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New Study Reveals Unlimited Mobile Data Plans Expand Access to Education Data, With Low-Income and Rural Households Benefiting Most
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BALTIMORE, MD, February 27, 2025 – A new study published in the INFORMS journal Management Science reveals that unlimited mobile data plans may be a key solution to reducing digital inequality. The research shows that low-income and rural households benefit the most when data caps are removed – particularly in their ability to access educational content.

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OpenAI’s New Stargate Project and China’s DeepSeek: Goliath vs. David
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On Jan. 21, OpenAI launched the $500 billion Stargate Project with partners like Arm, Microsoft, NVIDIA, and Oracle. This initiative aimed to secure American AI leadership, create jobs, and boost the economy. Initially, this boosted the stock prices of these companies.

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Resign or stay? Federal workers are on the clock — Here’s how decision-analysis tools can help
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Living in limbo: An estimated 2 million U. S. federal employees were thrust into a decision they did not seek to make. A deadline from the Trump Administration was halted last week, and is now in the hands of a judge. When a deadline is set those employees will have to make a high-stakes choice: Take a buyout and resign, or they can choose to stay in an uncertain job environment, including the possibility of being laid-off or having significant changes in work duties or leave with a buyout. This current reprieve gives these federal employees a little more time, but the fundamental question for each of them remains: What’s the right move for your career and future?

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Report: Vaccine Distribution Abuse Results From Lax Monitoring

Report: Vaccine Distribution Abuse Results From Lax Monitoring

Watauga Democrat, February 17, 2021

On a recent Saturday morning, Peggy Hoon got behind the wheel of her 2011 Toyota RAV4 and made the 300-mile round trip to Charlotte from her Raleigh home. After weeks of waiting on hold or hearing about COVID-19 vaccination events only after they’d filled up, the 65-year-old Wake County resident finally got a shot. She considers herself lucky and worries about equity issues that leave other seniors unable to find doses of the precious vaccine. State officials say the primary barrier to rolling out the vaccines has been a lack of supply. But the N.C. Watchdog Reporting Network found that in some cases, health workers are giving doses to people who do not yet qualify, according to guidelines from the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services.

NC State Professors, Students Make Contributions to COVID-19 Research

NC State Professors, Students Make Contributions to COVID-19 Research

Technician, February 17, 2021

From last spring to the current semester, NC State professors and graduate and undergraduate student researchers have been applying their skills and knowledge to further our understanding of COVID-19. Robert Handfield, the Bank of America University Distinguished Professor of Supply Chain Management in Poole College of Management, has utilized his work on the digital transformation of supply chains and the procurement of buyer-seller relationships, particularly in the pharmaceutical sector. “When COVID struck, I was asked by a colleague…to serve as a pro bono expert to the joint acquisition task force,” Handfield said. “This was set up to help the nation try to identify sources of PPE, [or] personal protective equipment, N-95 masks, gowns, gloves, etc.”

Houston's Weather Closed COVID Vaccine Sites. Here's What to Know About Rescheduling.

Houston's Weather Closed COVID Vaccine Sites. Here's What to Know About Rescheduling.

LMT Online, February 16, 2021

Don’t expect a jump in COVID-19 vaccination rates this week, as Houston’s hospitals and public health sites shut down their operations due to winter weather and slick, icy roads. Federal distributors postponed the delivery of more than 407,000 first doses of COVID-19 vaccines and 333,000 second doses to Texas due to the Arctic vortex that engulfed much of the country in snow, ice and freezing temperatures over Presidents Day weekend. At earliest, vaccine shipments will arrive on Wednesday and deliveries to vaccination sites around the state will depend on local conditions, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services.

Good Question: Why Did the Vaccine Timeline Change for Those With Underlying Conditions?

Good Question: Why Did the Vaccine Timeline Change for Those With Underlying Conditions?

WBTV, February 16, 2021

We’ve been getting a lot of Good Questions about the vaccine. This question comes from Becky: “When the vaccine first came out, people with underlying issues were in Group 1b, now we are in Group 4. Why did that change and do we have an estimated timeframe as to when we will get to get them?” That timeline did change. Last month, North Carolina officials announced that the rollout groups would change. They said it was for the sake of simplicity. That meant expanding the vaccine to anyone age 65 and up. But also, reorganizing the rollout groups. The change bumped people with underlying issues down to Group 4.

The state has said it’s trying to align with the CDC guidance.

New Research Finds Drive-Through Mass-Vaccination Clinics Could Alter COVID-19 Trajectory

New Research Finds Drive-Through Mass-Vaccination Clinics Could Alter COVID-19 Trajectory

News Release, February 17, 2021

CATONSVILLE, MD, February 17, 2021 – Policymakers at all levels of government are racing to vaccinate hundreds of millions of people to save lives and blunt the deadly COVID-19 pandemic. New research published in the INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics provides a simulated model for drive-through clinics that can be used for mass COVID-19 vaccinations based on the successful use of such a clinic to address H1N1. 

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