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Hello,

Please find this week's INFORMS news update. You can find media placements and news releases from 12/12-11/27. Please feel free to send me any new placements at asmith@informs.org. 


Kindly,

Ashley Smith

 

INFORMS in the News

 

Press Releases:

 

12/5:     New Research Develops a Model for Political Redistricting that Optimizes Political Fairness

 

12/6:     Proximity to Senior Managers Enhances Inventors' Productivity, Creativity

 

12/8:     New Audio Available for Media Use: Tackling the Challenges of a Tri-demic (RSV, Flu and Covid)

 

12/8:     New Audio Available for Media Use: How UPS Meets the Holiday Peak Season Demand

 

Media Placements:

 

Crime:

• Lawrence Wein: Computation cracks cold cases (Stanford University)

 

Electric Vehicles:

• Will widespread adoption of EVs crash the power grid? (WRAL News)

 

Inflation:

• From Gifts To Groceries: How To Save Amid High Inflation (Today Show)

 

• Sheldon Jacobson: Inflation is bad, but it could worsen if the US dollar weakens (Chicago Tribune)

 

Journals: 

• Proximity To Senior Managers Enhances Inventors' Productivity, Creativity (Quick Telecast)

 

• New research develops a model that optimizes political fairness for political redistricting (vnexplorer)

 

• New Research Develops A Model That Optimizes Political Fairness For Political Redistricting (Quick Telecast)

 

• How big of an effect do boycotts have on brand sales? (The Print)

 

Marijuana:

• Focus on cannabis edibles pays off for London company (The London Free Press)

 

Miscellaneous: 

• Apple made China the backbone of its iPhone assembly. Shifting away could take years (CNN Business)

 

• What's the Secret to STEM Diversity? Mentorship, According to a New Study (Technology Networks)

 

• Apple could lose billions from China's COVID chaos-and there's not much Tim Cook can do about it (Fortune)

 

Politics:

• Supporting Ukraine Through Academic Partnership (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)

 

• NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week (Daily Mail)

 

• NOT REAL NEWS: A Look at What Didn't Happen This Week (US News & Word Report)

 

• NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week (The Associated Press)

 

• Fact-checking claims about beer smuggling at the World Cup, Arizona's election equipment and more (69 News)

 

Supply Chains:

• Commentary: Let's not lose sight of stubborn supply chain challenges (Portland Press-Herald)

 

• Small Companies Play A Massive Position In Provide-Chain Resilience (URL4Ever.com)

 

• Making EVs without China's supply chain is hard, but not impossible - 3 supply chain experts outline a strategy (Daily Magazine)

 

• Supply Chain Movement 47 | Resilience & Systems (Supply Chain Movement)

 

• A Supply Chain Christmas List 2022 (Supply Chain Digest)

 

Weather:

• Wisconsin utilities prepare for attacks like the one in North Carolina that left thousands without power (Wisconsin Public Radio)

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Ashley Smith
Public Relations Specialist
INFORMS
Catonsville MD
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