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Anna Nagurney

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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 · 7d

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 · 39m

Beautiful sky at sunset in @townofamherst.bsky.social.

Anna Nagurney @annanagurney.bsky.social · 6h

Very cool to have my colleague @inaganguli.bsky.social quoted in this @sciam.bsky.social article www.scientificamerican.com/article/immi...

Visualizations Trace How Immigration Underpins Dozens of Recent Nobel Science Prizes

Of the 202 Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry and physiology or medicine this century, fewer than 70 percent hail from the country in which they were awarded their prize. These graphics trace their...

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Anna Nagurney @annanagurney.bsky.social · 7h

Listening to the WORAN Land lecture by Celia Hoyles now, with a terrific audience, thanks to @theorsociety.bsky.social!

Anna Nagurney @annanagurney.bsky.social · 11h

This very powerful article with interviews of 4 scientists that have lost funding by @alanburdick.bsky.social in @nytimes.com hit me in the gut www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/c... The series will continue. What a horrific shame and so extremely shortsighted to cut scientific research funding.

A Crushing Year for Science in America

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Anna Nagurney @annanagurney.bsky.social · 1d

We had a long weekend and several of my students are emailing me that they are sick and will miss class today. One is stuck in Vegas because of flight delays.

Anna Nagurney @annanagurney.bsky.social · 2d

And extra cool that Professor Howitt was born in Canada, as I was www.brown.edu/news/2025-10...

Brown University economics professor Peter Howitt wins Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences

Howitt, a professor emeritus of economics who joined the Brown faculty in 2000, was awarded "for the theory of sustained growth through creative destruction.”

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Anna Nagurney @annanagurney.bsky.social · 2d

Nice to see Howitt from my alma mater Brown receive the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics! Congrats to all!

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 2d

Breaking News: The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics was awarded to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt for their work on how technology drives growth.

Three Share Nobel in Economics for Work on How Technology Drives Growth

Joel Mokyr was awarded half of the prize, and Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt shared the other half.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 2d

Breaking News: The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics was awarded to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt for their work on how technology drives growth.

Three Share Nobel in Economics for Work on How Technology Drives Growth

Joel Mokyr was awarded half of the prize, and Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt shared the other half.

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Anna Nagurney @annanagurney.bsky.social · 2d

On this extra big news day, I am waiting for the Nobel Prize announcement in Economic Sciences and, yes, I have been up for a while now www.nobelprize.org

The official website of the Nobel Prize - NobelPrize.org

The Nobel Prize rewards science, humanism and peace efforts. This is one of the central concepts in the will of Alfred Nobel, and it also permeates the outreach activities that have been developed for...

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Anna Nagurney @annanagurney.bsky.social · 2d

I wholeheartedly agree!

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 2d

Hamas has released all 20 remaining living hostages.

The Israeli military says it has taken custody of them and will transport them onward to Israel. Follow AP's live updates.

Live updates: Israel says Hamas hands over first 7 hostages to Red Cross as part of Gaza ceasefire

The key exchange follows a breakthrough ceasefire after two years of war. U.S. President Donald Trump was also arriving in the region along with other leaders to discuss the U.S.-proposed deal and postwar plans.

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Anna Nagurney @annanagurney.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you for sharing.

Anna Nagurney @annanagurney.bsky.social · 3d

A very moving tribute to Professor Hani Mahmassani, who passed away on July 15, 2025, at Northwestern University, now posted on youtube www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xk6... Karen Smilowitz and I are organizing a panel in honor of Hani for the @informs.bsky.social Annual Meeting. He is so deeply missed.

Memorial Service in Celebration of Hani S. Mahmassani

YouTube video by Northwestern Engineering

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Anna Nagurney @annanagurney.bsky.social · 4d

Lots of interesting reading material in @economist.com.

Anna Nagurney @annanagurney.bsky.social · 4d

When will it be realized how important labor is to our #supplychains, including agricultural & food ones? My Labor and Supply Chain Networks book with many applications emphasizes the criticality of labor, fair wages and good working conditions for both producers and consumers. #orms #networks

Anna Nagurney @annanagurney.bsky.social · 4d

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Trump administration says immigration enforcement threatens higher food prices

U.S. farmers face labor shortages and potential food price hikes due to Trump’s immigration policy, the administration acknowledged in a Federal Registry document.

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Anna Nagurney @annanagurney.bsky.social · 4d

Great hike this morning on the rail trail in @townofamherst.bsky.social.

Anna Nagurney @annanagurney.bsky.social · 5d

It has been a great day for scientific presentations! After 5 @umassinforms.bsky.social talks we then heard Professor Kara Kockelman, thanks to Professor Jimi Oke. She is now on sabbatical at MIT from UT Austin. She gave a super talk @umassengineering.bsky.social this afternoon. #transportation

Anna Nagurney @annanagurney.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks to all the wonderful presenters and attendees at the @umassinforms.bsky.social tune up today for the @informs.bsky.social conference in Atlanta! Attendance was great but not everyone made it to the photo.

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Anna Nagurney @annanagurney.bsky.social · 5d

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 · 5d

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 · 5d

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 · 5d

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

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