Why Russia pulled out of its grain deal with Ukraine – and what that means for the global food system

Ukraine will need ‘Marshall Plan’ to address human toll of war

Heading into the third year of the pandemic, the US blood supply is at a 10-year low

Keeping coronavirus vaccines at subzero temperatures during distribution will be hard, but likely key to ending pandemic

The raging competition for medical supplies is not a game, but game theory can help

Dynamics of Disasters: Algorithmic Approaches and Applications (Springer Optimization and Its Applications (BOOK)

Networks Against Time: Supply Chain Analytics for Perishable Products

Located in western Massachusetts, UMass Amherst is the flagship campus of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' five-campus University of Massachusetts system. UMass Amherst is a nationally recognized teaching and research institution with a current enrollment of about 28,500 students.

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Anna Nagurney is an expert in transportation networks and congestion management, and supply chain networks and disruption management. Since the start of the Russian war against Ukraine in 2022, Nagurney has been called on to discuss how the war is impacting shipments of food around the world, threatening to worsen shortages.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Nagurney was a go-to expert to discuss supply chain issues related to the crisis. 

Her commentary and analysis has been sought by news organizations including the New York Times, the Associated Press, NPR, USA Today, the Boston Globe, and the Wall Street Journal.

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Red Sea crisis: What it takes to reroute the world's biggest cargo ships

How Does the Absence of Ukranian Grain Affect the World Market?

Russia Launches Barrage of Strikes Across Ukraine, Targeting Infrastructure

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Supply chain disruptions cause ongoing shortages nationwide

Global Food Prices Are at A Record High

Finance heads urged to boost fight against food insecurity

25 Investigates: Congestion in MA could exceed pre-pandemic levels

The Quest for a Coronavirus Vaccine

Vaccine storage issues could leave 3B people without access

#CareTalk Podcast Episode #69 - How Will the COVID Vaccine Get to Me? w/ Guest: Anna Nagurney

7 Ways the Pandemic Has Changed How We Shop for Food

Eugene M. Isenberg Chair in Integrative Studies, Isenberg School of Management

Anna Nagurney, Ph.D. (University of Massachusetts) joins the CareTalk Podcast to explain why COVID vaccines will require cold chain logistics and whether or not the US is properly equipped to supply the vaccines when they become available. 

About Anna Nagurney, Ph.D: 
Anna Nagurney is the John F. Smith Memorial Professor in the Department of Operations and Information Management in the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She is also the Founding Director of the Virtual Center for Supernetworks and the Supernetworks Laboratory for Computation and Visualization at UMass Amherst. 

Her focus is the applied and theoretical aspects of network systems, particularly in the areas of transportation and logistics, critical infrastructure, and in economics and finance.

She has authored or co-authored +10 books, more than 200 refereed journal articles and over 50 book chapters. Her most recent book, Dynamics of Disasters - Algorithmic Approaches and Applications, which she edited with I.S. Kotsireas and P.M. Pardalos, was published by Springer International Publishing Switzerland in 2018

Anna Nagurney on Care Talk podcast

Anna Nagurney on the #CareTalk Podcast "How Will the COVID Vaccine Get to Me?"

Since its origins during World War II, Operational Research has continued to evolve over more than seven decades, providing solutions to numerous challenging problems. From its initial focus on military problems, Operational Research has expanded to include powerful, essential tools that can and are transforming for-profit businesses, non-profit organizations, governments, as well as our daily lives. While the general public may not know much about Operational Research, they are better off because of it.

In this talk, I will highlight advances in Operational Research in the form of networks and game theory for application areas not even dreamt of by the Founding Fathers of Operational Research, such as congested urban transportation networks, supply chains, cybersecurity, and disaster relief. I will conclude by envisioning what may be reported at OR100 by Operational Researchers.

Anna Nagurney Talk on Operational Research: The TransfORmative Discipline for the 21st Century

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