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USA Cycling Awarded the 2025 INFORMS Edelman Award for Data-Driven Olympic Gold Strategy
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BALTIMORE, MD, April 7, 2025 – INFORMS, the world’s largest association for professionals and students in operations research (O.R.), AI, analytics and data science, announced it has awarded USA Cycling its 2025 Franz Edelman Award for Achievement in Advanced Analytics, Operations Research and Management Science, for its use of operations research (O.R.) and analytics in elite sports performance. With Project 4:05, USA Cycling transformed race strategy and athlete preparation, enabling the Women’s Team Pursuit to win gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

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Trump Vows to Veto Bill Blocking Tariffs as Markets Reel
Media Coverage

A bipartisan push in Congress would return the power to impose tariffs to the legislature.

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The Hidden Threat in America’s Defense: Our Energy Grid
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The threat of a terrorist attack on America’s energy grid is growing, with attempts being reported at increasing rates. If it’s not terrorism, it could be adversarial nation-states. This all increases the likelihood that a significant attack on the grid could succeed, leaving large swaths of the U.S. in the dark.

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Will air travel ever return to normal?

Will air travel ever return to normal?

BBC, August 4, 2022

Images of queues, huge piles of luggage and even pilots loading their planes with cargo have plagued the media throughout the world. Airports have been in chaos for months as they have attempted to re-emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic, with Europe, the UK and the USA all having suffered the worst of the effects so far. Flight cancelations have played havoc with business travellers and holiday makers alike, and the problem only appears to be getting worse as a whole raft of flights have recently been cancelled in the UK. All this begs the question, Why are things so bad right now and how do we fix the situation? So this week on the inquiry we ask, Will air travel ever return to normal?

The Impact of the CHIPS Act on the Semiconductor Shortage

The Impact of the CHIPS Act on the Semiconductor Shortage

Audio Clip, August 3, 2022

New audio is available for media use featuring Zachary Collier. Zachary Collier is an assistant professor in the Department of Management at Radford University. He speaks about the impact of the CHIPS Act on the semiconductor shortage. This content is made available by INFORMS, the largest association for the decision and data sciences. What follows are 4 questions and responses. These responses were provided on August 3, 2022.

UMass partners with Kyiv School of Economics

UMass partners with Kyiv School of Economics

The Pie News, August 3, 2020

The University of Massachusetts Amherst recently announced a multidimensional agreement with the Kyiv School of Economics to support Ukrainian students and scholars impacted by Russia’s ongoing war in the country.

The uneven energy costs of working from home

The uneven energy costs of working from home

MSN, August 2, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has given us a sneak peek into how working from home changes electricity demand and what that might mean for Americans’ utility bills. The picture it’s painted so far isn’t very pretty, particularly for anyone who’s already struggling to meet their needs.

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