Randy Cohen was born in Charleston, S.C., and raised in Reading, Pa. He attended graduate school at the California Institute of the Arts as a music major studying composition.
University of Hawaiʻi’s Institute for Astronomy Director Doug Simons spoke to The Conversations Catherine Cruz about the uncertain future of astronomy and research through telescopes on Mauna Kea amid proposed funding challenges.
Former Gov. of Hawaiʻi Ben Cayetano and Waikiki Improvement Association president Rick Egged spoke to The Conversation's Catherine Cruz about the creation of the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority as a separate entity in 1998, and the work accomplished over its 27-year history.