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  • Overcoming our e-waste problem
    2/18/15

    The reluctance to part with mobile phones, laptops and other gizmos – sometimes called “gadget hoarding” – is part of a larger and more troubling issue: managing electronic waste, or e-waste.

  • Why buddies beat celebrities for diet advice
    2/17/15

    An article on Futurity reports on a UB study that found that people are more likely to start a weight-loss program if a friend was successful.

  • Would you take dieting advice from a friend?
    2/13/15

    Is a new diet or exercise program working for a friend? If so, there’s a good chance that you will try it, too.

  • UB to participate in DOW Big Data Challenge
    2/3/15

    UB will be participating in the 2015 DOW Big Data Challenge. 

  • Paper Entered into ESPN Competition
    1/23/15

    A paper by ISE PhD student Niraj Pandey and recent BS graduate Kyle Cunningham “Alleviating Competitive Imbalance in NFL Schedules: An Integer-Programming Approach” with co-advisors Murat Kurt and Mark Karwan has passed two stages of review/competition and is now in the finals of the 2015 Sloan Sports Analytics conference competition. 

  • PhD Student Receives Society of Health Systems Recognition
    1/23/15

    ISE PhD candidate Iakovos Toumazis is the recipient of the 2015 Society of Health Systems Graduate Student Paper Competition award for his paper "Scheduling palliative chemotherapy treatment for metastatic colorectal cancer patients."