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Hillel Glazer '01YC has always enjoyed pondering the quintessential inventor's question, ''Wouldn't it be cool if?'' Contemplating cool creations led Glazer to one hot product. Since inventing the patented HeatTrak--a heated, snow-melting walkway mat that he launched in 2004--Glazer has enjoyed ...

If Eric Halivni (Weisberg) '93YC could travel back in time, he would go back 62 years to the establishment of the State of Israel. Halivni's fascination with this time period stems from his curiosity about the personal stories behind the establishment of the State of Israel. It is this ...

According to the old saying, charity begins at home--but for Dafna Michaelson '95S, it took going on the road to find out where charity and community service truly begin. In the spring of 2008, Michaelson had an idea. The daily news was filled with reports of the worst economic climate since the ...

Elaine Witty '88S, '91C The emotional aftershocks from the recent earthquake in Haiti were felt worldwide. Responding to desperate conditions, people across the globe reached out to provide assistance in any way they could. One person, Molly Marks, a pediatric nurse from Knoxville, TN, traveled ...

Jay Zuller ‘89YUHS ‘93YC It’s been more than four years since Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was abducted by Hamas, and in an era when the attention span of much of the world is no longer than a day, the tragic case may already have been forgotten by some. But for Jay “Yudi” Zuller ’89YUHS ’93YC the…