i President David McClain, UH Mānoa Chancellor Virginia Hinshaw, US Senator Daniel Inouye (above), C-MORE Director Dave Karl, NSF-OIA head Lance Haworth, and Kahu Kordell Kekoa! Read more about in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin. (Photo courtesy of Sam Wilson; click on it to see the full image.)

To view a video of the ceremony, click on the image above of Sen. Inouye, or click here (requires RealPlayer; the video make take a few moments to download, depending on your connection). This video was directed and produced by Eric Grabowski.