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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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INFORMS Names 2021 Fellows

INFORMS Names 2021 Fellows

News Release, October 4, 2021

INFORMS, the largest association for decision and data sciences, has officially named 12 outstanding members as Fellows, one of the highest honors in the O.R. profession. The 2021 INFORMS Fellows will be inducted during the 2021 INFORMS Annual Meeting, Oct. 24-27, which will be held both virtually and on location in Anaheim, Calif. INFORMS Fellows are honored for their outstanding lifetime accomplishments and contributions in operations research and analytics. 

University of Wisconsin-Madison Industrial & Systems Engineering chair, Laura Albert, elected president-elect of INFORMS

University of Wisconsin-Madison Industrial & Systems Engineering chair, Laura Albert, elected president-elect of INFORMS

News Release, October 4, 2021

CATONSVILLE, MD, October 4, 2021 – INFORMS, the largest association for the decision and data sciences, announced that the David H. Gustafson Department Chair of Industrial & Systems Engineering in the College of Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Laura Albert, has been elected president-elect and will serve as INFORMS president in 2023. 

COVID-19 vaccine data show low risk from third shot as cases decline

COVID-19 vaccine data show low risk from third shot as cases decline

Roll Call, September 28, 2021

The Biden administration’s COVID-19 booster shot campaign is off to a promising start, with about 1 million Americans signed up to receive a third Pfizer dose at pharmacies in the coming weeks, and adverse reactions to booster shots are rare, according to new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data released Tuesday.

CDC needs to give us better data on breakthrough COVID-19 infections: Sheldon H. Jacobson

CDC needs to give us better data on breakthrough COVID-19 infections: Sheldon H. Jacobson

Cleveland.com, September 28, 2021

URBANA, Illinois -- The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides weekly reports on breakthrough infections leading to hospitalizations and deaths. However, similar data on infections amongst previously infected people are needed to assess the road to the virus becoming endemic -- present in the population but manageable due to widespread immunity.

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