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New Research Showcases Pivotal Shift Toward Energy Democracy
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BALTIMORE, MD, November 12, 2024 – New research in the INFORMS journal Manufacturing & Service Operations Management is guiding the development of more inclusive and efficient electricity markets. The work demonstrates how aggregating small-scale, distributed energy resources (DERs) like solar panels can effectively balance the power of large utility companies.

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What Trump's win means for retail giants like Walmart, Target, and Costco
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Donald Trump's return to the White House is likely to usher in sweeping changes that affect retailers such as Walmart, Target, and Costco — from new tariffs to tax cuts and a new regulatory environment.

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A New Light at Intersections Could Help Louisiana Traffic Flow
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NEW ORLEANS, La. (KPEL News) - Louisiana intersections might one day look different, with the familiar red, yellow, and green lights potentially gaining a new color: white.

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Canceling the College-Football Season Isn’t Enough

Canceling the College-Football Season Isn’t Enough

The Chronicle of Higher Education, July 20, 2020

The National Collegiate Athletic Association needs to cancel the college-football season. There should be nothing controversial about this statement. After all, Canadian universities canceled fall sports more than a month ago — so has Morehouse College, and so have the Ivies and the entire National Junior College Athletic Association.

'Tremendous Responsibility': Why Illini Don't Release COVID Info

'Tremendous Responsibility': Why Illini Don't Release COVID Info

Illini Inquirer, July 19, 2020

As college athletes have returned to campuses across the country for voluntary workouts over the last six weeks, athletic departments are taking various approaches to how they disclose COVID-19 test results with the public.

What Went Wrong in Florida? Timing, Testing, Tourism and a COVID-19 Crush

What Went Wrong in Florida? Timing, Testing, Tourism and a COVID-19 Crush

Ellwood City Ledger, July 17, 2020

Two months after Gov. Ron DeSantis boasted about proving the experts wrong by flattening the curve and getting COVID-19 under control, Florida has become the state that other states don’t want to become. Even with an emergency order reversing the reopening of bars and nightclubs, Florida has witnessed unprecedented, record-breaking growth in the daily number of cases and deaths reported for the last two weeks.

Researchers: COVID-19 Data Often Incomplete, Unavailable

Researchers: COVID-19 Data Often Incomplete, Unavailable

The Richmond County Daily Journal, July 16, 2020

As COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations rise across North Carolina, key parts of the state’s science and data remain inaccessible to the public. “North Carolina is relying on the data and the science to lift restrictions responsibly, and right now our increasing numbers show we need to hit the pause button while we work to stabilize our trends,” Gov. Roy Cooper said June 24 when he announced the modified Phase Two restrictions.

Researchers: Women Shouldering the Burden of Pandemic Life More Than Men

Researchers: Women Shouldering the Burden of Pandemic Life More Than Men

Fox 23, July 16, 2020

Research shows women are shouldering the burden of the coronavirus pandemic far more than men when it comes to distance learning, childcare and household labor. Dr. Ruomeng Cui from Emory University, along with researchers from Harvard University, studied a large database where scholars submit papers they are working on and found productivity among male researchers increased 35 percent during the lockdown, while productivity for female researchers stayed flat or dropped. 

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