The recent INFORMS Annual Meeting, which took place in San Francisco, November 1-4, 2026 was outstanding.
One of the highlights was that the UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter, on November 2, at a lovely ceremony, was recognized for its activities in the 2025-2026 year with the Magna Cum Laude Award. I have had the honor and pleasure of serving as this chapter's Faculty Advisor since its inception in 2004.
Many of our Chapter officers from the past year and this year: Samira Samadi, Josh Gladstone, Semih Boz, Solmaz Abbaspour, Yukti Kathuria, Sindhoora Prakash, and Yongdong Chen, and chapter members, including Kelvin Ekun, traveled 3,000 miles to this conference and were able to join us at the reception and ceremony, which included remarks by INFORMS Executive Director Elena Gerstmann, PhD, FASAE, CAE, INFORMS President-Elect Wedad Elmaghraby, and Les Servi, INFORMS Vice President for Chapters and Forums, with keynote speaker Zihan Zhang.
The Riccio College of Engineering at UMass Amherst posted this nice article on the Chapter's Award: https://www.umass.edu/engineering/news/informs-magna-cum-laude-award
This student chapter is a wonderful collaboration between the Isenberg School of Management and the Riccio College of Engineering.
Congratulations to all the INFORMS Student Chapters that were recognized last evening and keep up the great work!
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