This month we go back to school as we visit Villanova University where Professor Xin Wu discusses his research on supply chain transportation systems, how the pandemic impacted global supply chains, the complexities of global supply chains, and syncing supply chains with our transportation networks.

This month we go back to school as we visit Villanova University where Professor Chenfeng Xiong discusses his research on our transportation systems and gives us ideas on how to improve these systems.

OEC reporters visit a national landmark, the old TWA terminal, now turned into a beautiful, historic hotel where visitors can take a step back in time to the “golden age” of flight.

OEC reporters visit the Erie Canal Museum in Syracuse, NY, and the Liz and Dave Beebe Erie Canal Park in Camillus, NY. In this episode viewers will learn about the history of the nation’s first super-highway and how it transformed trade in the 19th century, allowing the Port of New York and New York City to become global economic powerhouses.

OEC reporters visit the Port of Boston, which has connected New England businesses with the rest of the world for more than 400 years, and learn about the port’s newly completed modernization projects, investments, and improvements!

In this edition of Chasing History, we dive into the 250th Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, leading to the American Revolution, dating back to the Tea Tax, and the role it played on businesses and consumers during that era.

In this edition of Chasing History, we dive into the age of exploration and the shipping route that made it easier for Europe to trade with India and China - the Cape of Good Hope. Image Sources Cited: Hondius, Jodocus, and Hans And Hanni Kraus Sir Francis Drake Collection. Franciscus Draeck nobilissimus eques Angliae anno aetatis sue 43. [London?: Jodocus Hondius?] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/84233428/>. Cape of good hope map: Arrowsmith, John. Cape of Good Hope. [S.l, 1842] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/98687123/>. Sailko, "Vasco da Gama Portrait." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 30 May 2021. Web. 08 Mar 2024. https://pixabay.com/photos/statue-herodot-sculpture-herod-756624/ https://www.oldmapsonline.org/en/physical_Khomas_Highland#bbox=15.168174853750031,-24.581907932160206,18.55371471150005,-21.575556822045186&q=&date_from=0&date_to=9999&scale_from=&scale_to=

In this edition of Chasing History, we find ourselves just a few hours outside of Manhattan in Hyde Park, New York. In this one-of-a-kind mansion we dive into how the Vanderbilt family transformed the steamship and railroad industry, while getting a glimpse at how the Vanderbilt’s lived.