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New Study Unveils Career Impact of Attractiveness: Higher Salaries and Prestigious Roles Over Time
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BALTIMORE, MD, January 23, 2025 – A new study published in the INFORMS journal Information Systems Research reveals a striking link between physical attractiveness and career success. According to the findings, attractive MBA graduates not only earn higher salaries but are also significantly more likely to secure prestigious job roles, highlighting how appearance influences professional trajectories over decades.

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The LA crisis is bigger than the fires — insurance is the next burning issue
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The Los Angeles wildfires have spread across tens of thousands of acres of land, burning everything in their path. Homes have been destroyed and lives upended as families begin the process of rebuilding — not only their homes, but their lives.  

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Opinion: What to watch in the coming AI policy shake-up
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Something remarkable is happening in Washington. Tech executives who once shunned the political spotlight now make regular pilgrimages to Capitol Hill, and artificial intelligence — a field that traces back to the 1950s — has become the talk of the town.

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A look at the coming year with the 2025 INFORMS President

Welcome to a brand-new year of Resoundingly Human podcasts! Whether this is your first episode, or you are a long-time listener, thank you for joining us and I hope you’ll subscribe for even more great content highlighting the incredible contributions of INFORMS members. To kick off our first episode of the new year, joining me is the 2025 INFORMS President Dave Hunt, vice president at Oliver Wyman, and a 30+ year INFORMS member who received the INFORMS President’s Award for his role in founding INFORMS Pro Bono Analytics and chairing the INFORMS Ethics Guidelines committee.

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With Help From National Guard, Private Docs, Vaccine Distribution Can Be Sped Up

With Help From National Guard, Private Docs, Vaccine Distribution Can Be Sped Up

WRAL, January 6, 2021

Getting the COVID-19 vaccine into people's arms has proven to be a big stumbling block in North Carolina. Help is on the way, though, from many sources. The North Carolina National Guard has mobilized 50 members to help administer the vaccine and to help input data into the state's COVID-19 tracking system. "We increase our number of guardsmen on duty to help North Carolina get needles into arms with the immunization for those that are willing to take the vaccines," said Brig. Gen. Jeff Copeland.

'Chaos and Confusion': Hoosiers Await COVID-19 Vaccine as Indiana Lags in Distribution

'Chaos and Confusion': Hoosiers Await COVID-19 Vaccine as Indiana Lags in Distribution

Indy Star, January 6, 2021

Sarah Bowers has called fruitlessly around to multiple county and state officials to see if she could find any information on when her 95-year-old mother would be eligible for the vaccine. Bowers' mother resides in the independent living section of a senior facility in Indianapolis. Residents in the skilled nursing part of the campus have been vaccinated, but not Bowers' mother, who's in quarantine right now in her apartment.

Pfizer Drops the Blue Pill, Kicks Off 2021 With New DNA Logo

Pfizer Drops the Blue Pill, Kicks Off 2021 With New DNA Logo

Pharma Phorum, January 6, 2021

Pharma companies are always talking about moving ‘beyond the pill’, and Pfizer’s new brand identity embodies that – it’s decades old pill-like logo has been replaced with a DNA double helix that it says reflects its commitment to breakthrough science. The logo – which retains the company’s traditional blue colour scheme – has been more than 18 months in the making and according to the company it is “unlocking the pill to reveal Pfizer’s DNA: the power of science.”

Rolling Out a COVID-19 Vaccine at Surgery Centers

Rolling Out a COVID-19 Vaccine at Surgery Centers

Relias Media, January 1, 2021

Most healthcare employers will want to vaccinate their staff against COVID-19, but the task in surgery centers will not be easy. On the positive side, one part of the access issue is solved: clinical trials produced positive interim results for several of the dozens of vaccine candidates. “It’s an exciting time to be talking about vaccines in general, and to have two vaccines ready for FDA approval is historic,” said Kathleen M. Neuzil, MD, MPH, FIDSA, fellow with the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA). She spoke at IDSA’s virtual COVID-19 vaccine briefing on Dec. 3.

'Fairmandering' Draws Fair Districts Using Data Science

'Fairmandering' Draws Fair Districts Using Data Science

Livingston County News, January 4, 2021

It’s almost impossible for humans to draw unbiased maps, even when they’re trying. A new mathematical method developed by Cornell researchers can inject fairness into the fraught process of political redistricting – and proves that it takes more than good intent to create a fair and representative district. The two-step method, described in the paper, “Fairmandering: A Column Generation Heuristic for Fairness Optimized Political Districting,” first creates billions of potential electoral maps for each state, and then algorithmically identifies a range of possibilities meeting the desired criteria for fairness.

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