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Law
Faculty Activities Noted
Larry Foster, dean of the
William S. Richardson School of Law,
addressed President Bush’s Advisory Commission on Asian American and Pacific
Islanders during a reception co-sponsored by the law school earlier this month.
He also, along with Professor of Law Eric Yamamoto,
has been reappoined to a two-year term on the Judicial Performance Review Panel.
In addition to his legal credentials, Foster
has a PhD in Chinese studies. Yamamoto
was featured in the January 2002 issue of Malamalama for his work on
civil liberties.
Recent
Accomplishments
 Karen
Umemoto , assistant professor of urban
and regional planning at Manoa, received the Association of Collegiate Schools
of Planning's Chester Rapikin Award for her paper "Walking in Another's
Shoes: Epistemological Challenges in Participatory Planning. For more, see the
news release.
Chinese
Studies Fund Recipients Announced
The following individuals have received awards from the Chung-Fong and Grace
Ning Chinese Studies Fund:
Roger Ames, philosophy, to participate in
a panel organized by the American Philosophical Association on his book Focusing
the Familiar: A Translation and Philosophical Interpretation of the Zhongyong.
Song Jiang, East Asian languages and literatures,
to present the paper “A Comparative Study of Vocabulary in Beginning Chinese
Textbooks”at the annual conference of the Chinese Language Teachers Association
in Salt Lake City.
Frederick Lau, music, to present the paper
“Serenading the Ancestors: Honolulu Qingming Festival as Multicultural
Extravaganza”at the International Congress of the Musicological Society
of Japan in Japan.
Katsuhiro Ota, East Asian languages and
literatures, to purchase a specialized font to print romanized Hokkien materials
for instructional use.
Brian
Bruya, graduate student in philosophy, to present the paper “Spontaneity
and Natural Action”at the annual conference of the American Philosophical
Association in Philadelphia.
Xiaodan Wang, graduate student in political
science, to present the paper “E-democracy: the Internet Challenge in China”
at the annual conference of the International Studies Association-West.
In Memory:
Entomologist Elmo Hardy
 Services
were held Oct. 22 for Emeritus Professor D.
Elmo Hardy, who passed away Oct. 17. The
88-year-old entomologist had remained active in Manoa's College of Tropical
Agriculture and Human Resources since retiring in 1981. During a long and distinguished
career, Hardy published 235 papers and books, described more than 3,000 new
species and received numerous awards, including the ESA Excellence in Research
Award in 1976, UH Regents' Medal for Excellence in Research in 1968 and and
a UH Board of Regents Medal of Distinction in 1998. Hardy is survived by his
grown children and his wife, Illse. Services
were held Oct. 22; memorial gifts may be made to the D. Elmo Hardy Scholarship
Fund at the University of Hawai‘i Foundation, 2444 Dole Street, Honolulu,
HI 96822. For more, see the Star-Bulletin
obituary.
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