Ola Adekunle

Ola Adekunle

Patent Counsel, Google LLC By Katlin Swisher Born and raised in Nigeria, Ola Adekunle came to West Virginia to further his education. The oldest of three children, he was the first person in his immediate family to attend college. Today, he is a patent lawyer for Google, LLC, where he uses his law and MBA…

Finding Old-World Charm in Portugal

Meet any native of Lisbon, Portugal, and they will quickly recall November 1, 1755. Known as All Saints’ Day, that is the day Lisbon experienced a sequence of three earthquakes ranging from 8.5 to 9.1 in magnitude, one of which was one of the deadliest in history. While the earthquake brought destruction through both a tsunami and fires, one area remained untouched from the devastation: Alfama.