Hurricane Helene Exposes a Rare-Earth Supply Chain Vulnerability
Industry Week, October 24, 2024
Quartz mining in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, highlights the problem of 'single point of failure.'
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BALTIMORE, MD, May 24, 2025 – Most anti-human trafficking efforts focus on breaking up sex sales; however, new research in the INFORMS journal Manufacturing & Service Operations Management is turning its attention to where trafficking truly begins – recruitment. Using machine learning to analyze millions of online ads, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have uncovered patterns that link deceptive job offers to sex trafficking networks. By mapping the connections between recruitment and sales locations, the study reveals a hidden supply chain – one that can now be exposed and interrupted earlier in the trafficking process.
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Opinion: It’s time to tell the truth about how immigration affects the U.S. economy
Los Angeles Times, October 24, 2024
If you’re a physician and a neighbor asks you a medical question, you’re probably happy to share your professional expertise. If you’re a heating and cooling contractor and a friend asks you about her furnace, you likely do the same. In that spirit, I think it’s time for business people to share what we know about immigration: that it powers economic growth and provides many other benefits to the country.
The problem with polling
The Hill, October 23, 2024
Seemingly every day, new polls report that Donald Trump is either ahead of Kamala Harris by 2 points or behind by 2 points.
'Made in China’ election merchandise floods US market
VOA, October 22, 2024
As the United States presidential election enters its final phase, more and more voters are expressing support for their favored candidate by wearing election merchandise.
San Francisco State University Professor Elected INFORMS Vice President of Sections and Societies
News Release, October 31, 2024
BALTIMORE, MD, October 31, 2024 – INFORMS, the largest association for decision and data sciences, announced Theresa Roeder has been named the vice president of Sections and Societies at INFORMS. A renowned expert with significant expertise in the semiconductor industry, Roeder works primarily in the field of discrete-event computer simulation. She is the department chair in the Lam Family College of Business at San Francisco State University.
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