For every piece of clothing it sells, United by Blue, founded by Brian Linton, pledges to remove a pound of trash from the waterways. Jaine Lucas, head of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Institute at Temple, said, “A lot of people will do that type of thing simply as a marketing ploy. And where Brian has been very successful is that his passion for oceans and water conservation has been sincere and very authentic to him.”

Is the new supplement called TA-65 a longevity pill? Its manufacturers claim that it improves skin, vision and sexual function. “I would say buyer beware,” said Jean-Pierre Issa, director of Temple’s Fels Institute. He said that in general, supplements like TA-65 should be avoided because they are not required to be tested or given approval by the FDA.