A guest article written by student Alex Zalles, edited by Tyler Perini. The Covid-19 pandemic brought into focus a topic that epidemiologists have long studied: how we naturally cluster ourselves into social cohorts, where there are many interactions within a cohort, but relatively fewer interactions between cohorts. The 2021 paper…

A guest article written by student Peter Shih, edited by Tyler Perini. According to Medicare.gov, “Home health care (HHC) is a wide range of health care services that can be given in your home for an illness or injury.” HHC boasts many benefits, which include reducing overcrowding in hospitals and…

A guest article written by students Matthew Anderson and Franco Gomez, edited by Tyler Perini. It’s no secret that public schools over America can and have faced issues with their budget. In lieu of the ongoing pandemic, it has become even more apparent that job security is not a guarantee…

A guest article written by student Ben Smiley, edited by Tyler Perini. The global energy market has been heavily reliant on the burning of coal and oil for over a century, and they have become one of the largest contributors to climate change. The serious threat posed by a one…

A guest article written by student Kritin Shanmugam, edited by Tyler Perini. A 1999 report in the Institution of Medicine [1] declared that over 100,000 deaths and nearly 15 million injuries occur each year due to medical errors. More recent reports across multiple journals account for almost triple the number…

A guest article written by students Arielle Sanford and Arjun Sethi-Olowin, edited by Tyler Perini. Natural disasters have plagued humanity for all of history. However, in recent years with the rise of climate change, major weather events such as hurricanes have come with even increasing intensity [1]. The number of…

Combining dynamic optimization with macro-economic theory to study the interaction between flooding and economic growth. A guest article written by student Natasha Patnaik, edited by Tyler Perini. The 2016 paper “Modeling the Interaction Between Flooding Events and Economic Growth” [1], published in Ecological Economics, is a great example of how…

A guest article written by student Calvin Nilson, edited by Tyler Perini. Over one third of the world’s population currently does not have access to clean water or a toilet. While people in developed countries do not need to think about where the water comes from to wash food or…

An Integer Programming Approach to Tele-Psychotherapy Scheduling A guest article written by student Amey Maley, edited by Tyler Perini. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has illuminated many to the silent mental health crisis taking place worldwide. From the loss of loved ones to job security, myriad pandemic-related stressors have exacerbated poor…