BALTIMORE, MD, May 24, 2025 – Most anti-human trafficking efforts focus on breaking up sex sales; however, new research in the INFORMS journal Manufacturing & Service Operations Management is turning its attention to where trafficking truly begins – recruitment. Using machine learning to analyze millions of online ads, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have uncovered patterns that link deceptive job offers to sex trafficking networks. By mapping the connections between recruitment and sales locations, the study reveals a hidden supply chain – one that can now be exposed and interrupted earlier in the trafficking process.
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The NCAA is not doing it the right way. COVID-19 chaos prompted the NCAA to give college athletes the ability to transfer with immediate eligibility. They are now making this permanent.
Cornell, Duke and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign all conduct COVID-19 surveillance testing. As of early December 2020, Cornell had 308 positive cases amongst students, faculty and staff, while Duke had 267 cases and the University of Illinois 4,407.
The National Science Foundation would get an extra $50 billion under a proposal from the Biden administration. The NSF would establish a technology directorate, and give out grants for advanced chip making, communications, and other technologies deemed crucial to American competitiveness. Biden also wants tens of billions for other research initiatives. North Carolina State University industrial and systems engineering professor Julie Swann joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to talk about how this might all work.
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Logistics Management Group News Editor Jeff Berman recently spoke with Rob Handfield, Professor at North Carolina State's Poole College of Management and Bank of America Distinguished Professor of Supply Chain Management. Handfield also serves as Executive Director of the Supply Chain Resource Cooperative, which adderesses thought leadership and research in the area of supply chain management, within the Poole College of Management, and a member of INFORMS, an international society for practitioners in the fields of operations research, management science, and analytics, where he also serves on its expert panel. Berman and Handfield discussed a wide range of topics, including the recent Suez Canal crisis, the emerging profile of the supply chain, and risk management, among other topics. Their conversation follows below.
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