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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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New Research Finds That Firms Are Penalized For Creating Gender-Diverse Boards

New Research Finds That Firms Are Penalized For Creating Gender-Diverse Boards

Forbes, November 21, 2019

In theory, a company should be intrinsically motivated to create a gender-diverse board of directors. More diversity means more ideas, competing views, and new perspectives. In practice, it’s a different story. New research appearing in the journal Organizational Science finds that firms can pay a steep price for their efforts to increase board diversity.

INFORMS Announces Retirement of Executive Director

INFORMS Announces Retirement of Executive Director

News Release, November 20, 2019

CATONSVILLE, MD, November 20, 2019 – After nine years as executive director of INFORMS -- the leading international association for operations research and analytics professionals (www.informs.org) -- Melissa Moore has announced her intention to retire on September 1, 2020.

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