The traditional gummy bear is made from a mixture of sugar, glucose syrup, starch, flavoring, food coloring, citric acid, and gelatin. However, recipes vary, such as organic candy, those suitable for vegetarians, or those following religious dietary laws.
In an astonishing find, Rufus McDonald, a member of a clean-out crew preparing a house outside Chicago for demolition in 2009, discovered a steamer trunk of papers and documents collected by Richard Greener, A.B. 1870, the first black student to graduate from Harvard College.
Consider some of todayâs diverse trailblazers. Most had an Ivy league education at some point. Indra Nooyi, the first female of color to head a Fortune 500 company and Sonia Sotomayor, the first Hispanic-origin Supreme court justice, both went to Yale. Even Obama, the first black president of the United States holds degrees from Columbia and Harvard.