HPR highlights PI-CASC’s impact and future
August 1, 2025
Hawai‘i Public Radio (HPR) recently published an article and aired a story on “The Conversation” spotlighting PI-CASC’s decade-long impact on climate research and student training across Hawaiʻi and the Pacific. PI-CASC Consortium Executive Director Dr. Darren Lerner was interviewed to share how the center is working to secure continued federal funding to support its mission.
The story highlights the vital role PI-CASC plays in empowering local researchers, supporting student opportunities, and delivering actionable climate science to island communities, and the exciting potential ahead as the center looks to its next chapter.
Read the article and listen to the abbreviated story
Listen to the full story (at 26:00 minutes)