INFORMS Open Forum

Hello,

We have reworked the weekly COVID-19 news update that we have been posting weekly since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. We are moving to a weekly news update feature press releases and content from our members. This will cover INFORMS members in the news more generally, covering a range of topics each week.

Please feel free to send me any news placements at asmith@informs.org

Kindly,

Ashley Smith

 

INFORMS in the News

 

Press Releases:

 

• 10/4: INFORMS Names 2021 Fellows

 

• 10/4: University of Wisconsin-Madison Industrial & Systems Engineering chair, Laura Albert, elected president-elect of INFORMS

 

• 10/5: Congratulations to the 2022 INFORMS Board of Directors

 

Climate/Energy/Sustainability:

 

• S. Fishermen Are Making Their Last Stand Against Offshore Wind (TIME Magazine)

          September 30, 2021

          Erin Baker

 

COVID-19:

 

• Why Should Airline Pilots be Exempt from the Vaccine Requirement? (York Dispatch)

          October 5, 2021

          Sheldon Jacobson

 

• Need a COVID-19 test in Maryland? First you need to find one. (The Baltimore Sun)

          October 5, 2021

          Tinglong Dai

 

• Why should airline pilots be exempt from the vaccine requirement? | Opinion (Miami Herald)

          October 5, 2021

          Sheldon Jacobson

 

• Health experts urge public to get flu shot to head off 'twindemic' (Chattanooga Times Free Press)

          October 4, 2021

          Julie Swann

 

• From pandemic to endemic, the light at the end of the tunnel is growing (The Hill)

          October 4, 2021

          Sheldon Jacobson

 

• Op-ed: Why should airline pilots be exempt from the vaccine requirement? (Chicago Tribune)

          October 4, 2021

          Sheldon Jacobson

 

• Sheldon Jacobson: Covid-19 booster shot chaos (TribLIVE)

          October 1, 2021

          Sheldon Jacobson

 

• New York Health Care Workers Get Win in Court Against COVID Vaccine Mandate (Independent Journal Review)

          October 1, 2021

          Carri Chan

 

• New York Health Care Workers Get Massive Win in Court Against COVID Vaccine Mandate (The Western Journal)

          September 30, 2021

          Carri Chan

 

• Health experts urge the public to take flu shot to head off 'twindemic' (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

          September 29, 2021

          Julie Swann

 

• CDC needs to give us better data on breakthrough COVID-19 infections: Sheldon H. Jacobson (Cleveland.com)

          September 28, 2021

          Sheldon Jacobson

 

• COVID-19 vaccine data show low risk from third shot as cases decline (Roll Call)

          September 28, 2021

          Julie Swann

 

Disasters:

 

• We can prepare better for hurricanes. Here's how. | Column (Tampa Bay Times)

          October 1, 2021

          Halit Uster

 

Drugs:

 

• Three years after legalizing cannabis, Ottawa's tax structure is killing the buzz for small producers (The Globe and Mail)

          October 1, 2021

          Michael Armstrong

 

• New research could prompt Canadian cities to rethink cannabis store bans (MJ Biz Daily)

          September 30, 2021

          Michael Armstrong

 

• Inside Southwestern Ontario's first farm-gate marijuana shop (The Province)

          September 29, 2021

          Michael Armstrong

 

Healthcare:

 

• Dem Mandates Will Doom Hospitals Starting Tuesday - Understaffed Hospitals Forced Into Mass Firings (Independent Journal Review)

          September 28, 2021

          Carri Chan

 

• Dem Mandates Will Doom Hospitals Starting Tuesday - Understaffed Hospitals Forced Into Mass Firings (The Federalist Papers)

          September 27, 2021

          Carri Chan

 

• Dem Mandates Will Doom Hospitals Starting Tuesday - Already-Understaffed Hospitals Forced Into Mass Firings (The Western Journal)

          September 27, 2021

          Carri Chan

 

Miscellaneous:

 

• Developing leaders of technology (Smith School of Business)

          September 30, 2021
          INFORMS

 

• Attend NESCON 2021 virtually on October 4 (Supply Chain Management Review)

          September 29, 2021

          Rob Handfield

 

Supply Chain:

 

• Consumer shortages offer supply-chain lessons (FOX26)

          October 5, 2021

          Chris Tang

 

• The freightmare before Christmas (FreightWaves)

          October 5, 2021

          Anna Nagurney

 

• The container shipping massacre (FreightWaves)

          October 4, 2021

          Anna Nagurney

 

• A Sign of the Economic Times: Shops Lined Up At Savannah Port (Post Bulletin)

          October 2, 2021

          Pinar Keskinocak

 

• A sign of the economic times: Ships lined up at Savannah port (NNY360)

          October 2, 2021

          Pinar Keskinocak

 

• A Brief History of Shipping Containers (The Maritime Executive)

          September 30, 2021

          Anna Nagurney

 

• A sign of the economic times: Ships lined up at Savannah port (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

         September 29, 2021

         Pinar Keskinocak

 

• The $14 trillion reason you should care about the shipping container shortage (Fast Company)

          September 28, 2021

          Anna Nagurney

• Bloomberg Markets: What'd You Miss? (09/27/2021) (Bloomberg)

          September 27, 2021

          Chris Tang

 

• Laura Tingle's Canberra, elections in Japan and shipping containers (ABC)

          September 27, 2021

          Anna Nagurney

 

• There's still a paper shortage. You know what that means. (Marketplace)

          October 4, 2021

          Chris Tang

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Ashley Smith
Public Relations Specialist
INFORMS
Catonsville MD
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