323: Five Columbia Students Try to Eliminate Plastic Waste at Sporting Events

Joe and Tom close the 2022-2023 academic year by bringing five current Columbia Sports Management students onto the show to discuss an award-winning project they worked on. Students Christina Chen, Daniel Manzi, Hernan Gonzalez, Naoya Kanno, and Pablo Aycart teamed up to compete in the SportsPro Hackathon earlier this year and devised a product designed to significantly reduce plastic cup waste at sporting events. The group joined the show to pitch the product, share their experiences working on the project and the subsequent recognition it received, as well as their experiences so far as Columbia Students. The CUSP Show is a production by the faculty of Sports Management at Columbia University. You can get in touch with the program on Twitter @CU_SPS_Sports. The CUSP Show is hosted by Joe Favorito (@Joefav), Tom Richardson (@ConvergenceTR), and Scott Rosner (@scottrosner). The show is produced by Matt Hornick ‘23 (@MNHornick),  Cindy Li ‘23 (@cindyliiiii), LJ Holmgren (@LJ_Holmgren), and Danny Hagenlocher (@DhColumbiaSPS), with Rashad Hyacenth ‘23 and Marco Vonderheide ‘23 managing social media efforts.