AURA Workforce and Diversity Committee visit Mauna Kea

Participants in the AURA Workforce and Diversity Committee Meeting on the way up to visit Gemini North on Mauna Kea. William Stormont shared his knowledge of the natural history of the mountain on the drive up to the telescope. Later, Koa Rice presented background on the cultural history and importance of Mauna Kea to the Polynesians and Hawaiians and Bob McLaren, from the University of Hawaii’s Institute for Astronomy, reviewed the history of modern astronomy on the mountain and the management of the mountain for astronomical research. Read more at https://www.gemini.edu/node/11581.