Undergraduate News
Ethan Lam B.S. ’25 Wins Best Decentralized App Award at TreeHacks 2024
During Stanford’s premier hackathon TreeHacks 2024, Ethan Lam, a third-year Berkeley IEOR student, and his team won the Best Decentralized App Award on the Ava Labs sponsor track. Their project, zKnowledge Base, is a social publishing platform aimed at democratizing research paper access through decentralized storage of research papers and a vibrant community. Their success earned them…
Read MoreAnnouncing the 2024 Jengyee Prize – Win A $2000 Scholarship!
Announcing the 2024 Jengyee Prize — Leadership for a Better World Jengyee Liang ’05 Attention all Berkeley undergraduates! The 2024 Jengyee Prize – Leadership for a Better World — is now accepting applications. The $2,000 prize is awarded annually and is open to all undergraduate students with a sophomore or higher standing, regardless of gender,…
Read MoreForging a new future: Emily Garcia (BS IEOR ‘20) paves the way for diversity and inclusion in higher education
In high school, Emily Garcia (BS IEOR ’20) received excellent grades, participated in numerous extracurricular activities, and was even class salutatorian in her senior year. Most other students with Emily’s academic performance are destined for college; however, for Emily, college was always an uncertain and distant dream. “I grew up in a low-income Latino family.…
Read MoreAnnouncing the 2023 Jengyee Prize – Win A $2000 Scholarship!
Attention all Berkeley undergraduates! The 2023 Jengyee Prize – Leadership for a Better World — is now accepting applications. The $2,000 prize is awarded annually and is open to all undergraduate students with a sophomore or higher standing, regardless of gender, race, creed, or national origin. The Jengyee Prize – Leadership for a Better World aims…
Read MoreBerkeley IEOR Graduate Named to Forbes 30-Under-30 List
Berkeley IEOR graduate Courtney Z. Chow (BS IEOR’ 16) joins a different kind of class for 2023: The Forbes 30-under-30. Established ten years ago, the Forbes Under 30 list recognizes tomorrow’s brightest young innovators, trailblazers, and disruptors working to solve the world’s biggest problems – on their own terms. As Vice President of technology and…
Read MoreFilipino American History Month: Student Stories
October is Filipino American History Month (FAHM)! Filipino American History Month celebrates the culture, experiences, and lives of Filipino Americans throughout history. This year marks historic firsts for campus institutions to uplift the Filipinx community via events, exhibits, and digital archives honoring FAHM — to learn more, check out the email from Dania Matos, Vice…
Read MoreNational Latinx Heritage Month: Student Stories
Hispanic Heritage Month runs from September 15 to October 15 every year to celebrate the history, culture, and many contributions that U.S Latinx and Hispanic communities have brought to American society. As Hispanic Heritage Month comes to a close, we wanted to highlight current student, Thomas Estrada’s story about what being a member of the…
Read MoreNational Latinx Heritage Month
Happy Latinx Heritage Month! The Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research honors and celebrates the cultures, contributions, and lasting influence of Latinx, Chicanx, and all Hispanic-identified Americans with ancestors in Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, South America and Spain. While every year Americans come together to observe National Latinx Heritage Month from September 15th…
Read MoreBerkeley IEOR Now Hiring New Tenure-Track Faculty Position
The Department of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research (IEOR) at the University of California, Berkeley, is pleased to announce a new tenure-track assistant professor position opening. We welcome applications from all IEOR research areas. Applicants with research interests in optimization, machine learning, logistics, or supply chain engineering are especially encouraged to apply. Diversity, equity, inclusion,…
Read MoreBerkeley IEOR’s undergrad program advances to No. 6 in latest U.S. News & World Report rankings
The latest U.S. News & World Report rankings have placed UC Berkeley’s Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (IEOR) Department sixth among all undergraduate industrial engineering programs in the nation, advancing from seventh place in last year’s rankings report. Berkeley IEOR remains second among all graduate industrial engineering programs. This year, UC Berkeley’s College of Engineering…
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