UMass INFORMS

Join us on Friday, Feb 27 at 11:00 AM for a panel marking the 4th anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine 🇺🇦.
Faculty and KSE exchange students will share their reflections on the war and why it matters to keep listening, learning, and standing together.

We hope to see you there.💙💛

Thanks to all who came to our @umassinforms.bsky.social end of the semester party today @isenbergumass.bsky.social! The food was delicious and the company fantastic!

Join us on Friday, Dec 12, at 4:30 PM to celebrate the end of the Fall 2025 semester! 🎉 Come connect with faculty, students, friends, and Chapter officers, enjoy great food, and wrap up the semester together with good conversations and great energy. ✨
Can’t wait to see everyone there! 🍕🩵

UMass Amherst Student INFORMS Chapter Wins Award at National Meeting : Riccio College of Engineering : UMass Amherst In addition, eight UMass INFORMS students make research presentations, including talks by three INFORMS officers from the Riccio College of Engineering.

Thanks to @umassengineering.bsky.social for the nice news post on the @umassinforms.bsky.social receiving the Cum Laude Award from INFORMS & also my receipt of the @informs.bsky.social President's Award. www.umass.edu/engineering/... @isenbergumass.bsky.social #orms #analytics

Today the @umassinforms.bsky.social Student Chapter held a celebration at @isenbergumass.bsky.social. We are so honored and grateful that the Chapter was recognized by @informs.bsky.social with the Cum Laude Award recently at the Atlanta conference and that I received the President's Award. #orms

This Friday we will be celebrating awards received at the recent great @informs.bsky.social conference in Atlanta! The @umassinforms.bsky.social Student Chapter prepared this nice poster. Many thanks for these honors. Together, we hope to continue to apply #orms & #analytics for doing good.

Thank you, Professor, for always supporting and guiding our chapter. We truly appreciate your leadership and constant encouragement. A big thank you as well to our officers for their dedication and hard work. Looking forward to celebrating more achievements ahead. 🎉

We’re honored to receive the Cum Laude Award at this year’s
@informs.bsky.social Annual Meeting in Atlanta!Thank you to our faculty advisor, Professor @annanagurney.bsky.social, and all our officers for their incredible support and dedication.We’re excited to continue growing together as a chapter!

Thanks to all the wonderful presenters and attendees at the @umassinforms.bsky.social tune up today for the @informs.bsky.social conference in Atlanta! Attendance was great but not everyone made it to the photo.

📣We are hosting an INFORMS Annual Meeting Tune-Up Event on Friday, October 10, at 11:00 AM in ISOM Room 210! Join us to get a preview of the research our students will present at the #INFORMS2025 Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia. Check out the flyer below for details.
Can’t wait to see you there!

Thrilled that the presentation by Dr. Oleh Nivievskyi in our @umassinforms.bsky.social Speaker Series today has made the @umassamherst.bsky.social homepage! He will be speaking on Ukraine and recovery and reconstruction.

Outstanding Presentation by Dr. Oleh Nivievskyi on Rebuilding Crossroads of Ukraine Yesterday we had the honor and great pleasure of hearing Dr. Oleh Nivievskyi present at the Isenberg School of Management in the UMass Amher...

My blogpost on the outstanding presentation by Dr. Oleh Nivievskyi in @umassinforms.bsky.social Speaker Series @isenbergumass.bsky.social annanagurney.blogspot.com/2025/09/outs.... Thanks to all who made the visit of our distinguished colleague from the Kyiv School of Economics (KSE) so pleasant.

📣 Join us this Friday, Sept 19, to hear Dr. Oleh Nivievskyi discuss “Rebuilding Crossroads of Ukraine: Bridging the Gap Between Damage, Recovery, and European Aspirations.” His talk will focus on Ukraine’s reconstruction and recovery challenges. 🇺🇦

We hope to see you there! 💙💛

As the Faculty Advisor to the @informs.bsky.social @umassinforms.bsky.social Student Chapter, I am looking forward to a wonderful new #orms year of activities. Great to see the Chapter holding its election for officers. Congrats to the new slate of officers websites.umass.edu/umassinf/min...

Stay tuned for our exciting plans for the next academic year!!! 🎉

@informs.bsky.social #StudentChapter #INFORMSStudentChapter #INFORMS

Thank you Dr. @annanagurney.bsky.social for thoughtfully preparing the certificates for our Officers and Members with outstanding service!

Yesterday, we had an amazing time celebrating our Chapter's achievements at our annual award ceremony! We thank everyone who joined our events and supported us throughout the year, and our Advisor, Dr. Anna Nagurney, whose guidance is truly invaluable. Stay tuned for our plans for the next year!!! 🎉

As the Faculty Advisor to the @umassinforms.bsky.social Student Chapter, it was a pleasure today to recognize outstanding officers & members in a special award ceremony at the Business Innovation Hub @isenbergumass.bsky.social. We had a cake from Whole Foods & @umassamherst.bsky.social Dining pizza!

Thanks to everyone that came to our @umassinforms.bsky.social party @isenbergumass.bsky.social! Thanks to the faculty & staff who've supported us all year. Congratulations to the Chapter Officers & members on the achievements, including journal article publications! #orms @informs.bsky.social

Thanks to all who came to our @umassinforms.bsky.social party today @isenbergumass.bsky.social. We even celebrated the achievements of our @informs.bsky.social Student Chapter members with a Congratulations cake. The company was fabulous and the food delicious. Thanks, @ismaelpour.bsky.social!

Great catching up with #SamtheMinuteman at @umassamherst.bsky.social Founders Day! Always exciting to hear Sam's insights on @nba.com & #NHL #Playoffs, as well as his prognostications on next year's #UMassFootball, #UMassBasketball & #UMassHockey! Enjoyed the cookout with @umassinforms.bsky.social!

🎓 Support OIM students at @isenbergumass.bsky.social during #UMassGives !

📣 Power Hour starts at 1PM. The department with the most donors can win an extra $2000, so every gift counts! Even $5 can make a difference!

💙 Give here: umass.scalefunder.com/gday/giving-...
@umassamherst.bsky.social #OIM

Proud of all @umassamherst.bsky.social & @isenbergumass.bsky.social have done with the #globalpartnership with the Kyiv School of Economics (KSE) in #Ukraine. Read about the amazing exchange students & the recent visit of KSE President @mylovanov.bsky.social. Thanks, @umassinforms.bsky.social, too

Our Chapter enjoyed a beautiful day at the #FoundersDay cookout! 🌭🍔 We are so lucky to have sunshine, great food, and even better company on this beautiful day at @umassamherst.bsky.social ! ☀️

Thanks, @umassamherst.bsky.social #Economics Professor Marta Vicarelli, for an incredibly inspiring seminar today on Nature-Based Solutions in our @umassinforms.bsky.social Speaker Series! The talk @isenbergumass.bsky.social was amazing & highlighted how NBS can assist in disaster risk reduction.

Join us for our End-of-Semester Party this Friday at 4:30PM as we celebrate the achievements of Spring 2025! 🎉
There will be great food and even better company! 🍕🌭🍰 Thank you to our Chapter officers, our Faculty Advisor @annanagurney.bsky.social, and everyone who supported our events this semester!

New blog post by our Chapter President Ismael Pour recaps two great talks on April 11: Prof. Anna Nagurney (@annanagurney.bsky.social) at the #CORS Micro-Event, and Dr. Kazaz on Wine Analytics at the OIM Speaker Series! 🌾 🍷 Read the highlights: websites.umass.edu/umassinf/202...
#SupplyChain #OIM

📣 We’re continuing our Spring25 #SpeakerSeries on April 25 with Dr. Marta Vicarelli, Asst. Prof. of Economics and Public Policy at @umassamherst.bsky.social! Dr. Vicarelli will discuss how Nature-based Solutions ( #NbS) can help communities adapt to #climatechange & disaster risks. #ClimateEconomics

Dr. Tymofiy Mylovanov warns of Ukraine War and its global consequences during talk at UMass On March 7, Ukrainian economist Dr. Tymofiy Mylovanov spoke at UMass about the consequences of Ukraine losing the war, highlighting the critical role of Western aid and the global implications of a Ru...

Thanks, Audrey Falkner, for this article, published in the @umassamherst.bsky.social Daily Collegian, on the visit & talk of @mylovanov.bsky.social dailycollegian.com/2025/04/dr-t... on What Happens to Europe if Ukraine Loses. Thanks also to the Office of Global Affairs & @umassinforms.bsky.social!

I spoke at the University of Massachusetts Amherst about future of Europe if Ukraine falls.

Thank you Anna Nagurney for invitation and fanatic visit.

We will continue our collaboration between UMass and KSE. This is a blueprint for collaboration between Ukrainian and U.S. academic institutions.