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Katie Kenny, 2023 Jengyee Prize Winner

Congratulations to the 2023 Jengyee Prize Winner

By Goldie Negelev | May 12, 2023

We are delighted to announce that Katie Kenny 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…

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Berkeley IEOR Students Receive Top Honors at UC Leads Symposium

By Goldie Negelev | April 21, 2023

Berkeley IEOR undergraduate students Isa Demetz and Santiago Karam Padilla won top honors for their research posters during last weekend’s UC Leads Research & Leadership Symposium. The University of California Leadership Excellence through Advanced Degrees (UC LEADS) program is designed…

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Berkeley IEOR Professor Rajan Udwani Receives Google Research Scholar Award

By Goldie Negelev | April 21, 2023

Berkeley IEOR Professor Rajan Udwani has been awarded the highly competitive Google Research Scholar award for 2023-24 in recognition of his proposal on algorithms and optimization, titled “Generalized Framework for Prior-Free Online Resource Allocation.” The Google Research Scholar Program supports…

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New Doctoral Fellowship Supports IEOR Scholars and Honors Rising Star in Operations Research

By Goldie Negelev | April 20, 2023

New Doctoral Fellowship Supports IEOR Scholars and Honors Rising Star in Operations Research Meet Marie Pelagie Elimbi Moudio – a trailblazing Berkeley IEOR Ph.D. student and the inspiration behind The Marie Pelagie Elimbi Moudio Fellowship in IEOR (UC Berkeley photo…

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Mixbook Founder Andrew Laffoon; Entrepreneurial Success and the Growth Mindset

By Annie Lin | April 12, 2023

The journey to entrepreneurial success can be a long and winding road, but for Andrew Laffoon, it started right here at UC Berkeley’s Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology. As a recipient of the Center’s Certificate of Engineering Management and…

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Spotlight on Anurag Aiyer (BS IEOR ’22)

By Goldie Negelev | April 7, 2023

In a recent interview with IEOR, Anurag Aiyer, a Class of 2022 alum, shared his insights and experiences on all things IEOR. Since graduating, Aiyer has found success as an Associate Product Manager at Visa. In this interview, we’ll delve…

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Professor Shmuel Oren to deliver Marcel Boiteux Lecture in France for 100th birthday commemoration

By Goldie Negelev | March 17, 2023

UC Berkeley Professor Shmuel Oren has been chosen to deliver the first Marcel Boiteux Lecture at CentralSupélec-Paris-Saclay University in Gif-sur-Yvette, France next month. The lecture, titled “Mobilizing load flexibility to support decarbonization through virtual power plants,” will commemorate the 100th…

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Celebrating Women’s History Month: Spotlight on Professor Xin Guo and Her Research Group

By Goldie Negelev | March 17, 2023

March is Women’s History Month, a time to recognize and celebrate the achievements of women in our community and around the world. Berkeley Engineering has always been a leader in breaking barriers for women, and the Department of Industrial Engineering…

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Announcing the 2023 Jengyee Prize – Win A $2000 Scholarship!

By Kartik Aggarwal | March 10, 2023

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,…