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How A Milwaukee Entrepreneur, NFL Players, Clean Water, Plastic, and Newark Can Solve A Big Cause Issue

September 1, 2019 by Joe Favorito

Last week as we did new student orientation at Columbia, we were asked what topics we were watching closely this fall; my answer was, and continues to be STEM and healthy lifestyle and its new nosiness opportunities. In that second category is the fast growing issue of clean water, both in developing countries and in …

March Smartness: NJIT Becomes Last Program Standing

March 19, 2015 by eastwin5

In November the college hoops scene in New Jersey was brimming with optimism. Seton Hall was rolling, FDU was coming off of an upset of St. Joe’s and was ready to rock, Rutgers was rebuilding, Monmouth and Rider were ready to challenge in the MAAC, St. Peter’s was improving, Princeton could battle in the Ivy …

Newark Becomes A Sports Mecca?

May 25, 2011 by eastwin5

The idea of sports being an avenue for social change is pretty widely accepted, but the idea that sports brands and facilities being a motivator for economic change in a municipality has certainly been the cause of much more scrutiny, especially in recent years. A piece in the New York Times by Ken Belson last …