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- 22 Jul 2014
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Hungry for Change
associated with food insecurity in Minnesota ($1.6 billion annually, according to a study by the University of Minnesota) and what it will take to fix the problem ($300 million, with an estimated 100 million meals missed at $3 each). "We... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Venture: A Welcome Assist
Illustration: Chris Gash Illustration: Chris Gash The internet grew up inordinately fast. It all happened so quickly, in fact, that it blew right by the accessibility guidelines that would’ve made digital tools available to everyone, regardless of their age or ability,... View Details
- 29 Sep 2020
- News
A Righteous Path
as we can, but to completely eliminate the problem in our area.” He estimates that for every child Safe Passage is currently assisting, there are three others in the New York area who don’t have legal representation in immigration court.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Making a Difference in the World
consider ancient Rome to be the largest city before 19th century London,14 George Modelski considers medieval Baghdad, with an estimated population of 1.2 million at its peak, to be the largest city before 19th century London.13 Others... View Details
- 27 Apr 2023
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Life Preserver
experiment at Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital as part of a Sylvatica-funded project. (Photo: Jeffrey Andree, Reinier de Vries and Korkut Uygun.) The need was obvious, Giwa says. In the United States alone, scientists View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Business Plan Contest
to the traditional track and 8 to the social enterprise track. FBC Systems, the winning team for the traditional business track, provides software that enables engineers and managers in product development to estimate design costs... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Rent Out Your Ride
CLARK: A bright idea for utilizing untold idle capacity, America’s privately owned autos. It’s estimated that a privately owned midsize car costs about $8,000 a year to own and operate. In cities, it also spends most of its time parked... View Details
- 30 Nov 2021
- News
Cold Calculations
Arctic Ice Project is ready to scale. “It’s time for us to put our foot on the accelerator,” Payne observes. The Arctic Ice Project recently hired a new executive director and is in the process of expanding its board. Fundraising is key now. Payne View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Last Look
together, or what have you. I remember one zealot even floating down the river lashed to a cross. The river wasn’t so clean in those days. I estimate from the hair that this is the late 1970s. I still have in my possession a T-shirt from... View Details
- 30 Mar 2022
- News
Giving Hope and Comfort
Jeff Feingold (MBA 1997) aims to put himself out of business. “That’s the real goal,” says the founder of Hope and Comfort, a Massachusetts-based nonprofit that distributes basic hygiene products. Feingold estimates that, in Massachusetts... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Steady as She Goes
affected areas to restock shelves and give taxed local staff needed time off. In the early days of the pandemic, it meant doing whatever could be done to stock toilet paper. Weckert estimates that in one week, the company sold three rolls... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
A Better Way to Go on Strike
W hen President Clinton imposed a cooling-down period in the American Airlines pilots' strike, he recognized that a strike would impose huge costs on those not involved in the labor dispute - from travelers and airfreight shippers to resorts in Florida and the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Editor's Letter
The things we choose to save, and display, say something about us. Along with the usual photos of loved ones (husband, daughter, horse), my desk in Teele Hall includes a ceramic bluebird, a train ticket from Sri Lanka, and a vintage Budweiser can discovered during a... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
What I Do: Gordon Medenica (MBA 1979)
lottery and gaming for the State of Maryland. A media executive earlier in his career, including 16 years at the New York Times Company, Medenica was drawn by the scale of an industry with estimated annual revenues of over $80 billion, in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Action Plan: Happy Honey
natural] order is for us, then live in harmony with it.” Accept that bee stings come with the territory. Price estimates that the highest number of stings he’s endured at one time is six. Nevertheless, he sometimes works with the hives in... View Details
Keywords: Amy Rogers Nazarov
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Assets: These Little Piggies
Clients, friends, and later, students, also gave him flying pigs over the years, too. Lots of them. About a third of the collection, estimated at 50 items, has found a home in Fuller’s office in the Arthur Rock Center for... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 16 Sep 2024
- News
Life Preserver
“There’s a massive gap between how many people get to benefit from a lifesaving organ transplant and how many truly need one,” says Sebastian Giwa (MBA 2009). He’s spent the last decade trying to change that. In the United States alone, scientists View Details
- 10 Mar 2011
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Philanthropy’s Dilemma
An estimated ten times more money will pour into philanthropy during the first half of this century than during the entire century before. A high-profile case in point is the Giving Pledge, a campaign headed by Bill Gates and Warren... View Details
- 27 Jun 2016
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Ulf Mark Schneider Has Plans to Make Nestlé Healthy
analysts estimate the health business could eventually achieve margins above 20 percent. A recent piece in Bloomberg also discusses Nestlé’s change in direction as a response to changing cultural mores around sugary foods. Nestlé’s goal... View Details
- 19 Jan 2024
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Blockchain for Good
for a low-cost, blockchain-based financial network that would serve some of the estimated 1.7 billion people worldwide who live mostly cut off from financial services. Dyer says Millicent’s payments network will be a purpose-built... View Details