The College of Humanities and Social Sciences is proud to honor Kimiko Lighty, MAIS '10, with the 2026 Distinguished Alumni Award in MAIS. Lighty is the founding executive director of Restorative Arlington.

SIS Professor Dr. Al Fuertes has just returned from Cape Town, South Africa, after conducting and facilitating a trauma healing and resilience seminar from September 3 to 10, 2026.

School of Integrative Studies (SIS) professor Dr. Al Fuertes has been appointed Commissioner to the Philippine Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), a 100% civilian-led and independent Commission to advance public accountability, uphold the right of truth, and support national healing by producing an authoritative, evidence-based public record of extra judicial killings and related patterns of lethal violence that have undermined human dignity and the rule of law, of the former President Duterte’s war on drugs, which escalated in 2016.