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| April 24, 2006 | |
Legal Stew
CTAHR to Present Awards
Charles Nelson, a supervisor in agricultural equipment development, will receive the Dean's Award for Outstanding Civil Service. Karl Yanagihara, research support staff member, will receive the Dean's Award for Outstanding Service by an Administrative, Professional or Technical Employee. Animal Scientist Charles Weems will receive the Dean's Award for Excellence in Research. Entomologist Po-Yung Lai, a former assistant dean for cooperative extension in Manoa's College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources now working at National Pingtung University of Science and Technology in Taiwan, will receive the college's 2006 Outstanding Alumnus award. The Ka Lei Hano Heritage award goes to Big Island rancher Herbert "Monty" Richards, who has served on the CTAHR Board of Advisors. Honors and AchievementsSix solar astronomers from Manoa observed the March 29 total solar eclipse from the Sahara desert in Libya. Institute for Astronomy's Jeff Kuhn describes the experience in the Star-Bulletin. Kapi‘olani Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Asian Studies Carl Hefner will be installed in a second term as president of the East-West Center Alumni Association-Hawai‘i Chapter during a dinner April 30 at the Willows restaurant in Honolulu. Under Hefner's leadership, the chapter was named Outstanding Chapter for its support of the EWC mission and students. Hilo Associate Professor of Art Michael Marshall juried the All Hawai‘i Juried Art Exhibition, which continues through April 28 at the East Hawai‘i Cultural Center. West O‘ahu Professor of Public Administration Ross Prizzia is a referee and reviewer for the International Review of Administrative Sciences. Works first published in Manoa Journal, which is edited by Professor of English Frank Stewart, have received national attention. Alex Hinton's essay "The Perpetrator, the Victim and the Witness" appears in The Best American Essays 2005 anthology. "City Out of Breath," by Ken Chen, will appear in the 2006 edition. Lysley Tenorio's short story "The Brothers" will be included in The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses 2006 anthology. Poet and Manoa Professor of American Studies Joseph Stanton presented a free reading, Poetry, Painting and Baseball, at the Ala Moana Barnes & Noble April 21 to celebrate National Poetry Month. He has published books as diverse as poems on art and baseball, children's literature and suburban wildlife. Manoa Professor of Law John Barkai presented mediation and negotiation workshops recently for the Hawai‘i Civil Rights Commission and state Department of Health. Colleague Mark Levin led the law school's participation in development of the state's second five-year strategic plan for tobacco prevention and control. Manoa Assistant Professor of Oceanography Margaret McManus is a 2006 Aldo Leopold Leadership Fellow. She will receive intensive training in communicating science effectively to non-scientists. |
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Dean Avi Soifer, left, and Professors Randall Roth and
Danielle Conway-Jones were among the Manoa law school faculty and staff
who donned aprons and served stew to hard-studying law students entering
their end-of-semester crush. 
Five people will be honored during Manoa's annual College of Tropical
Agriculture and Human Resources awards banquet May 4 at Hilton Hawaiian
Village’s Coral Ballroom. Monday, April 24 is the registration
deadline. |
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