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.
A bipartisan push in Congress would return the power to impose tariffs to the legislature.
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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The tampon shortage, like that of baby formula, is the result of many factors, including too few manufacturers, not enough trained workers, droughts that have affected cotton crops, and the war in Ukraine driving up prices of raw materials.
When Russia invaded Ukraine in late February, international supply chains were still fragile after the massive impact of coronavirus (COVID-19). Although the devastating invasion is not causing the same kind of impact on shipping routes as the initial quarantine lockdowns of March 2020, when planes were grounded and ports closed all over the world, it’s nonetheless affecting supply chains enough to cause significant difficulties for organisations and individuals the world over.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that over 82 million doses of COVID vaccines were wasted, representing 11% — one in nine — of the doses provided by the manufacturers. Even at a modest cost of $30 per dose, this represents around $2.5 billion of taxpayer dollars.
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin again is calling for a suspension of the commonwealth's gas tax as a way to help lower the price at the pump.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) introduced a three-level system in late February to describe COVID-19 community impact in the more than 3,200 counties across the country. Aside from recommendations on vaccines and boosters, as well as testing if symptoms are present, these levels are being used to assess the need for face masks when indoors in public venues.
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