"The financial independence and security of families lie at the heart of a functioning democracy."

"Much as steam engines energized the Industrial Age, recommendation engines are the movers digitally driving 21st-century advice worldwide."

"Running Twitter isn't as easy as colonizing Mars or electrifying the automotive industry around the world."

"Game theory helps us understand why [human] altruism happens. ... It also helps us understand the ways in which we are good."

"It's pretty well known ... that economics has a race and gender problem, and that's something we've finally been trying to address as a field."

Institute Prof. Thomas Magnanti, a Syracuse native will receive an honorary doctor of science degree from Syracuse University.

"Today an increasing number of CEOs are ... partnering with community leaders in a two-way dialogue about change."

Prof. Emerita JoAnne Yates and Craig Murphy ... discuss how international standards were established and their impact on China's development.

"My passion is at the intersection of prescriptive analytics and impactful business problems."

"If it serves to enable you to think more clearly, then pausing is something you should consider doing at work or in any negotiation."