Person Place Thing with Randy Cohen

Early in his career, the conductor of the National Children’s Chorus interviewed for a job with Sister Stella Maria Enri... Read more

A former writer and performer for Saturday Night Live, he says that each episode was written in one night, “and by night... Read more

Following in her father’s footsteps, the head of the Department of Citywide Administrative Services says, “I had a chanc... Read more

Through her many projects, this landscape architect has learned a lot—about nature, about human behavior, about their in... Read more

He’s just concluded six-years as conductor of the New York Youth Symphony. As a youth himself, he was taken to Disney Co... Read more

He knows his pandemics, of course. What's more, the recently retired head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infec... Read more

This esteemed musician tells great stories, but they might not be entirely true. “I got to give it a little something. Y... Read more

He was born into a clan of antiquarian book dealers but avoided entering the family business. Barely. He's now president... Read more

This human-rights lawyer, a professor at Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health, was reluctant to embrace her Irish ... Read more

In 1958, with Hamilton Holmes, she desegregated the University of Georgia and went on to a distinguished career in journ... Read more