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New Research Shows How Inclusive Workplaces Can Empower Black Employees to Thrive
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BALTIMORE, MD, February 19, 2025 – A groundbreaking study in the INFORMS journal Organization Science has revealed how workplaces can better support Black employees, ensuring they feel empowered to express their true selves. Conducted by a team of researchers from leading universities, the study highlights the transformative power of inclusive environments where authenticity and mutual understanding are valued.

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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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U.S. needs to shore up medical device manufacture or risk vulnerability in times of crisis | GUEST COMMENTARY

U.S. needs to shore up medical device manufacture or risk vulnerability in times of crisis | GUEST COMMENTARY

The Baltimore Sun, December 26, 2023

Among the many lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic was that adequate access to medical supplies is critical to individual, community and national well-being. But we could soon find ourselves relying on foreign countries with conflicting interests to ours for essential medical devices. Not only does that threaten jobs and investment, but it makes the U.S. vulnerable in times of crisis, ultimately threatening our national security.

Decision Science Digest: December 21, 2023

Decision Science Digest: December 21, 2023

News Release, December 21, 2023

BALTIMORE, MD, December 21, 2023 –

EDITOR’S NOTE: Decision Science Digest is a periodic communique highlighting recent peer-reviewed research published by INFORMS, the largest association for the decision and data sciences, across its 17 journals. This issue highlights four press releases based on the findings of new peer-reviewed articles.

  • New Research Finds Telework During Disasters Reduced Workplace Gender Inequality (INFORMS journal Information Systems Research)
  • Finding a Solution for Nurse Turnover Rates at Aging Facilities, How its Leading to Better Quality and Cost of Elder Care (INFORMS journal Manufacturing & Service Operations Management)
  • The Cost of Midyear School Assessments, Do Bonuses Help Incentivize Everyone Involved? (INFORMS journal Management Science)
  • A Bike and Robot Working Together—Researchers Say it Could Be the Key to More Efficient E-commerce Deliveries (INFORMS journal Transportation Science)

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