Green Gala Puts Sustainability on Stage
Emerson students sang, danced, acted, joked, and raised their voices Friday, April 14, all the in the name of environmental awareness. Now in its third year, Green Gala was held at the Emerson/Paramount Center and featured a wide selection of student performers and groups, as well as student films that supported the theme of unity […]
Florian Picasso: Musician, DJ, Record Producer
Twenty-seven-year-old Florian Ruiz-Picasso, better known as Florian Picasso, is a French DJ and record producer who is a great-grandson of the well-known artist, Pablo Picasso. He was born in Vietnam and adopted by Marina Picasso, the granddaughter of Pablo Picasso. Florian has gained recognition for collaborations with 20-year-old Dutch DJ superstar Martin Garrix and Steve Aoki, the […]
Why “Working on the Road” Can Strengthen Your Team
Seventy percent of millennials who took part in a recent survey stated that the ability to travel was the main motivation for working, second only to paying for necessities such as rent and bills. But while millennials may be foot-loose and experience-driven, they are also career-minded, ambitious and motivated by jobs that allow them to […]
Mila Kunis: Actress
Milena Markovna “Mila” Kunis, born August 14, 1983, is an American actress who moved to Los Angeles from Ukraine in 1991 at the age of seven. After being enrolled in acting classes as an after-school activity, she was soon discovered by an agent. She appeared in several television series and commercials, before acquiring her first […]
“African Union Should Stop Acting Like Exclusive Club”
Africa is approaching a tipping point across a number of issues, including the fight against terrorism, creating economic opportunity and embedding democracy across the continent. “Africa at the Tipping Point” was the theme of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation’s annual Ibrahim Forum on Saturday, 8 April. While the continent’s future is in the balance as opportunity […]
Manufacturing Redefined: 6 Trends Changing the Industry Forever
Let’s be honest — sometimes manufacturing gets a bad rap. The industry can be seen as a behemoth — stuck in the past and slow to innovate, the victim of outsourcing and the purveyor of consumerism. Thankfully, in 2017 these stereotypes couldn’t be further from the truth. Global organizations like GE and Caterpillar are investing […]
Starbucks and USAID Empower Colombian Coffee Farmers
Coffee farmers in Colombia faced challenges maintaining their crops during the country’s 50-year civil war. An alliance between Starbucks and the U.S. Embassy, through its Agency for International Development (USAID) is now helping farmers refocus on their crops with an emphasis on coffee quality. “At times, coffee farmers were unable to travel in certain areas […]
New Film Exposes Child Sex-trafficking In America
I am Jane Doe, is a powerful new documentary film that chronicles the epic battle that several American mothers are waging on behalf of their under-age daughters who were bought and sold for sex on Backpage.com, the adult classifieds section that for years was part of the iconic Village Voice. Reminiscent of Erin Brockovich and Karen […]
The High-Potential Leader
The primary reason companies like Facebook, GE, and Netflix win today is the quality of their generals. Never before has it been more valuable to have or to become a high potential leader, one who can set the path and execute a winning plan in this digital age. If a business leader has what it […]
Pierre Morad Omidyar: Founder of eBay
Pierre Morad Omidyar, born June 21, 1967, is a French-born Iranian-American entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is the founder of the eBay auction site where he served as chairman from 1998 to 2015. Omidyar was born in Paris, the son of Iranian immigrant parents who had been sent to France by their parents to attend university. […]
