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Stop Wasting Water! New Study Reveals How to Get People to Conserve – And It’s Not Just About Money
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BALTIMORE, MD, April 30, 2025 – As droughts worsen and water shortages hit communities worldwide, a new study in the INFORMS journal Decision Analysis has uncovered a smarter way to get people to save water – without breaking the bank.

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China’s rare earth minerals power the modern world. Banning their export could destroy it
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Beijing has a virtual monopoly on rare earth minerals—the materials that power everything from military planes to your electric toothbrush.

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Trump’s tech tariff confusion
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The Trump administration’s back-and-forth moves on tariffs for technology products are stirring confusion in a sector heavily reliant on global supply chains.  
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To preserve women’s reproductive rights, end gerrymandering

To preserve women’s reproductive rights, end gerrymandering

The Hill, August 2, 2022

The Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization shifted abortion regulation laws to the states and their legislatures, effectively ending abortion rights at the federal level procured by Roe v. Wade in 1973. This means that states with legislatures that support restrictions on abortions are free to make them illegal or more difficult to obtain, while states with legislatures that support women’s reproductive rights will continue to make abortion options legal and available to women. 

INFORMS Applauds Passage of Historic Legislation to Modernize STEM Education, Thanks U.S. Rep. Houlahan For Her Leadership

INFORMS Applauds Passage of Historic Legislation to Modernize STEM Education, Thanks U.S. Rep. Houlahan For Her Leadership

News Release, August 2, 2022

BALTIMORE, MD, August 2, 2022 – In overwhelming bipartisan fashion, the U.S. House of Representatives last week passed the “Mathematical and Statistical Modeling Education Act,” (H.R. 3588) which, if enacted, would modernize STEM education in the United States. The bill passed by a vote of 323 to 92. The legislation now awaits Senate action on its identical companion bill (S. 1839), which was introduced by Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn.

How is "Shrinkflation" affecting your life?

How is "Shrinkflation" affecting your life?

Steve Cochran on the Big 89, August 1, 2022

Why is there so much air in your bag of potato chips? The Steve Cochran Show and University of Illinois Professor Sheldon Jacobson explains what "Shrinkflation" is and why consumer products have been shrinking in size. 

How is “Shrinkflation” affecting your life?

How is “Shrinkflation” affecting your life?

WLS 890AM, August 1, 2022

Why is there so much air in your bag of potato chips? The Steve Cochran Show and University of Illinois Professor Sheldon Jacobson talk about what “Shrinkflation” is and why consumer products have been shrinking in size. 

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