Thursday, September 11, 2025

Welcoming my New PhD Student to the Isenberg School of Management

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It has been a dynamic first two weeks of the new academic year at UMass Amherst! I have been busy teaching my Transportation & Logistics...
Saturday, August 30, 2025

Kudos to the UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter!

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It is hard to believe that the UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter was founded in 2004! I have been lucky to have served as its Faculty Ad...
Saturday, August 23, 2025

The 2nd Virtual Conference on Ukraine was OUTSTANDING!

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I'd like to thank KTH The Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden, for hosting our 2nd Virtual Conference on Ukraine August 2...
Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Supply Chain Vulnerabilities and the Need for Diversification - Thanks to The Democracy Forum for the Invitation to Serve as a Panelist!

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The invitation arrived a few weeks ago from Lord Charles Bruce, the President of The Democracy Forum. The panel webinar on "Supply Chai...
Monday, July 21, 2025

Congratulations to the 2025 Shevchenko Emergency Fellows! Honored to Have Served on the Committee

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Russia's war on Ukraine continues to rage and is now in its 4th year. Many Ukrainian scholars, writers, and artists have been deeply aff...
Wednesday, July 16, 2025

Rest in Peace, Professor Hani S. Mahmassani

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I received the heartbreaking news that Professor Hani S. Mahmassani, a superstar in transportation science and operations research, passed a...
Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Working with Colleagues in Ukraine Is Inspiring

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Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, I have been deeply involved in supporting higher education there. I ...