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Faculty Research: Isenberg Professor Shares Supply Chain Expertise During Pandemic
February 05, 2021
Isenberg’s Anna Nagurney has been getting calls from media outlets since it became clear that the coronavirus pandemic was leading to unusual supply chain shortages. Now that vaccines are being distributed, her knowledge of transportation logistics is making her a sought-after expert for national media outlets from NPR to the Wall Street Journal.
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Wayfair CEO Tells Isenberg Students About Running a Company During a Pandemic
November 27, 2020
“We have been pleasantly surprised by a tsunami of consumers who are trying the online retail experience,” observed Wayfair CEO, co-founder, and co-chairman Niraj Shah. v
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Students Develop Time-Management App
October 15, 2020
The app, ClassMate, has been downloaded from the App Store by users at 200 colleges and counting.
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Faculty Research: Covid-19 Pandemic Disrupts Nonprofit Operations
August 07, 2020
Priyank Arora, assistant professor in Isenberg’s Operations & Information Management Department, says the Covid-19 pandemic has underscored the ways that nonprofit organizations must use their scarce resources in an efficient and effective manner, so as to create the best possible social impact.
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Isenberg Online Instructors Lead Faculty Innovation
July 01, 2020
Five Isenberg educators have been named Isenberg Teaching Fellows, a first-time annual award that recognizes the innovative application of new technologies in the classroom.
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Isenberg’s Nagurney Shares Expertise on Pandemic Supply Chain Networks
June 23, 2020
Anna Nagurney was invited to give a webinar called “Blood, Sweat, and PPEs” as the inaugural presentation of a new series focused on applying analytics to real-world problems, for INFORMS.
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Isenberg Students Dissect Telehealth’s Rapid Rise
May 28, 2020
For the spring semester Honors Thesis Seminar, three OIM students survey the telehealth industry’s growth, limitations, and impact on consumers, providers, insurers, and government programs.
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Student Entrepreneurship Club Wins Campus Sammy Awards
May 19, 2020
On top of receiving the Outstanding Recreation Student Org Award for the second year in a row, the Entrepreneurship Club also took home the Campus Impact Award, which recognizes an innovative initiative that has had a positive effect on the university.
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Isenberg Graduation Is a Virtual Celebration
May 15, 2020
Isenberg honored seniors and their families on May 8 with virtual video reflections and praise from professors, alumni, and fellow classmates.
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Isenberg Honors Outstanding Teaching and Research
May 05, 2020
Eight faculty members received awards for exceptional teaching and research at Isenberg’s All School Meeting on April 30.
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Meet the 2020 Senior Speakers
May 05, 2020
Read about all seven outstanding senior speakers here.
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Senior Speaker 2020: Emma Jopson, OIM
May 05, 2020
“After graduation, I plan to help Isenberg students just as alumni have helped me.”
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Faculty Research: Pandemic Gaming
April 22, 2020
The current climate of social distancing has been good for multiplayer online gaming, notes Isenberg OIM Assistant Professor Zachary Sheffler.
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Faculty Research: Isenberg Professor Coleads $2.4 Million Cross-Disciplinary NSF Risk Project
April 10, 2020
Mila Getmansky Sherman is coleader of a new $2.4 million National Science Foundation–funded project that aims to improve the systems allowing for cross-discipline academic collaboration.
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“Disaster Historian” Offers Danish Resilience Insights
February 25, 2020
When Rasmus Dahlberg, an assistant professor at the Royal Danish Defence College, spoke at Isenberg last week, he described his collaboration with the Danish Emergency Management Agency to imagine what would happen if a Russian nuclear-powered ice-breaking ship collided with another ship and ran aground, creating a nuclear emergency.
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UMass Amherst Hult Prize Winner Focuses on Food Waste
December 24, 2019
This year’s UMass Amherst round of the Hult Prize, hosted by the Berthiaume Center for Entrepreneurship, was won by an Isenberg-led venture called Qualtags, which aims to develop stickers that will more effectively show when food has spoiled.
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OIM Students Lend Support to Berthiaume Startups
December 18, 2019
During the fall semester, a course in project management taught by Radu Vlas, an operations and information management lecturer, married student teams with local venture founders vetted through Isenberg’s Berthiaume Center for Entrepreneurship.
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Faculty Research: OIM Professor Shares Work on Improving Society Through Better Operations
December 17, 2019
During the fall 2019 semester, six faculty members presented “30,000-foot overviews” of their research projects to their Isenberg colleagues in the spirit of promoting collegiality and cross-departmental collaboration.
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Isenberg Graduate Sheds Light on Investments that Drive Change
November 21, 2019
PhD graduate Stavros Siokos ’98, managing partner of Astarte Capital Partners LLP, was a guest speaker sponsored by the campus student chapter of INFORMS.
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Faculty Research Report 2019
November 01, 2019
This booklet highlights the innovative research of seven Isenberg faculty members—one from every department—over a wide range of business scholarship.
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