Ben Nawy's Posts

1:   https://www.wcjb.com/content/news/Three-pedestrians-hit-and-killed-in-Alachua-County-567440921.html "Three Pedestrians Hit and Killed in Alachua County" The Story:  In the past week, there have been three fatal accidents involving pedestrians being hit by oncoming drivers. The Problem: Drivers, but even more so, pedestrians, do not pay close enough attention to the street laws and lights. Whose Problem: Drivers and pedestrians. 2:  https://www.wcjb.com/content/news/UF-researcher-speaks-on-Coronavirus-567439331.html "UF Researcher Speaks on Coronavirus" The Story: The spread of Coronavirus has swept the world, and their is fear of its spread in the United States, specifically because Florida is popular location for travelers. The Problem : The spread of the virus. Whose Problem: Everyone's. 3:  https://www.gainesville.com/news/20200130/crash-report-pilot-flew-in-turbulence-to-get-to-daughterrsquos-birthday "Crash Report: Pilot Flew in Turbule...

I believe that there is a huge opportunity in the city of Gainesville. This belief is that there is a much more efficient way for the traffic lights between West University Avenue and Southwest 13th Street to be dealt with. Often times, drivers or walkers can wait upwards of 6 minutes until it is their turn to cross or drive, and while this may give those who have the right of way a lot of time, it feels like it just creates a much unnecessary wait time. This is an issue for many University of Florida students, as that intersection is at a busy area, close to the Heavener School of Business, the Standard Apartment Complex, Publix, and Piesanos. Really anyone in the Gainesville area who passes this intersection is inconvenienced by this traffic light. This need for change is instantly felt by almost all residents in the Gainesville community, and modern day solutions include either waiting patiently until it is one's turn(which can waste a lot of time), or for walkers, jay walking (...

One time I was exposed to entrepreneurship was when I took part in a program through the Jewish Community Center called the Social Innovation Fellowship. This fellowship involved introducing high schoolers to entrepreneurship skills, and included a 10 day trip to Israel. Israel is a fairly new nation, yet is among the world's best in innovation, as they rely on it to survive in the Middle East. One part of the trip that I still think about to this day was visiting the water desalination plant in Ashkelon. Being surrounded by sea water, and a large part of the country taken up by desert, it is hard to supply drinking water to the whole country, and it was amazing to see the innovation and entrepreneurship involved in that whole process. Desalination Plant in Israel I enrolled in this class, ENT 3003, because I am a business student, and I believe no matter where I may end up in the business world, it will be important to have entrepreneurship skills. While I am majoring in fina...

Bug List 1: A:  Eating with a fork at my fraternity house standing up because all of the chairs were taken, B: this happens because too many people came to eat within a short span of time, limiting the availability of seats. 2: A: Gnats flying around in the summer, B: this exists because they appear in great numbers when the weather is hot and the people they fly around are sweaty. 3: A: Half of the busses in Gainesville are too hot, and the other half are too cold; there is no in between, B: this happens because it saves money. 4: A: Seeing people bike at Turlington, almost hitting many others through the vicinity, B: people believe biking is more time efficient, but it is hard to bike around within a swarm of humans. 5: A: Eating at my fraternity house, putting the cup under the lemonade machine, but water comes out instead, B: sometimes the supplies needed for lemonade aren't available, and requires someone to go buy them. 6: A: When a charger stops working out of n...