Workshop on Methods and Applications in Modern Statistics Held to Honor David Ruppert
Students and associates of David Ruppert, Andrew Schultz Jr. Professor of Engineering in ORIE, held a workshop to celebrate his 60th birthday. Read more
News: ORIE
Seven New Doctors of Philosophy Are Hooded at an ORIE Pre-Commencement Ceremony
Recent and soon-to-be Ph.D. degree recipients were honored at a ceremony before the Cornell Commencement. In the hooding ceremony, each student's thesis advisor or a representative places a hood in a ritual designed to recognize scholarly accomplishment. Read more
Eship Magazine Highlights ORIE's John Callister
John Callister MS '92, PhD '96, the Harvey Kinzelberg Director of Entrepreneurship in Engineering, is featured in a profile in eship, The Magazine of Entrepreneurship@Cornell. Read more
In a Difficult Employment Year, All Continuing Financial Engineering Students Have Summer Internships
This year is one of the hardest for employment in the financial sector in many years. Thanks to the ability of the students to adapt to the marketplace -- and the hard work of CFEM -- all continuing FE students have obtained summer jobs this year. Read more
Donald Gross, Early ORIE Ph.D. Graduate, Reminisces About Cornell and His Career
On retiring as research professor from George Mason University, Donald Gross, ORIE MS '59, Ph.D. '62 looks back to a time when ORIE was "just discovering a relatively new area relating to industrial engineering called operations research." Read more
ORIE Graduating Senior Stephanie Peng, 2008 Merrill Scholar, Honors Professor Samorodnitsky as Mentor
Stephanie Peng of ORIE is one the 36 Merrill Presidential Scholars selected campus wide in 2008. She recognized Professor Gennady Samorodnitsky as the Cornell faculty member contributing most significantly to her college experience. Read more
Emeritus Professor Maxwell named Volunteer of the Year
Ithaca's Tompkins Trust Company honored Emeritus Professor William "Max" Maxwell for his many community volunteer activities with organizations such as the YMCA, the Alex Haley Pool, the American Red Cross and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Read more
Wall Street Journal Selects Alumnus Todd Rethemeier as a Top Analyst for a Second Year
The annual "Best on the Street" compilation by the Wall Street Journal has again named ORIE alum Todd Rethemeier, BS '93 MEng '94 MBA '95, as one of the top analysts of telecommunication stocks. Rethemeier is on the Advisory Board of CFEM. Read more
M.Eng. Student Duncan Wong is a Grand Prize Winner in an International Trading Competition
Duncan Wong, who will complete his financial engineering studies at the end of the year, beat out 2500 students in the United States to become the US Grand Prize Winner in the JP Morgan FantasyFutures competition. Read more
ORIE Alumna Sherri Stuewer Delivers a Check for $592,216 to President David Skorton
Sherri Stuewer, ORIE '73 MS '75, presented Cornell President David Skorton with a check from the ExxonMobil Foundation matching the gifts of nearly $200,000 by the company's employees, retirees and others. Read more