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Study Reveals Hidden Economic Cost of Sponsored Content for Social Media Influencers
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BALTIMORE, MD, February 25, 2025 – In an era in which influencer marketing dominates digital platforms, a groundbreaking study in the INFORMS journal Management Science unveils a surprising reality: sponsored content can harm an influencer’s reputation and reduce audience engagement.

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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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WATCH: Pandemic Expert Talks Rising Cases Of COVID-19 In Tulsa

WATCH: Pandemic Expert Talks Rising Cases Of COVID-19 In Tulsa

102.3 KRMG, June 23, 2020

Dr. Julie Swann, head of the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at North Carolina State University talks to FOX23's Michelle Linn about the rising cases of COVID-19 in Tulsa, the virus's second wave, and the potential effects of President Donald Trump's recent rally.

Forum: Flexible Work Arrangements Can Help Narrow Gender Pay Gap

Forum: Flexible Work Arrangements Can Help Narrow Gender Pay Gap

The Straits Times, June 24, 2020

Singapore ranked 54th in the Global Gender Gap Index 2020 rankings, below countries such as Bangladesh and the United States. The Ministry of Manpower announced this year that the adjusted pay gap between men and women in Singapore in 2018 was 6 per cent. The pay gap widens in the late 30s, when most Singaporean women choose to have children. The unadjusted gender pay gap here increased from 16 per cent in 2002 to 16.3 per cent in 2018.

Does the ‘Buddy System’ Actually Help Us Lose Weight – or Hinder Us?

Does the ‘Buddy System’ Actually Help Us Lose Weight – or Hinder Us?

Body+Soul, June 24, 2020

Holding your friends and peers to account if they skip a scheduled gym session or you catch them gorging on cookies after they swore they were cutting out sugar is an effective weight loss tool, a new study reveals – but not in the way you might think. The study, by Kosuke Uetake of Yale University, and Nathan Yang of McGill University in Montreal, looked into whether we lose more weight when we start our health kicks as part of a ‘buddy system’.

Why Managing Risk—and Panic—is Key to Keeping Colleges Open

Why Managing Risk—and Panic—is Key to Keeping Colleges Open

University Business, June 22, 2020

To open campuses—and keep them open throughout the fall—college administrators must assess risks beyond the potential spread of coronavirus. Many schools plan extensive testing and contact tracing. But campus leaders must also know the ability of local health systems to contend with an outbreak and also be able to prevent panic if—and more likely, when—infections are diagnosed, says Sheldon H. Jacobson, a founder professor of computer science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an expert in data-driven risk assessment.

Pandemic Expert Says Spike in COVID-19 Cases in Oklahoma is Not ‘Second Wave'

Pandemic Expert Says Spike in COVID-19 Cases in Oklahoma is Not ‘Second Wave'

Fox 23 News, June 23, 2020

Dr. Julie Swann says we’re still in the first wave. Dr. Swann is the head of the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at North Carolina State University where she studies how government leaders respond to a pandemic -- without overwhelming hospitals-- the efficient distribution of food and vaccines, and safe reopening businesses and schools.

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