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Archived News Items for Richard Larson Mitsui Professor of Engineering Systems Director, Center for Engineering Systems Fundamentals Op-ed about voting standards by Richard Larson and Alexander Belenky Cleveland Plain Dealer – May 8, 2009 Richard Larson mentioned in Technology Review article “Dumb Meters Get Smarter” Technology Review – March 31, 2009 Richard Larson and queueing psychology “The Science of Waiting in Line” The Cleveland Plain Dealer – December 24, 2008 Richard Larson and queuing psychology “Queuing psychology: Can waiting in line be fun?” CNN.com – November 20, 2008 “Fair play key to waiting in line” United Press International – November 20, 2008 Richard Larson and the BLOSSOMS project in Jordan MIT News Office – November 13, 2008 Richard Larson: queueing and popular trends “Can't hardly wait” The Boston Globe – November 10, 2008 Ph.D. student Michael Metzger and Prof. Richard Larson featured in MIT Technology Review article on hurricane evacuation – September 12, 2008 Prof. Richard Larson in a Boston Globe article on pedestrians in Boston – August 11, 2008 Hewlett Foundation Board approves the LINC initiative, BLOSSOMS (August 8, 2008) Prof. Larson in Salt Lake Tribune on dispatch agencies analysis – March 12, 2008 Prof. Larson's "Eureka" Moment – February 7, 2008 LINC in the News: MIT offeres free access to e-learning experience (.pdf) – October 30, 2007 Outsmarting the Flu – October 22, 2007 Predicting Danger of Flu Pandemic Rests on Differences in Affected Population, Says New Operations Research O.R. Forum – June 19, 2007 Prof. Dick Larson – Model for tracking flu progression may reduce death toll – June 8, 2007 Engineer who survived pandemic of '68 creates model to track outbreak – June 1, 2007 Faulty system for democracy By Alexander S. Belenky and Richard C. Larson – – February 10, 2007 Hurricane Symposium zeroes in on response (features ESD Professors Larson, Oye, and Sheffi. Moderated by Prof. Hastings.) Click here for article and here for online video. – October 9, 2005 The Center for Engineering Systems Fundamentals: The Beginnings – September 21, 2005 Professor Richard Larson to lead new Center for Engineering Systems Fundamentals in MIT’s Engineering Systems Division – August 25, 2005 INFORMS President's Columns by ESD Professor Richard Larson – June 13, 2005 Larson Appointed Mitsui Professor – November 20, 2004 Dick Larson Receives Larnder Award – May 17, 2004 INFORMS Honors Richard C. Larson with 2003 Presidents Award – November 2003 Larson to be INFORMS President-Elect – October 25, 2003 Click here to go back to bio page