Showing posts with label United Nations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label United Nations. Show all posts
Thursday, May 5, 2022

Thanking the Fabulous Guest Speakers in my Humanitarian Logistics and Healthcare Class

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Now that the Spring 2022 semester has come to a close (except for some grading), I thought it important to publicly thank and recognize the ...
Friday, July 24, 2020

Our Recent Research on Human Migration Networks, Climate Change, and Covid-19

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The New York Times yesterday published an article, "The Great Climate Migration,"   which stated: As with much modeling work, the...
Thursday, June 2, 2016

Inspiring Discussion with Kofi Annan, Former Secretary General of the United Nations, at Oxford University

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Some of the wonderful aspects of being a Visiting Fellow at All Souls College at Oxford University is the amazing people that I have met, th...
Monday, September 30, 2013

Politics of Sustainability -- India and China

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The title of the talk -- Politics of Sustainability -- intrigued me and it was heavily promoted on the UMass Amherst website, so I gathered...
Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Medical Waste, Sustainability, and Operations Resarch

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For many months now, we have been researching health care supply chains, with a focus on perishable products ranging from blood supply chain...
Saturday, March 13, 2010

United Nations of Students and a Mini Reunion

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This past week, a group of my present and past doctoral students gathered in my Supernetworks Lab at the Isenberg School at UMass Amherst fo...
Wednesday, February 10, 2010

ITU of the United Nations Leads the Communications Rebuilding of Haiti

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The Intemational Telecommunications Union (ITU), the oldest organization in the United Nations, is leading the efforts to rebuild the commun...
Friday, October 2, 2009

Supply Chain Network Economics and Taking Risks

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Yesterday, the Dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Dr. Barbara Grosz, launched the official recognition of the institute...