Friday, April 28, 2017

Outstanding Operations Research and Healthcare Undergraduate Honors Thesis and Defense

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Today was magical - warm and sunny and it was a day that I was eagerly anticipating since my Isenberg School of Management student, Karen Li...
Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Disaster Communications

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Yesterday,  we were treated to a guest lecture on Disaster Communications in my Humanitarian Logistics and Healthcare class. Hard to belie...
Saturday, April 22, 2017

March for Science on Earth Day in Amherst, Massachusetts

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We just returned from the March for Science in Amherst, Massachusetts, which many said was the biggest march they ever recalled in our great...
Thursday, April 20, 2017

STEMing the Tide: Brilliant Lecture On How Female Experts and Peers Act as "Social Vaccines" to Protect Young Women's Self-Concept in STEM

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Yesterday, I had the distinct pleasure of attending a Distinguished Faculty Lecture at UMass Amherst given by the experimental social psycho...
Sunday, April 16, 2017

He Took the Shortest Route to Get to Work at Brown University and That Involved Climbing a Stone Wall - Rest In Peace, Professor Martin Beckmann!

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The email came from his daughter on Thursday, saying that Professor Martin Beckmann, a renowned economist, regional scientist, transportatio...
Friday, April 14, 2017

Fabulous STEM Slam Organized by the UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter

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I just returned from a very exciting event organized by the award-winning UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter. The event was a STEM (Sc...