Student Chapter of INFORMS Recipient of Magna Cum Laude AwardPhoto Submitted From left: associate professor Haoming Shen, adviser; Zaidur Rahman, vice-president; Farid Hashemian, president; Amit Kumar Saha, treasurer; and Hasan Md Shahriar, secretary. The U of A student chapter of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) has been notified of the award of Magna Cum Laude for their work during the 2024-25 academic year. The honor provides great visibility to our program, and I'm excited about the direction of our INFORMS student chapter." Speakers from the U of A, University of Texas at Arlington, Purdue University, Clemson University, University of Virginia and Aimpoint Digital participated in the series. The Magna Cum Laude award is the second-highest class of award given to student chapters.