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AI-Powered Tech Supercharges Ocean Cleanup, Boosting Plastic Collection by 60%
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BALTIMORE, MD, April 23, 2025 – As plastic pollution in the world’s oceans reaches critical levels, groundbreaking new research reveals how artificial intelligence-driven algorithms can dramatically accelerate plastic waste removal – boosting efficiency by more than 60%.

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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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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.

INFORMS congratulates Nobel Prize winner Richard Thaler

INFORMS congratulates Nobel Prize winner Richard Thaler

News Release, October 12, 2017

CATONSVILLE, MD, October 12, 2017 - INFORMS congratulates Richard H. Thaler, renowned behavioral economist and researcher, who was awarded the 2017 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his outstanding contributions to the field of economics. Among the citations prominently featured by the Nobel Prize committee in Professor Thaler’s award was his seminal 1985 paper on his now famous theory of mental accounting, which was published in the INFORMS journal Marketing Science.

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