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Eugene M. Isenberg Chair in Integrative Studies and Director of the Virtual Center for Supernetworks, UMass Amherst, plus Co-Chair of the Board of Directors of the Kyiv School of Economics. My first language is Ukrainian. I like to write books. I love OR. .. more

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Anna Nagurney is an American mathematician, economist, educator and writer in the field of Operations Management. Nagurney is the Eugene M. Isenberg Chair in Integrative Studies in the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in Amherst, Massachusetts. Previously, she held the John F. Smith Memorial Professorship of Operations Management at the Isenberg School of Management from 1998 to 2021. .. more

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Anna Nagurney @annanagurney.bsky.social · 2d

I am deeply honored and very grateful for this truly special recognition from @informs.bsky.social www.informs.org/News-Room/IN... I received the good news via a phone call from the #INFORMS President David Hunt. Thanks to all my students, collaborators, supporters, mentors, family and friends.

Anna Nagurney Honored with 2025 INFORMS President’s Award

INFORMS has named Anna Nagurney, the Eugene M. Isenberg Chair in Integrative Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, as the recipient of the 2025 INFORMS President’s Award.

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Anna Nagurney @annanagurney.bsky.social · 38m

The brain drain from the US continues with 2 Nobel laureates to leave MIT for the University of Zurich www.news.uzh.ch/en/articles/... I wrote to Oleg Prokopyev the Co-editor of Optimization Letters who is now at the U. of Zurich, after leaving the University of Pittsburgh.

Nobel Laureates Duflo and Banerjee to Join UZH

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Anna Nagurney @annanagurney.bsky.social · 1h

I had spent a year @harvard.edu as a Science Fellow @rad-institute.bsky.social and was a Summer Fellow 2X. A highlight was publishing a paper with now Dean David Parkes & Prof Patrizia Daniele of Catania link.springer.com/article/10.1... The layoff news in SEAS hurts www.masslive.com/news/2025/10...

The Internet, evolutionary variational inequalities, and the time-dependent Braess paradox - Computational Management Science

In this paper, we develop an evolutionary variational inequality model of the Internet with multiple classes of traffic and demonstrate its utility through the formulation and solution of a time-dependent Braess paradox. The model can handle time-dependent changes in demand as a consequence of developing news stories, following, for example, natural disasters or catastrophes or major media events. The model can also capture the time-varying demand for Internet resources during a regular weekday with its more regular rhythm of work and breaks. In addition, the model includes time-varying capacities on the route flows due to, for example, government interventions or network-type failures.

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Anna Nagurney @annanagurney.bsky.social · 2h

And as @austinlbuchanan.bsky.social pointed out on LinkedIn, Maria Corina Marchado, according to Wikipedia, is an industrial engineer, which is super cool! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%...

María Corina Machado - Wikipedia

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 2h

Nobel Peace Prizes have often been awarded to people who fight autocracy. Maria Corina Machado fits right into that tradition

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Why María Machado Deserved the Nobel Peace Prize

The Venezuelan opposition leader shows why participation matters.

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Anna Nagurney @annanagurney.bsky.social · 2h

I had my shortlist. Pleased that it is a female who is fighting tirelessly for democracy - very powerful on multiple levels.

Anna Nagurney @annanagurney.bsky.social · 2h

The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize goes to www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace...

Nobel Peace Prize 2025

The Nobel Peace Prize 2025 was awarded to Maria Corina Machado "for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transi...

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Anna Nagurney @annanagurney.bsky.social · 15h

It will be very interesting to wake up tomorrow morning to find out who will receive the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Anna Nagurney @annanagurney.bsky.social · 15h

The @umassamherst.bsky.social campus looks beautiful this evening.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 16h

Farmers, traders ‘flying blind’ as US shutdown blocks key crop data reut.rs/3VYW3xZ

Farmers, traders ‘flying blind’ as US shutdown blocks key crop data

U.S. data vital to global grain and soybean trading has gone dark during the federal government's shutdown, leaving commodity traders and farmers without crop production estimates, export sales data and market reports during the peak of the autumn harvest.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

Air travelers rethink plans as US government shutdown causes flight delays, cancellations reut.rs/4mVPCGS

Air travelers rethink plans as US government shutdown causes flight delays, cancellations

The federal government shutdown is hamstringing the U.S. travel industry, and its effects are worsening as the stalemate in Congress continues.

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Anna Nagurney @annanagurney.bsky.social · 1d

The 2025 Nobel prize in literature www.reuters.com/lifestyle/kr...

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Anna Nagurney @annanagurney.bsky.social · 1d

Inspiring article on MacArthur Fellow and Math Professor @harvard.edu Dr. Lauren Williams news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor... Coincidentally, she was a Fellow also at the @rad-institute.bsky.social but not the same year that I was. #Mathrocks

Lauren Williams awarded MacArthur ‘genius grant’ — Harvard Gazette

Math professor honored for theoretical breakthroughs with sometimes surprising applications across phenomena such as tsunamis, traffic.

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 1d

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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Anna Nagurney @annanagurney.bsky.social · 1d

As an academic, it is important to do service, including international service, such as for Scholars at Risk, including Ukrainians. Nice to even get recognized for one's work.

Anna Nagurney @annanagurney.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations to the 2025 MacArthur Fellows www.macfound.org/programs/awa...

MacArthur Fellows - MacArthur Foundation

The MacArthur Foundation supports creative people and effective institutions committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. In addition to selecting the MacArthur Fellows, we work to ...

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Anna Nagurney @annanagurney.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you SO much!

Anna Nagurney @annanagurney.bsky.social · 2d

Many, many thanks!

Anna Nagurney @annanagurney.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you SO very much, dear Ukrainian colleague!

Anna Nagurney @annanagurney.bsky.social · 2d

People are essential to the safety and security of our airline networks. Horrible to see what is happening now www.cnn.com/2025/10/07/u... #federalworkersmatter

Delays spread to major airports across the country, as the government shutdown impacts travelers | CNN

There would not be enough air traffic controllers in the tower at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport Tuesday night, the Federal Aviation Administration warned. In Nashville, so many controllers ha...

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Anna Nagurney @annanagurney.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you from the bottom of my heart, @drartanalytics.bsky.social! I am very much looking forward to the celebratory event at the INFORMS conference in Atlanta soon.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Nobel prize in chemistry awarded to scientists for work on porous materials

Trio honoured for developing revolutionary materials for applications ranging from gas storage to drug delivery The Nobel prize in chemistry has been awarded to three scientists who created revolutionary porous materials that can harvest water from desert air, capture carbon dioxide from industrial facilities and remove toxins from water. Susumu Kitagawa, of Kyoto University, Richard Robson, of the University of Melbourne, and Omar Yaghi, of the University of California, Berkeley, shared the 11m Swedish kronor (about £871,400) prize awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm. Continue reading...

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Anna Nagurney @annanagurney.bsky.social · 2d

kyivindependent.com/logistical-t... I am now teaching a course on Transportation & Logistics.

'Logistical terrorism' — Russia steps up attacks on Ukrainian railways

Russia has escalated its strikes on the country’s critical railway infrastructure, targeting Ukrainian Railways, also known as Ukrzaliznytsia, in what appears to be a bid to disrupt military logistics...

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Anna Nagurney @annanagurney.bsky.social · 2d

Strange that @harvard.edu allows students to enroll in courses in the same time slot! I like to see my students face to face - the class is so much more engaging and dynamic then and they ask questions! www.boston.com/news/educati...

Harvard students skip class and still get high grades, faculty say

Harvard University is one of the most difficult schools to gain admission to, with the school turning away some 97% of applicants every year.

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Economists for Ukraine @econ4ua.bsky.social · 2d

📊Working Paper No. 7: “What Drives Refugees’ Return After Conflict?”

Survey of 2,500+ Ukrainian refugees across 30 European countries: territorial integrity and security guarantees are key to return.

Read: econ4ua.org/wp-content/u...

Submit research: lnkd.in/gf2nQ5WC

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Anna Nagurney @annanagurney.bsky.social · 3d

This is also a major safety issue and we have quite a few conferences coming up and other events www.cnn.com/2025/10/07/u...

Government shutdown hits air travel, closing a control tower and causing delays across the country | CNN

The impact of the government shutdown hit travelers across the United States Monday, as air traffic controllers called out sick, closing a control tower and leading to delays at major airports.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3d

Nobel prize in physics awarded to three scientists for work on quantum mechanics

Trio led experiments demonstrating that bizarre properties of quantum world can translate into measurable effects in the everyday The Nobel prize in physics 2025 has been awarded to British, French and American scientists for their work on quantum mechanics. John Clarke, a British physicist based at the University of California at Berkeley, Michel Devoret, a French physicist based at Yale University, and John Martinis, of the University of California Santa Barbara, share the 11m Swedish kronor (about £871,400) prize announced by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm. Continue reading...

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Anna Nagurney @annanagurney.bsky.social · 3d

After a lot of writing today, which I enjoyed very much, a hike through the beautiful Fall foliage in @townofamherst.bsky.social was simply magical.

Anna Nagurney @annanagurney.bsky.social · 3d

Terrific to see @umassamherst.bsky.social Computer Science colleague Andrew Barto noted in this @nytimes.com article on his receipt of the Turing Award! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/s...

Beyond the Nobel Prizes Is a World of Scientific Awards