Medically Necessary: The enormous challenge of scaling up global vaccine production
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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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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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Complexity, AI & the future of food: Boosting agriculture’s climate resilience
Ag Funder, March 30, 2021
Droughts, floods, storms, tornadoes, and wildfires have always been a problem for growers. According to the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, the US has faced 279 billion-dollar climate disasters since 1980, with the 2020’s ‘Derecho’ storms pummelling Midwestern farmers at a cost of $7.5 billion.
5 TU faculty recognized with USM’s highest honor, most of any system institution
Towson University, March 9, 2021
The University System of Maryland (USM) Board of Regents announced its 2021 Regents’ Faculty Awards on Tuesday, and Towson University has five of the 16 recipients of the system’s highest faculty honor—the most of all the member schools.
Cargo ship freed from Suez Canal, but shipping backlog could last
CBC News, March 29, 2021
The huge cargo ship stuck in the Suez Canal, blocking it for nearly a week, has been set free. While the online fascination may soon fade, the shipping backlog could take a little longer.
These Industries Are Investing in Drive-Thru Services
Yahoo! Finance, March 29, 2021
The coronavirus pandemic has pushed industries to adapt and innovate in a number of ways since the virus began shutting life down as we know it in early 2020. As people sought ways to avoid interacting with others for fear of contracting the virus and yet still needed to access essential services such as COVID-19 testing, medications, vaccines and more, the drive-through service has become a popular option. The industries that have benefited most from offering drive-through services are healthcare, food service and even entertainment.
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