Congratulations to My PhD Student, Dana Hassani, on His Outstanding Doctoral Teaching Award

Last Friday, we had our end of the academic year All School Meeting at the Isenberg School of Management at which milestones were celebrated, announcements made, and both faculty and doctoral students were recognized for their professional contributions.

It was wonderful to see Dana Hassani, one of my PhD students in Operations Management at the Isenberg School, receive the 2026 Outstanding Doctoral Teacher Award. Dana has been in our doctoral program since late January 2022.  I enjoyed writing the nomination letter for Dana for this award and thank the Selection Committee for their hard work.

The award was presented to Dana by Associate Dean and Isenberg PhD Program Director Fousseni Chabi-Yo. Dana, for several semesters now, has taught the required course, OIM 240 - Business Data Analysis, for our undergraduates.  OIM 240 is a math heavy and technical course, which can become boring or  confusing for students. Dana reviews core course concepts multiple times to  ensure that every student has a strong grasp of the material. He also integrates lectures with real-world examples tailored to students’ interests, highlighting the applications of the content and making concepts more engaging.

Dana has shared with me how he regularly uses datasets from the  sports industry (e.g., NBA and WNBA franchises and soccer clubs) or social  media platforms. Students very much appreciate Dana’s extra effort, with many  reaching out after class to discuss the applications in more depth.

Excellent teachers can also be great researchers. Dana was recognized by the Isenberg School with the Outstanding Doctoral Student Research Award both in 2025 and in 2024. Dana has had 3 journal articles published and 1 book chapter and recently submitted another paper to a journal.

And, after the All School Meeting, was our Barbecue for Graduating Seniors, right outside of the Isenberg School.

I thank Professor Muzzo Uysal for taking the photo below before we headed out to eat and chat and meet with our soon to be graduates.

It is important to celbrate wonderful students and their achievements as they work towards their goals. Dana hopes to become a professor soon.

My post on Dana's 2025 Research Award can be read here: https://annanagurney.blogspot.com/2025/05/congratulations-to-dana-hassani-on.html

Excited to Be Teaching My Humanitarian Logistics and Healthcare Class

The morning temperatures in Amherst, MA have been below 0 degrees the past few days and it has been a challenging winter with a lot of snow.

However, yesterday the new "spring" semester at UMass Amherst began and it was energizing to meet the students in my Humanitarian Logistics and Healthcare class. The course meets Tuesday and Thursday mornings at 8:30AM at the Isenberg School of Management.

The students come not only from the business school but also from the School of Public Health, the Riccio College of Engineering, and even the Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences.

I arrived in the classroom at 8:00AM because I wanted to make sure the technology was working well.

The first student arrived shortly thereafter and he drove from Boston (about 2 hours). He is working towards 2 Master's degrees at the Isenberg School - an MBA and a Master's in Business Analytics. Another student is also working on these two degrees and has 3 children under the age of 4. I was so impressed and inspired by the students - I asked them to share some background about themselves and their interest in the course, and also to provide a "fun fact."

One student is a lawyer and several of the students have traveled widely even during the January break (to Croatia and Japan). One of the students is on an athletic team and will be traveling a lot to games.

I told the students that I have some excellent guest speakers lined up and am also planning on a field trip. They were very excited about having a field trip.

The students give us hope (much needed these days).

I am very much looking forward to an engaging and exciting semester.

Best Present for an Academic Mom - Successful Doctoral Dissertation Defense of My 20th PhD Student

Yesterday, was a special day - my 20th PhD student, whose dissertation committee I chaired, successfully defended her doctoral dissertation at the Isenberg School of Management.

Given that Sunday is also Mother's Day it was also the best present for an Academic Mom!

Shivani Shukla successfully defended her dissertation in Management Science entitled: Game Theory for Security Investments in Cyber and Supply Chain Networks.

Her committee included: Professor Adams Steven of my department, Professor Hari Balasubramanian of the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at UMass Amherst, and Professor Eric Gonzales of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UMass Amherst.

Shivani's co-authored research has been published in such top journals as the European Journal of Operations Research, the Annals of Operations Research, and Transportation Research E, as well as in a book chapter in the book, Computation, Cryptography, and Network Security, published by Springer.

She gave an hour presentation on her thesis, which is 200 pages, and then the audience, and, subsequently, committee members, asked her questions. It was a pleasure to sign off on her thesis, which she has worked hard on. She even taught multiple courses this year, including one online, while being on the job market and interviewing. Yes, doctoral studies certainly prepare one for life as an academic, in which we juggle multiple tasks and roles and are expected to excel in the areas of: research, teaching, and service. She also served as President of our award-winning UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter.

Even though it was during final exams, she had a great turnout of supporters, including fellow doctoral students. Some had already left before we took the photo below.

Then a wonderful surprise occurred. I had been sworn to secrecy but it was a surprise for Shivani. The university in California where she will start her new academic life as a tenure-track Assistant Professor sent her a vase of fresh flowers! This was so incredibly thoughtful. In all my years of being a professor I have never seen this happen at a defense - that a university at which the candidate will become a professor sends a gift and even times the gift for arrival at the defense. (Of course, one assumes that it will be successful.)

We were all very excited to see Dr. Shivani Shukla open the box! Then I posed with Shivani and my other doctoral students.

Off to lunch we marched, my treat, to Judie's, which is a fabulous restaurant in downtown Amherst, known especially for its popovers. It was very special because all committee members could also attend and I thank them for their service and collegiality and also support of Shivani. We were so busy talking and enjoying the lunch that I did not take any photo!

Afterwards, I treated the ladies to dessert at Henion - chocolate covered walnut balls - heavenly!

And, early this morning, I received the loveliest message from Shivani's father in India, which stated, in part: In India any achievement of an individualistic nature, be it in academics, Philosophy, literature , Music or spiritualism is always invariably dedicated to "Guru"(literally meaning destroyer of darkness, source of enlightenment, -The Master) & the "Shishya" (The student) considers this achievement as the blessings from the "Guru", which eventually empowers her to embark upon a new journey seeking even greater heights in her chosen field ... I would like to thank you for all your efforts  in bringing her to this higher pedestal of learning.

Is there any profession more rewarding, energizing, or inspiring than academia?! I honestly cannot think of one.

I am also a Mom and was thrilled receive a great Mother's Day card (early!) from my daughter who is now enrolled in a doctoral program in STEM and that  also makes me very happy!

Amazing Management Science PhD Students at the Isenberg School of Management (Present and Past)

The strength and intellectual vitality of any college or university depends on the quality of its students and faculty, as well as programs.

In the case of a university, in particular, doctoral students add to knowledge discovery and generation and bring energy in terms of curiosity, ideas, critical thinking, and problem-solving.

I continue to be impressed by the quality of the doctoral students at the Isenberg School of Management at UMass Amherst and, in particular, by those in the Management Science track that I work closely with. To-date,  I have had the joy of chairing 17 doctoral dissertations and am now supervising 3 doctoral students, all of whom, coincidentally, it just so happens, are females, from 3 different countries.

Having returned recently from the INFORMS Annual Conference, which was in San Francisco, I can attest to the professionalism, creativity, and cameraderie of our PhD students, both past and present, who make up our academic family. They support one another professionally, enjoy one another's company, and some even share a room (fun and cost-wise) at conferences. They exchange tips with one another, whether in regards to teaching or research, collaborate on challenging problems, and even attend one another's weddings. And, when it comes time to celebrate achievements, such as the awarding of promotion and tenure, a special award,  or even promotion to Full Professor (3 of my former PhD students are now Full Professors),  we do it with style and joy. Just to mention some recent achievements: my doctoral student, Dong "Michelle" Li received the 2014 Outstanding Doctoral Student Researcher Award from the Isenberg School, and my student, Sara Saberi, received the 2014 Isenberg Scholar Award (one of twelve) for $10,000 and recently had this award renewed. Together,  one of our papers, written with Professor Tilman Wolf, and published in Netnomics,  was recognized by the ACM (Association of Computing Machinery) with a Notable Paper Award for 2013.  Professor Senay Solak's student, Heng Chen, also received a 2014 Outstanding Doctoral Student Researcher Award, as well as a prestigious FAA research award. In addition, Professor Solak's student, Yueran Zhuo, had her poster tie for second place at the Advanced Cyber Security Annual Conference. And, as I always say, "Apples don't Fall Far from the Tree," Farbod Farhadi, who received his PhD last May, and whose advisor was Professor Ahmed Ghoniem, last year was recognized by the Isenberg School with an Outstanding Doctoral Student Teaching Award!

It takes a community to solve tough problems and to also make the academic journey more pleasant.  

Below is a photo that my former doctoral student, Professor Min Yu, took at the INFORMS Student Chapter Award ceremony in San Francisco last Monday evening. So proud of the UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter receiving and yet another national award from INFORMS for its activities. The chapter is truly in the Isenberg model and vision with officers and members from the Isenberg School and the College of Engineering.

 

Below, I have posted some more photos of the Management Science PhD students, both present and past, taken at the INFORMS conference. Other photos  are on previous blogposts on this blog.

In the above photo, taken at the INFORMS conference exhibit area, I am standing with my former student, Professor Jose M. Cruz, who received 5 degrees from UMass Amherst, and with Professor Min Yu. Professor Cruz is at the School of Business at the University of Connecticut Storrs. He has won both the undergraduate and graduate teaching award there and has been appointed an  Ackerman Scholar twice (a major research achievement). One of my former Operations Management students, Jan Sudra, who works at UTC, and is studying for a Master's at UConn, told me that he loved Professor Cruz, and he called him a research superstar!  Cruz is also the Director of the super successful Master's in Project Management and Analytics at UConn.  Professor Min Yu is one of my co-authors on many papers as well as on my latest book, Networks Against Time: Supply Chain Analytics for Perishable Products. She was recognized for her achievements by being appointed a Pamplin Fellow at the University of Portland.

In the above photo, we await the beginning of our supply chain session that I organized for the conference that took place last Monday. In the photo are the speakers, including my first female PhD student, Professor June Dong of SUNY Oswego, Professor Patrick Qiang of Penn State Malvern, and, in the audience, Professor Ke Ke of Central Washington University, who was also my PhD student.
Dong "Michelle" Li, seated in the front, was the first presenter and you can find our presentations on the supernetwork center website. My doctoral student Sara Saberi is seated behind Professor Qiang. I have co-authored books with Professor Dong and also with Professor Qiang, whose dissertation received the Charles Wootan Award from the Council of University Transportation Centers (CUTC).

In the photo below, I am with my former doctoral student,  Dr. Padma Ramanujan of SAS, whose dissertation received the Transportation Science Section (now the Transportation Science & Logistics Society) of INFORMS dissertation prize,  Dr. Deanna Kennedy, one of our former doctoral students in Management Science, and Dr. Min Yu. Deanna was recruiting for a faculty position at the University of Washington Bothell and it was wonderful to see her again!

Having the BEST Job in the World - that of a Business Prof

I do believe that one is the sum of one's experiences and that includes all the jobs that one has ever held.

In my case, that has included, during summer breaks from college (Brown University), being a camp counselor in the Catskills with memories of hiking for miles and miles and sleeping in tents with outhouses, and working at St. John's Riverside Hospital in Yonkers as a nurses' aide the 4PM to midnight shift, where I took temperatures, delivered refreshments, gave backrubs, made beds, emptied bedpans, assisted in placing the deceased in body bags, and also tried to uplift the still living and recuperating patients through conversations. I especially enjoyed talking to the elderly patients and sometimes would be shocked by seeing patients that I knew!

During the academic year, I had jobs helping in the Rockefeller Library in the Slavic department at Brown, which was fun, and I also worked on  the Ratty cafeteria dishline (the dirty ones) Saturday evenings (less fun), which  taught me to seek the highest level of education that I possibly could, and I did, completing my PhD at Brown University in Applied Mathematics with a specialty in Operations Research.

While pursuing my Master's at Brown in Applied Math - I always loved networks, operations research, and economics -  I also worked in industry in high tech consulting in beautiful Newport, Rhode Island for two different firms. These experiences were extremely valuable in my position now as a Professor at the Isenberg School of Management.

I LOVE being a business school professor and do believe that I have the best job in the world.

Perhaps I am experiencing a bit of an afterglow - our department meeting, which was scheduled for 2 hours ended after only 1 hour  and it was quite productive, and the students in my Logistics & Transportation class did great on the midterm yesterday that I just finished grading.

I am a tough instructor and have very high standards but if you raise the bar and motivate the material well the students respond.

Some of the reasons that I have the best job in the world:

• The students at the Isenberg School of Management are fabulous - I teach both the undergrads in our Operations & Information Management Department and doctoral students in the Management Science track, along with students from across campus that register for my classes.
• I get to teach subjects that are always evolving and very timely and exciting - Logistics & Transportation, Humanitarian Logistics and Healthcare, and Networks, Game Theory, and Variational Inequalities.  
• The research and projects that I get to work on with students and collaborators within and across disciplines are challenging, tough, and never, ever boring! There is nothing like the "Aha!"  moment when everything comes together and you solve a problem that you have been working on and that has even filled your dreams!
• I have colleagues who are smart, entrepreneurial, and interesting and some have really great senses of humor, which is needed with the busy life of a business professor!
• I get to travel to give invited talks at conferences, companies, and universities, and I have taught and lectured  in different countries.
• I get to meet fascinating people.
• As a professor, you are always evolving, adapting, learning, and growing, and always trying to do your very best.
• A professor gets to see undergraduate students mastering material and becoming adults that we can all be very proud of. Students' successes warm our hearts!
• One gets to grow one's academic family also through the doctoral students that one has supervised that receive their PhDs and go on to become professors or industry leaders.  Together we celebrate their achievements and successes.
• One gets to be part of great professional societies and communities such as INFORMS (Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences), where one makes friendships, learns the latest professional news, keeps up-to-date with research and industry practices and needs, and has a great time at conferences.

Terrific Insights on Teaching from Our UMass Amherst INFORMS PhD Students

Today we had a very special event at the Isenberg School of Management, that was organized by the UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter.

It was a panel on teaching.

The panelists were 4 of our doctoral students in Management Science at the Isenberg School of Management who have taught anywhere from one semester to over four semesters (the latter by choice), and I did not include courses that some of our doctoral students may have taught in their home countries

Attendance at this event was great with even doctoral students coming not only from the Isenberg School but from several departments in the College of Engineering from across campus.

The panelists were: Heng Chen, Tulay Varol, Ameera Ibrahim, and Farbod Farhadi, who is defending his doctoral dissertation next week and who received the Isenberg's 2013 Outstanding Teaching Award. He has accepted a very nice tenure-track faculty position offer in a beautiful location.

Below are some photos from the event today.

My doctoral student, Shivani Shukla, who is serving as the President of this Student Chapter this year, organized the panel and did the introductions.

The advice offered and experiences exchanged were fascinating as was the discussion that followed.

The pizza that was provided was yummy and it got consumed quickly after the panelists spoke and the Q&A!

 

What impressed me most was the devotion and dedication to teaching exhibited by all the panelists and they have been teaching a required Operations & Information Management class that is now taken by all students at the Isenberg School.

They shared experiences from nervousness and how to conquer or at least  reduce such feelings by coming to class early and greeting students as they come in, to having a bottle of water to take a refreshment break, realizing that you are the leader and that you know the material well.

They also related some wonderful personal stories about students that, at first, they thought that they were not reaching but these students actually (as they found out later) very much appreciated their instruction but may have been dealing with late work nights, early class times, and a multiplicity of other issues.

The panelists told the audience how they engage our undergraduates through class exercises, always bring real world examples to illustrate the theory and concepts, relate to the undergraduates as to their interests and try to "customize" the material is best as possible.

Farbod, our award-winning instructor,  on the blackboard (more of a brown board), told the audience that for every lecture (and this he noted is also very useful advice for giving seminars and conference presentations), know your objectives, identify the strategies for covering the objectives of the presentation, and practice, practice, practice!

They discussed the importance of handouts of the lectures (something I have always done) so that the audience is listening to the instructor and not just busy trying to write everything down.

Lucky will be the next generation of students who will have our doctoral students as professors after they receive their PhDs and lucky are our undergraduates who have also learned so much from such dedicated teachers.

Below are  some group photos of both the officers present and many members of the audience, who then joined the officers

 

As the Faculty Advisor of this UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter, I could not have been prouder than I was today of this amazing group of doctoral students.

2013 Was an Amazing Year for the Virtual Center for Supernetworks at the Isenberg School

2013 was a wonderful year for the Virtual Center for Supernetworks and its Center Associates! Below I provide a few of the highlights. First, I was notified by UMass Amherst Provost James Staros amd Vice Chancellor for Research and Engagement Michael Malone that the Evaluation Committee for Centers and Institutes, after review of the Virtual Center for Supernetworks' Self-Study, has recommended that the Center be continued for another 5 years at UMass Amherst, which is fabulous! I founded this center back in 2001. The book, "Networks Against Time: Supply Chain Anaytics for Perishable Products," co-authored by 4 Center Associates:  Anna Nagurney, Min Yu of the Pamplin School of Business at the University of Portland, Amir H. Masoumi, now of  the School of Business at Manhattan College in NYC, and Ladimer S. Nagurney of the College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture (CETA) of the University of Hartford, was published by Springer Science + Business Media in 2013. The co-authors had a great year with Dr. Ladimer S. Nagurney being promoted to Full  Professor of Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering at CETA, Amir Masoumi receiving his PhD with a concentration in Management Science at the Isenberg School of Management at UMass Amherst in May 2013, and Dr. Yu completing her first full year as an Assistant Professor. Amir also received the Judith B. Liebman Award from INFORMS at the 2013 Minneapolis INFORMS Meeting for his great service to the award-winning UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter, which was recognized with a magna cum laude award at the same meeting.  This is the 10th year that I am serving as the Faculty Advisor of this great student chapter. In addition, I was one of twelve elected INFORMS Fellows in the class of 2013, an honor that I am ever so grateful for -- especially since it comes from a professional society INFORMS and colleagues that I have the utmost respect for. Center Associate Professor Patrizia Daniele of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Catania in Italy received the great news that she has been promoted to Full Professor of Operations Research! Center Associate Professor Jose M. Cruz of the School of Business at UConn Storrs received the School of Business Graduate Teaching Award 2013. He continues to serve as the Director of the Master's Program in Business Analytics and Project Management. Dr. Trisha Anderson of the School of Business at Texas Wesleyan University was selected as the 2013 General Board of Higher Education and Ministry of the United Methodist Church (GBHEM) exemplary teacher for 2013.  Dr. Anderson will receive a monetary award and the honor to speak at the Fall commencement ceremony. Dr. Tina Wakolbinger of the Vienna University of Economics and Business in Austria  received a grant from the  Austrian Science Fund for the project: Optimal Pricing Policies and Contracts of Outsourcing Humanitarian Logistics Activities. She took part in the AAAS Symposium on Dynamics of Disasters, that I organized, which took place in Boston in February 2013. She also spoke at the Isenberg School of Management that month, hosted by the UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter. Center Associate Professor Patrick Qiang of the Graduate School of Professor Studies at Penn State Malvern received a 2 year grant from the China National Science Foundation for his project: Competition, Efficiency and Coordination Mechanism of Express Service Providers of Online Shopping Supply Networks. He continues to be very active speaking at conferences and conducting research. Center Associate Professor June Dong of the School of Business at SUNY Oswego is a Co-PI on the project:  Developing an Interactive Web-Application for Instructions Involving Networks funded by an Innovative Instruction Technology Grant (IITG) from the State University of New York (SUNY). Center Associate Professor Ding Zhang of the School of Business at SUNY Oswego has been busy hosting two Visiting Scholars from China with whom he is working on emergency management and service management with a network focus. In addition, he was a Visiting Professor on a short term research appointment at the Nanjing University of Science and Technology in China. Center Associate Dr. Dmytro Matsypura of the School of Business at the University of Sydney in Australia spent part of his sabbatical at the Swanson School of Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania. He presented seminars there and at conference while in the U.S. Along with Doctoral Student Center Associates Sara Saberi and Dong "Michelle" Li, we continue to work on the NSF-funded project: Network Innovation Through Choice. We have several papers accepted for publication or in press that acknowledge support from this major NSF grant. Professor Tilman Wolf is the PI and I am a Co-PI. Other partners on this project include collaborators at the University of Kentucky, NCState, and RENCI. Moreover, Sara Saberi has been selected as a 2014 Isenberg Scholar Award recipient. Doctoral Student Center Associate Shivani Shukla was elected President of the UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter and has been very active organizing activities.   I spent several months in 2013 as a Visiting Professor of Operations Management at the School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden as part of my sabbatical this year and was busy collaborating, mentoring students, doing research, lecturing, and speaking at many conferences. This year, I gave invited and plenary talks and seminars at many venues (NYC, Athens (Greece), Evanston (Illinois), Zurich (Switzerland), Vienna (Austria), Gothenburg (Sweden), College Station (Texas), Norman (Oklahoma), Montreal (Canada),  TEDx at UMass Amherst, and more). I was also a Guest Professor at Professor Wakolbinger's university of March 2013. Center Associate Dr. Stavros Siokos continues as President of the Sciens Fund of Hedge Funds Management in London, UK. I saw Dr. Siokos in Athens, Greece in June 2013. Center Associate Dr. Padma Ramanujam is continuing working at SAS in Cary, North Carolina and she took part at the INFORMS meeting in Minneapolis with many other Center Associates. Center Associates collaborated on many research papers and had articles published in such journals as the European Journal of Operational Research, Annals of Operations Research, Service Science, Networks, Computational Management Science, the International Transactions in Operational Research, and many more! Congratulations to all on their achievements! Wishing everyone a very productive and wonderful New 2014 Year! Please visit the Supernetwork website regularly for the latest news and information. Please visit the various pages on the supernetworks website for many of our recent publications as well as for photos of our events and activities, newsletter, and media coverage. Thanks for the support!  Happy New 2014 Year!

Why Operations and Information Management at the Isenberg School of Management Just May Be the Best Major

Do you remember when you had to choose your major in college?  Perhaps you knew before you even were a freshman your passion and what you wanted to concentrate in and you just charged forward. Maybe you knew what you liked in general (and what you did not like, which is very useful to know and can save you a lot of wasted time and effort) but you needed several courses in college to identify your focus.

Now is the time at the Isenberg School of Management at UMass Amherst, where I teach, when students declare their major. Those who are lucky enough to already be enrolled at the Isenberg School have sampled a spectrum of business courses as well as other courses as part of the curriculum. With our rigorous curriculum that emphasizes both breadth and depth students quickly identify whether they are quant and analytical types, or, perhaps, more interested in behavioral and managerial issues, or focused on specific industries -- at the Isenberg School we also have the renowned  Hospitality & Tourism Management Department and the  Mark H. McCormack Department of Sport Management.

But this post is about Operations and Information Management (OIM). 

My regular readers know that what was the Department of Finance and Operations Management at the Isenberg School is now two departments, so my new "home" within the school is Operations & Information Management.

OIM students, faculty, and professional are problem-solvers who apply state-of-the-art concepts, methods and tools, as well as technology.  OIM is about systems, that is, firms, organizations, or networks of firms as in the case of supply chains, and in making them operate better, whether through cost reduction, enhanced efficiency and profits, improved product quality and innovations,  redesign, improving sustainability, or even making more timely deliveries. Students learn about exciting industries from pharmaceuticals and healthcare to transportation and logistics to food and even fashion! They learn optimization techniques and analytics!  Some courses, but not all, are highlighted here.

For example, the methodologies that students learn and apply can be used also in other problem domains, including in humanitarian logistics,  a course that I developed and teach and have even offered last Spring, while on sabbatical, in Europe.

The OIM major is challenging, and hands-on with truly gifted and dedicated educators who are at the frontiers of their disciplines and are dynamic and engaged.

We bring in guest speakers and have also student clubs from the newly formed OIM Club to the UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter, that I have been a Faculty Advisor of for almost a decade (time to celebrate).

Our students have fascinating internships at such companies as IBM and UTC, to start, and get excellent jobs -- thanks, in part, to our terrific Chase Career Center. We have been told that OIM majors command the second highest average salaries among the majors at the Isenberg School, after graduation! You can try to guess the top salary earners (and it is not Finance).

And the best part of the OIM major is the caliber, energy, and dedication of the students that we attract.

Our students are wonderful and I am so glad to be part of this community!

After they graduate, they continue to succeed and to make the world a better place.

Many stay in touch and, after a few years, some even apply to grad school.

Photos of the School of Business, Economics and Law at Gothenburg University in Sweden

In my previous blogspot, I shared photos that I took of shops in beautiful Gothenburg, Sweden.

Above I have posted photos taken at the School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg (GU) where I had the privilege and honor of being a Visiting Professor at during the past two weeks. With this visit, I have begun my official appointment there.

I will be traveling back to GU over the next two years and I am very much looking forward to new collaborations and initiatives.

What impressed me so much about the school was the architecture, the aesthetics (including works of art), the numerous places where students, faculty, and guests could congregate to work and discuss ideas, and, most of all, the wonderful people that I met from the faculty and the administrators to the students, postdocs, and staff members.

I might also add that the food in the cafeteria was delicious!