News Room

A collection of press releases, audio content and media clips featuring INFORMS members and their research.

AI-Powered Tech Supercharges Ocean Cleanup, Boosting Plastic Collection by 60%
News Release

BALTIMORE, MD, April 23, 2025 – As plastic pollution in the world’s oceans reaches critical levels, groundbreaking new research reveals how artificial intelligence-driven algorithms can dramatically accelerate plastic waste removal – boosting efficiency by more than 60%.

Read More
China’s rare earth minerals power the modern world. Banning their export could destroy it
Media Coverage

Beijing has a virtual monopoly on rare earth minerals—the materials that power everything from military planes to your electric toothbrush.

Read More
Trump’s tech tariff confusion
Media Coverage
The Trump administration’s back-and-forth moves on tariffs for technology products are stirring confusion in a sector heavily reliant on global supply chains.  
Read More

Resoundingly Human Podcast

An audio journey of how data and analytics save lives, save money and solve problems.

Media Contact

Ashley Smith
Public Affairs Coordinator
INFORMS
Catonsville, MD
[email protected]
443-757-3578

INFORMS in the News

What are you looking for?

Type of Content
Topic
Report: 70% of elementary school students may be infected with COVID-19 within three months without masks

Report: 70% of elementary school students may be infected with COVID-19 within three months without masks

Yahoo! Finance, August 20, 2021

ADAM SHAPIRO: Emily, we're going to turn our attention back to kids going back to school, but also COVID-19 and protecting kids, teachers, school staff. Let's bring into the stream two important folk. We've got Pinar Keskinocak, the William W. George Chair and Professor in the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech, and our own Reggie Wade, who is a former teacher and now a journalist with us at Yahoo Finance.

New Research Shows How to Overcome Racial Bias in Healthcare Systems

New Research Shows How to Overcome Racial Bias in Healthcare Systems

News Release, August 23, 2021

CATONSVILLE, MD, August 23, 2021 – Research studies show that Black patients can be subjected to wait times 30% longer than other patients at doctors’ offices and other healthcare facilities, leaving little doubt about the biased nature of healthcare scheduling systems. New research in the INFORMS journal Manufacturing & Service Operations Management has identified factors that contribute to this racial disparity and found ways to create parity among all patients.

Subject Matter Experts in

Supply Chain

View list of experts

Subject Matter Experts in

Healthcare

View list of experts

INFORMS Magazines

OR/MS Today is the INFORMS member magazine that shares the latest research and best practices in operations research, analytics and the management sciences.

Access OR/MS Today Magazine

Analytics magazine showcases articles and research reports based on big data, AI, machine learning, data analytics and other new-age technologies.

Access Analytics Magazine