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Three Rice students earn NDSEG Fellowship Awards Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022
Adrian Celaya, Dane Grundvig and Alejandro Diaz are all PhD students in the Department of Computational Applied Mathematics and Operations Research.
CMOR seniors honored with Michael Ross Franco Award Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022
Chawit “Poom” Kritpracha, Praneeta A. Nalluri and Daihan “Jack” Zhang received awards at the annual CAAM/CMOR luncheon.
Rice alum receives Edyth May Sliffe Award for mathematics teaching Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022
Prestigious honor recognizes Joanna Papakonstantinou '09 for distinguished mathematics teaching in middle school and high school.
Rice alum receives Undergraduate Operations Research Prize Monday, Nov. 21, 2022
Matthew Brun '22, a first-year doctoral student in MIT’s Operations Research Center, was recognized at the INFORMS Annual Meeting.
Henry Rachford, former Rice professor, dies at 97 Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022
Rachford joined the mathematical sciences faculty in 1964; retiring in 1982.
Rice alumna named chair of Cooper Union mathematics department Monday, Oct. 10, 2022
Mili Shah, who earned her PhD in CAAM in 2007, was advised by Danny Sorensen.
Hicks elected VP of education for INFORMS Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022
Rice professor and CMOR chair will take office on Jan. 1, 2023. He was named an INFORMS fellow in 2020.
CMOR postdoc Mehdi Hemmati named a Future Faculty Fellow Friday, Sep. 16, 2022
Rice Engineering program supports Ph.D. and postdoctoral researchers who are applying for tenure-track faculty positions this year.
Schaefer named INFORMS fellow Tuesday, Sep. 13, 2022
Rice professor recognized for his 'fundamental contributions to optimizing disease treatment decisions and optimization under uncertainty.'