SIMPLY THE BEST
CSS faculty members were recognized for excellence at the 2025 UH Mānoa Awards Ceremony. Earning the Regents’ Medal for Excellence in Teaching was Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio, an associate professor in the Department of Political Science. Receiving the Frances Davis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching was Colleen Rost-Banik, an instructor in the Department of Sociology. And winner of the Robert W. Clopton Award for Distinguished Community Service was Maya Soetoro-Ng, an associate specialist at the Matsunaga Institute for Peace in the School of Communication and Information.
FOR SHE’S A JOLLY GOOD FELLOW
Ashley Clark, who earned her master’s degree in Geography and the Environment, is spending 2025 in Washington, D.C., as a John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellow. She is working in NOAA’s Oceanic and Atmospheric Research International Activities Office.
HONORED FOR CONTINUUMS OF SERVICE
CSS Director of Civic Engagement Ulla Hasager is one of two UH Mānoa employees who have received national recognition for their work in academic engagement. Hasager and Atina Pascua, UH Mānoa director of civic and community engagement, were recognized with the 2025 Western Region Engaged Scholar Award earlier this year. Hasager has devoted three decades of service to CSS.
ASSESSING RISK OF SUICIDE
A study co-authored by Santiago Papini on U.S. Army veteran suicides show they can be predicted with “moderate to good accuracy” by applying artificial intelligence (AI) to data available before veterans leave service. Papini, a Department of Psychology assistant professor, said that “by identifying at-risk individuals early, we may be able to provide more targeted and timely interventions, potentially saving lives.”
RECOGNIZED AS AN EMERGING LEADER . . .
UH Economic Research Organization (UHERO) Associate Professor Justin Tyndall has been honored by Hawaiʻi Business magazine as one of the “20 for the Next 20” Class of 2025. The annual award recognizes accomplished professionals whose talents and potential set them apart as emerging leaders of Hawaiʻi. Tyndall’s research at UHERO focuses on understanding how cities function and identifying polities to help create more affordable and livable communities.
. . . AND FOR A LIFETIME OF WORK
Andrew Mason, emeritus professor of Economics, is the 2025 recipient of the Population Association of America’s Robert J. Lapham Award. It is bestowed biennially in recognition for contributions to population research, applications of demographic knowledge to improve the human condition, and service to the population profession.
