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University City Science Center — Philly’s Growing Research Park

As America searches for innovative ways to stimulate local economies and stay competitive in a global market, business and science incubators are popping up all over the country. Philadelphia’s University City Science Center (UCSC) is one of the pioneers of the incubator model, providing lab and office space for start-up, growing, and established companies since […]

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Engineering Reinvention

Culture, News / Harlem Times Staff

In the drawn out wake of Detroit’s economic decline, a certain atmosphere has manifested out of a collective drive to remain resilient; a sterling, relentless hope that this city will triumph. It is in this air of encouragement, embracing ideas, and novel creativity that an open frontier has actualized for all types of creative outlets.

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High Tech Gloss at the Auto Shows

Headlines, News / Harlem Times Staff

The American auto show season kicked off in January with the North American International Automobile Show in the Mecca of U.S. car manufacturing, Detroit. The city stands as a tribute to the automotive revolution of America, and in turn the industry continues to lavish the NAIAS with innovations. Here are some of the highlights: Ford

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Do Luxury Retailers Discriminate Against People of Color

Harlem/Metro, News / Harlem Times Staff

If you call yourself a “true New Yorker,” then you’ve heard of the city’s luxury retail outlets, such as Macy’s and Barneys New York. Stores like these cater to the most well-off in this town Last fall, these two retailers were making headlines, but for all the wrong reasons. They found themselves on the wrong

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10 Million Gallons of Water: The World’s Largest Aquarium

News / Harlem Times Staff

“Georgia Aquarium provides an entertaining, engaging, and educational experience, inspiring stewardship in conservation, research, and the appreciation for the animal world.” – Georgia Aquarium Mission Can you imagine going to the largest aquarium in the world — a place where there are millions of different species? What about a gargantuan aquarium filled with 10 million

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Urban Fare Philadelphia: Amis

Food, News / Harlem Times Staff

Sometimes late morning meals on weekends are hearty and greasy with the purpose of glossing over the previous evening’s over-indulgences. Other times, mid-mornings call for something more sophisticated. Brunch, the luxury of a leisurely Sunday morning, is designed to wake us slowly and ease us into the day, and among the exposed concrete beams, hardwoods,

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A Whole Foods Fresh for Detroit

Food, News / Harlem Times Staff

In recent years, there has been an overdue, significantly essential shift in emphasis in the way consumers view food: from convenient, abundant, and processed to wholesome, natural, and nutritious. Fresh-focused markets have emerged as power players, with local farmers markets taking on dual roles as grocer and weekend event destination, while multi-state markets such as

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Open House & Open Hearts: REBNY Harlem Open House Expo

Headlines, News, Real Estate / Harlem Times Staff

Uptown brokers to showcase exclusive co-op, condo, and townhouse listings; Participants encouraged to support Mayor’s Fund and Harlem Building Explosion Relief Efforts Contact: Johann Hamilton, JHamilton@rebny.com 212.616.5250 NEW YORK, March 25, 2014 – The Real Estate Board of NY residential members are preparing to hold the 2nd Annual Upper Manhattan Committee Harlem Open House Expo,

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Neil deGrasse Tyson—Ambassador to the Universe

Headlines, News, Science & Technology / Harlem Times Staff

By now you’ve probably seen an episode or two of Cosmos: A Space-Time Odyssey. An orchestral tune plays behind stunning galactic images. Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson zips across the Universe, defying the laws of space-time, while crossing into the unknown in his “Ship of the Imagination.” Tyson coolly puts on black sunglasses right before the

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Songs and spiritual hymns from the Emmy and Grammy award winning Soweta Gospel Choir.

On The Town: Celebrating 20 Years of Freedom and the Legacy of Nelson Mandela

Entertainment, News / Harlem Times Staff

It was 20 years ago that decades of racial apartheid were brought to end in South Africa. On February 13th, guests from around the world joined President Bill Clinton, Morgan Freeman, and the Soweto gospel Choir to pay tribute to the man responsible for South Africa’s democratic independence; the late South African President Nelson Mandela.

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