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Riviere receives NSF grant to advance Numerical Mathematics and Scientific Computing Tuesday, May. 30, 2023
The $2.3 million in RTG NASC funding will support research conducted by graduate and undergraduate students, and postdocs in CMOR.

Schaefer receives Curriculum Innovation Award from Rice Engineering Thursday, Apr. 27, 2023
CMOR professor recognized for curricular innovation.

Jesse Chan elected secretary for SIAM Texas-Louisiana Section Friday, Apr. 14, 2023
Rice CMOR assistant professor will also serve on section's four-person board.

CMOR junior named 2023 Barry Goldwater Scholar Tuesday, Apr. 11, 2023
Ruofeng 'Charlie' Liu recognized with he preeminent award for undergraduates studying natural sciences, engineering or mathematics.

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.