Undergraduate Academics
Berkeley IEOR Hosts 2nd “Journey Through the World of Analytics” Workshop for Community College Educators
Earlier this month, Berkeley IEOR hosted the second installment of its “Journey Through the World of Analytics” workshop, a three-day professional development event tailored specifically for community college educators. Faculty from over 20 community colleges participated, with many expressing high satisfaction and noting the relevance of the course materials to their teaching needs. Throughout the…
Read MoreRenamed Undergraduate Degree Underscores Rising Demand in Data-Driven Decision-Making
The Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (Berkeley IEOR) at UC Berkeley’s College of Engineering has announced an update to one of its core undergraduate programs. As of August 2024, the Bachelor of Arts in Operations Research and Management Science (ORMS), a degree that has graduated hundreds of successful students since its inception in…
Read MoreCongratulations to the 2024 Jengyee Prize Winner
We are delighted to announce that Emily Meng is this year’s Jengyee Prize – Leadership for a Better World winner. Established in 2010, the Jengyee Prize recognizes undergraduate students who demonstrate outstanding leadership, service, and commitment to advancing a better world. Emily exemplifies these qualities through her outstanding leadership and dedication for improving our community,…
Read MoreSpotlight on Jonathan Zvi and European Innovation Academy
We sat down with junior IEOR student and IISE Co-President, Jonathan Zvi to discuss his experience as part of the European Innovation Academy (EIA), the world’s largest educational entrepreneurship summer program for students. EIA offers an intensive, fast-paced summer learning experience where students learn from venture capitalists, serial entrepreneurs, executives from Silicon Valley, companies, and…
Read MoreBerkeley IEOR Undergrad Wins Best Student Paper Award at KDIR 2020
IEOR Undergraduate Jonathan Bodine (Class of ’21) and Professor Dorit Hochbaum won the Best Student Paper Award at the 12th International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Information Retrieval (KDIR 2020). The award winning work authored by Bodine and Hochbaum was titled The Max-Cut Decision Tree: Improving on the Accuracy and Running Time of Decision Trees.…
Read MoreRe-watch Nobel Laureate Jennifer Doudna at the A. Richard Newton Series
University of California, Berkeley, biochemist Jennifer Doudna has been awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, sharing it with colleague Emmanuelle Charpentier for the co-development of CRISPR-Cas9, a genome editing breakthrough that has revolutionized biomedicine. CRISPR-Cas9 allows scientists to rewrite DNA — the code of life — in any organism, including human cells, with unprecedented…
Read MoreM.E.T. applications open for rising sophomores starting Fall 2021
The M.E.T. Program is excited to announce that beginning with the Fall 2021 admissions cycle, applications will open for current UC Berkeley College of Engineering sophomores majoring in a M.E.T. academic track (BioE, CE, EECS, IEOR, MSE, or ME) to apply to the M.E.T. program during the fall of their sophomore year. If admitted, students…
Read MoreORMS students shape wellness solutions through Fung Fellowship
The Fung Fellowship is a groundbreaking entrepreneurship and innovation program that aims to shape leaders for a better world. It connects diverse undergraduate students with community and industry partners, providing opportunities to solve pressing societal problems related to public health and conservation. To do so, Fung Fellows utilize the iterative human-centered design process, domain knowledge,…
Read MoreSmart Villages: Students Pitch to Chief Minister of Meghalaya
Students taking the Smart Villages Challenge Lab have been tasked with developing digital technologies and platforms to help impoverished Indian villages to utilize their natural resources and access global markets. The area selected this semester was the state of Meghalaya, and each team was assigned one particular challenge in regards to improving Meghalayan villages: Eco-Tourism,…
Read MoreTech Firm Leadership students win ‘paperclip challenge,’ snag photo with Chancellor Carol Christ
Students Fionce Siow, Tammy Chan, Peru Dayani, Mina Nezam-Mafi, Ryan Chiem in the Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology’s INDENG 171 – Technology Firm Leadership course proved their entrepreneurial prowess by exchanging paperclips for something priceless: A group photo with UC Berkeley Chancellor Christ. The team participated in a challenge, led by course instructor Dr. Pamela…
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