I just returned from the INFORMS Annual Conference, where I ran into several former students who are now professors across the globe—one from Europe, two from Asia, and one from the U.S.  One of them,  Yang Liu from National University of Singapore, won one of the 2023 best Transportation Science Paper Awards.  It felt surprisingly fulfilling to witness your students achieve accomplishments beyond your own.

The picture was taken with the Editor in Chief of Transportation Science, my colleague Karen Smilowitz (left), and Yang (middle)