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- 15 Dec 2015
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The Year in Ideas 2015
1991): to provide continuous Internet access to the planet’s unconnected billions through, in Cassidy’s words, a “complex choreography where thousands of balloons are being steered and programmed all in an automated fashion.” The...
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- 16 Dec 2020
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A Creator in the Era of Disruption
spent his entire life building roads for the government. When I was in junior high, he used to take me to the villages on his four by four, and tell me that whatever you do in life, you should give access to those who need it the most....
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- 11 May 2017
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Going with the Flow
problem. Despite that, although we all share this resource, we don’t respect its value and its use. Everybody believes unlimited access to water is their God-given right, and that plays out in its use and abuse.” There is a nexus of food,...
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Robert S. Benchley
- 30 Mar 2022
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Giving Hope and Comfort
lack regular access to soap, shampoo, toothpaste, and deodorant. “No one should have to wake up in the morning and go through the day worried about how they look, smell, or feel because they can’t afford a bar of soap or a tube of...
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- 01 Jun 2014
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Club of Connecticut Editor's note: You can check out Doering's Two Roads Brewing at tworoadsbrewing.com. The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria Re: Forward-thinking farming It always amazes me what people can...
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- 01 Mar 2007
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The Plight of the Global Poor
QUEZON CITY, THE PHILIPPINES: On the edge of this municipality of Manila lies the Payatas dumpsite, the home and sole provider to thousands of scavengers. Payatas and places like it are symbols of a glaring inefficiency: Amid the global economy's great riches, billions...
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- 01 Sep 2014
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percent. Screen Saver Re: AMC Theatres’ quest for a third place Very interesting story of what brick-and-mortar can do to compete in a tough video entertainment market. The puzzle is if this is a strategy of building better mousetraps or trying a whole new way to catch...
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- 20 Nov 2017
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Finding Common Ground
only thing missing was ominous John Williams theme music playing in the background. CollaborateUp specializes in bringing corporations, government agencies, nonprofits, and other organizations together, to take on big, complex issues, such as endangered species...
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- 01 Sep 2016
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Code name: Miesiąc
massacre. Between December 14 and December 19, 1970, soldiers quelling protests in northern Poland had killed 42 people who had been demonstrating against the government’s decision to increase food prices. Maj, long-haired and lanky at...
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- 01 Jun 1999
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Conference Brings Global Perspective to Cape Town
temperate climates that have access to water and are in higher latitudes tend to be more developed than those in lower latitudes with tropical climates and minimal water access. Sachs explained that tropical climates are not good for...
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Susan Young
- 29 Apr 2021
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Equal Partner
source of potential investment. “We want to democratize investment,” Aditya says of Republic’s mission. “This is about leveling the playing field. From the founders’ perspective, it means greater access to capital, and from the investors’...
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- 01 Jun 2010
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Health IT at the Bedside
ordered not to eat anything in advance of a test but was still given his usual dose of insulin. At hospitals that have modern IT systems, when food is being withheld for studies, corrected insulin orders are automatically suggested in the...
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- 09 Mar 2021
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Addressing Education Inequities Exacerbated by the Pandemic
blown wide open, forcing students, their families, and educators to confront a greater range of challenges simultaneously, among them widening socio-economic gaps, the digital divide, food and housing insecurities, domestic abuse, and, in...
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Jennifer Gillespie
- 20 Feb 2019
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Building an Ecosystem for African Entrepreneurs
Bank estimated that 40 percent of the country’s population lacked access to electricity in 2016—“but we hope it encourages and inspires other leaders,” he adds. Entrepreneurs are key to Africapitalism, says Elumelu. That’s why the Tony...
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April White
- 18 Dec 2019
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Thinking Smart About Numbers
“Professor Desai’s students and alumni who heard him for the first time pointed out his expert skill at communicating complex subjects in a simple and highly accessible way.” A question and answer session followed the November 11 talk,...
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Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2022
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December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
them. Ellis draws on his long distinguished career in client services in the financial markets to provide common-sense and accessible advice to anyone with an interest in maximizing their investment returns over the long haul. Inside...
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- 01 Dec 2015
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Ink
present tangible ways in which it can do so (and why).” What I’m Reading “A brilliant materials scientist takes us through the remarkable histories and properties of the world around us, from self-healing concrete to the molecular architecture of fine chocolate. An...
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- 26 Aug 2020
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What the Climate Change Movement Can Learn from the Pandemic
basically doing nothing else except for fighting the pandemic is pretty amazing. And specifically where that comes from, we think about carbon footprints in four categories, at least at the consumer level: travel, food and drink,...
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- 16 Sep 2013
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Canada’s Native Son
by Maureen Harmon Blaine Favel Blaine Favel (MBA 2001) grew up on Cree Indian reservation. His father was a chief, as was his grandfather before him. "It was a true democracy back then," says Favel, when a chief served at the will of the people. Favel recalls his...
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- 11 Dec 2017
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Growing from Within
there’s an obvious cost to that arrangement. But what are the benefits that company ownership offers McDonald’s? In the US, the McDonald’s Operating Company, McOpCo as we call it, plays an important role for the McDonald’s system: providing direct View Details