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Court Backlogs Are Clogging the System – New Research Finds a Surprising Fix
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BALTIMORE, MD, April 21, 2025 – Courts around the world are struggling to keep up with growing caseloads, leaving individuals and businesses waiting months – sometimes years – for resolution. But a new study in the INFORMS journal Manufacturing & Service Operations Management has uncovered a surprisingly simple way to speed up the system that doesn’t require hiring more judges.

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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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5,600 Operations Research and Analytics Professionals Set to Arrive in Houston for the 2017 INFORMS Annual Meeting

5,600 Operations Research and Analytics Professionals Set to Arrive in Houston for the 2017 INFORMS Annual Meeting

News Release, October 18, 2017

CATONSVILLE, MD, October 18, 2017 – More than 5,600 operations research and analytics professionals and students from around the world will arrive in Houston later this week for the 2017 INFORMS Annual Meeting, doing their part to not only learn and network within their profession, but to help with Houston’s ongoing recovery from Hurricane Harvey. 

Job Hunters: Quality tops quantity when it comes to contacts

Job Hunters: Quality tops quantity when it comes to contacts

The Star Online, October 12, 2017

A new study in the INFORMS journal Management Science, which surveyed 424 jobseekers, found that it's not the number of professional connections you have, but the strength of these connections that really matters during a job search.

Do calorie postings on menus influence us to choose healthier restaurants

Do calorie postings on menus influence us to choose healthier restaurants

Great Taste Magazine, October 13, 2017

In 2008, New York City mandated all chain restaurants to post the calories of items on their menus. The intent was to induce consumers to choose healthier items in the restaurant. A forthcoming  study  in the INFORMS journal Marketing Science, a leading scholarly marketing publication, investigated whether the calorie posting on menus has broader spillovers by impacting consumer evaluations of the restaurant. 

CMU Dean Ramayya Krishnan Elected to Top Leadership Spot at INFORMS

CMU Dean Ramayya Krishnan Elected to Top Leadership Spot at INFORMS

News Release, October 13, 2017

CATONSVILLE, MD, October 13, 2017 - INFORMS, the leading international association for operations research and analytics professionals, announced today that Ramayya Krishnan, Ph.D., Dean of Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy, has been elected as the 25th President of the INFORMS Board of Directors.

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