{"id":123887,"date":"2020-07-30T16:17:44","date_gmt":"2020-07-31T02:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=123887"},"modified":"2020-07-30T16:17:44","modified_gmt":"2020-07-31T02:17:44","slug":"mko-under-the-dome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/07\/30\/mko-under-the-dome\/","title":{"rendered":"Maunakea panel to feature <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> Hilo student, alumna"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/maunakea-telescopes-feature2.jpg\" alt=\"Maunakea\" width=\"630\" height=\"353\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/maunakea-telescopes-feature2.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/maunakea-telescopes-feature2-260x146.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/maunakeaobservatories.org\/\">Maunakea Observatories<\/a> (<abbr>MKO<\/abbr>) distance learning program, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MKOOC\/\"><abbr>MKO<\/abbr>@Home online<\/a> will host a live panel on Friday, July 31 highlighting various jobs people hold on the mountain. The public is invited to tune in to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dsSiCwEUkS0&#038;feature=youtu.be\">Under the Dome<\/a> at 1 p.m., which will feature a University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Hilo student and alumna who work inside the telescopes on Maunakea.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Related <em><abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> News<\/em> story:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/04\/06\/maunakea-observatories-at-home\/\">Explore the universe from home with Maunakea Observatories<\/a>, April 6, 2020<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 0 15px;\"><figure id=\"attachment_123890\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-123890\" style=\"width: 214px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/hilo-astronomy-kuroda-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"John Kuroda \" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-123890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/hilo-astronomy-kuroda-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/hilo-astronomy-kuroda-93x130.jpg 93w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/hilo-astronomy-kuroda.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-123890\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Kuroda<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<div style=\"float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 0 15px;\"><figure id=\"attachment_123891\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-123891\" style=\"width: 214px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/hilo-astronomy-crowder-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"Callie Crowder\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-123891\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/hilo-astronomy-crowder-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/hilo-astronomy-crowder-93x130.jpg 93w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/hilo-astronomy-crowder.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-123891\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Callie Crowder<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<p><strong>John Kuroda<\/strong> is majoring in computer science and mathematics and has been a software engineer at the East Asian Observatory (<abbr>EAO<\/abbr>) since 2016. Kuroda is thrilled to be part of the astronomy community and solve technical problems that surface at <abbr>EAO<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kuroda, what fascinates him the most is &ldquo;the wide variety of staff (and skill sets) that are needed to keep an observatory functioning and the never ending technical challenges that come with observing distant sources.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo alumna <strong>Callie Crowder<\/strong> is a remote observer at the Canada-France-<span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Telescope. She earned a <abbr title=\"Bachelor of Science\">BS<\/abbr> in astronomy, <abbr title=\"Bachelor of Art\">BA<\/abbr> in physics and a minor in math.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What fascinates me most about astronomy is how much we don\u2019t know. It seems that every question we answer there are a hundred more that can be asked. It also makes me more introspective about life here on Earth. When you look at the scale of the universe, small issues of our day-to-day lives don\u2019t seem so big,&rdquo; said Crowder.<\/p>\n<p>Participants can submit questions during the live event about the roles each of the panelists have on Maunakea.<\/p>\n<h2>Related <em><abbr>UH<\/abbr> News<\/em> Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/06\/26\/maunakea-telescope-celebrates-50-years\/\">Maunakea\u2019s first large telescope celebrates 50 years of science<\/a>, June 26, 2020<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/06\/24\/infant-planet-discovered\/\">&lsquo;Infant&rsquo; planet discovered by <abbr>UH<\/abbr> astronomers, Maunakea telescope<\/a>, June 24, 2020<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/04\/05\/imiloa-at-home\/\"><span aria-label=\"Imiloa\">&#699;Imiloa<\/span> Astronomy Center launches program for families<\/a>, April 5, 2020<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maunakea Observatories will host a live panel about various jobs on Maunakea featuring a <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo student and alumna.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[34,554,659,1421,124,14],"class_list":["post-123887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-astronomy","tag-mathematics","tag-maunakea","tag-maunakea-observatories","tag-physics","tag-uh-hilo","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123887"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":123895,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123887\/revisions\/123895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}