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INFORMS announces the results of the 2025 election for the Board of Directors. These new members will begin their tenure on the board beginning January 1, 2026.

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INFORMS has named Anna Nagurney, the Eugene M. Isenberg Chair in Integrative Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, as the recipient of the 2025 INFORMS President’s Award.

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INFORMS has named 12 distinguished leaders as 2025 INFORMS Fellows, one of the highest professional honors in operations research, analytics and AI.

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First Omicron Death in U.S. Was Reinfection

First Omicron Death in U.S. Was Reinfection

WebMD, December 24, 2021

Dec. 24. 2021 -- The first confirmed death from the Omicron variant in the U.S. was a reinfection. The man, who was in his 50s and lived in Harris County, Texas, was unvaccinated and had previously been infected with COVID-19. He recently contracted the virus again, and it was confirmed as the Omicron variant.

Sheldon Jacobson: NHL, other professional leagues imploding with covid-19

Sheldon Jacobson: NHL, other professional leagues imploding with covid-19

TribLive, December 23, 2021

Dozens of NHL players are under covid-19 protocols, resulting in teams playing shorthanded, and in some cases, temporarily shutting down. There have been several postponed games over the past two weeks, including cross border games, with teams that were still in action playing to empty arena. The NHL has now officially paused the season through Christmas, with further extensions possible.

COVID cases, hospitalizations up in Tennessee, Georgia

COVID cases, hospitalizations up in Tennessee, Georgia

WDEF, December 23, 2021

Covid cases continue to rise as the Omicron variant has surged in Tennessee and Georgia. The cases are definitely on the rise. We are testing a lot more people this week than we have in weeks past. As well as doing more monoclonal antibody treatments that case numbers are definitely on the rise in Hamilton County. The Omicron variant is more transmissible than Delta has been,” said Pharmacist Jacob Standefer with Access Family Pharmacy.

Omicron Drives U.S. Virus Cases Past Delta's a Peak

Omicron Drives U.S. Virus Cases Past Delta's a Peak

The New York Times, December 23, 2021

The Omicron variant which is now dominate in the United States and spreading faster than any variant yet, has already pushed daily coronavirus case counts higher than the peak of the recent Delta wave.

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