BALTIMORE, MD, September 26, 2024 – In overwhelming bipartisan fashion, the U.S. House of Representatives just passed the “Mathematical and Statistical Modeling Education Act,” (H.R. 1735) which, if enacted, would modernize STEM education in the United States. The bill passed by unanimous consent.
Too many people in the United States are dying of colorectal cancer (CRC). The #2 cancer killer in the United States, it impacts Black Americans disproportionately. Compared to White adults, Black adults aged 50 and above get colon cancer at a rate that’s 23% higher than White adults and have a 31% higher risk of dying from the disease.1 These disparities persist despite progress in screening and treatment and are particularly frustrating because CRC is highly treatable when caught in early stages and even preventable when pre-cancers are identified and removed through screening. These differences in incidence and mortality persist even while we have made progress to make screening more accessible to all. A 2019 NIH study showed that a similar proportion of Black and White Americans are up to date with CRC screening2, a meaningful improvement since 20053. If screening access and uptake are now so similar, why do these disparities persist?
Both Amazon and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) are demanding the biometric data of all Americans.
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Logistics Management Group News Editor Jeff Berman recently spoke with Rob Handfield, Professor at North Carolina State's Poole College of Management and Bank of America Distinguished Professor of Supply Chain Management. Handfield also serves as Executive Director of the Supply Chain Resource Cooperative, which adderesses thought leadership and research in the area of supply chain management, within the Poole College of Management, and a member of INFORMS, an international society for practitioners in the fields of operations research, management science, and analytics, where he also serves on its expert panel. Berman and Handfield discussed a wide range of topics, including the recent Suez Canal crisis, the emerging profile of the supply chain, and risk management, among other topics. Their conversation follows below.
WASHINGTON – Today, on Earth Day, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to serve and further the Biden Administration’s commitment to a modern sustainable infrastructure and clean energy future.
Rob Handfield, Bank of America Professor of Supply Chain Management with the Supply Chain Resource Cooperative in the Poole College of Management at North Carolina State University, discusses the reasons behind the current worldwide shortage of ocean containers, and what carriers and manufacturers must do to solve it.
Illinois’ neighboring states all have Republican-controlled Houses and Senates. This state’s Democrat-controlled General Assembly is a Midwest anomaly. Given that we are now in the midst of redistricting season, which occurs once every decade, coinciding with the census, Democratic lawmakers in Illinois are salivating at the opportunity to redistrict to their advantage, with implications for the next 10 years.
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