Friday, July 31, 2009

Railroad Networks, Gang Networks, and Behavior

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Yesterday, my husband attended his first meeting as a member of the Railroad Advisory Task Force in Amherst, which is looking at the rail li...
Thursday, July 30, 2009

Dr. Stephen Perry, the University of Hartford, and Truly Inspirational Educational Leaders

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It is still July but I have seen a few colorful leaves falling down in our yard in Amherst. One can sense the anticipation in the air of the...
Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Food Safety, the Financial Crisis, Katrina and Lessons, Reservoir Simulations, Dynamics of Inequality, and Cyber-Forensics

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We are delighted to announce a terrific speaker lineup for the Fall 2009 UMass Amherst Speaker Series in Operations Research / Management Sc...
Sunday, July 26, 2009

Harvard University and Surprises

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My course on portfolio optimization in the Executive Education program at Harvard University took place at Gund Hall, which is the location...
Thursday, July 23, 2009

The Fragility of New York's Travel Network

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The NY Times article that appeared yesterday had the terrific and terrifying title, "Bridge Fire Reveals the Fragility of New York'...
Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Modern Economic Theory -- where it went wrong and how the crisis is changing it

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When I travel there are two things that I never leave home without -- my BOSE headphones and the latest issue of The Economist. Many oversea...
Monday, July 20, 2009

International Students and Why Being a Professor is the Best Job in the World

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This past Saturday, as I had mentioned in a previous posting, my family and I had the pleasure of hosting one of my former MBA students, who...