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Dynamic Pricing Is On The Rise
Lerner professor and DSI Affiliated Faculty Timothy Webb explains why Wendy’s got pushback for plans to test new pricing strategy.
Families Fighting Cancer Together
Many African American families are run by single moms who feel shame when diagnosed with cancer. This prompts the need for tailored interventions that address the psychosocial needs of these patients and their families. These crucial discoveries came in a series of attachment-based family intervention therapy sessions designed by University of Delaware Health Behavior and Nutrition Sciences Professor and DSI Faculty Council member Adam Davey, who has long wanted to see interventions that address the psychosocial needs of African American patients with cancer and their families.
User Beware
DSI Faculty Council member Xiao Fang, professor of management information systems and JPMorgan Chase Senior Fellow at the Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics, and DSI Affiliated Faculty member Ming Zhao, associate professor of operations management, collaborated with Minjia Mao, a doctoral student in UD’s the Financial Services Analytics (FSAN) program, and researchers Hongzhe Zhang and Xiaohang Zhao, who are alumni of the FSAN program.
Their research findings that AI chatbots share some of our biases was published in March in the journal Scientific Reports.
For the Record
DSI Infrastructure Working Group member Annie Johnson, associate university librarian for publishing, preservation, research and digital access, was elected to the Board of the Library Publishing Coalition, an independent, community-led membership association of academic and research libraries and library consortia engaged in scholarly publishing.
Honoring Faculty Excellence
DSI Associate Director Benjamin Bagozzi, associate professor of political science and international relations, received the fall 2023 Mid-Career Excellence in Scholarship Award. The Mid-Career Excellence in Scholarship Award recognizes excellence in research, scholarship and creative endeavors.
For the Record
On Wednesday, March 6, DSI Faculty Council member Thomas M. Powers, director of the Center for Science, Ethics and Public Policy, visited Capitol Hill for “Humanities on the Hill” day to advocate for federal support for the humanities and for the National Endowment for the Humanities.
For the Record
DSI Networking and External Relations Working Group member Thomas W. Ilvento, professor of applied economics and statistics, received the American Statistical Association (ASA) 2024 Philadelphia Chapter College Teaching Excellence Award for College or University Educator.
Quantum Computing and Finance
DSI Affiliated Faculty member Ilya Safro, associate professor and associate chair for graduate studies and research in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences, is part of a team of researchers from industry, academia and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory that recently published a primer on quantum computing and finance.
Global Irrigation Mapping
DSI Resident Faculty member Kyle Davis, assistant professor in the Department of Geography and Spatial Sciences and the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, served as co-author on a paper which was recently published in Nature Water. The paper looked at how and where irrigated areas have expanded globally from 2000-2015 and whether that expansion has occurred in a sustainable or unsustainable fashion.
Ready To Make A Difference
From left, doctoral students John Oluwadero and Hojung Lee meet with DSI Affiliated Faculty member Kenneth A. Shores and Laura Desimone, the L. Sandra and Bruce L. Hammonds Professor in Teacher Education and director of research in the College of Education and Human Development. Doctorial students aim to create positive change through education and social policy in the Graduate College’s interdisciplinary education and social policy doctoral program.
