Service

K-12 Outreach

Each summer since 2016, Dr. Nurre Pinkley and members of her research team lead an activity during GirlTREC. GirlTREC is a summer camp, hosted by MarTREC for 5th and 6th grade girls focused on hands-on activities related to transportation. We walk the girls through the activity of restoring the power and transportation networks of a fictitious town that were damaged after an extreme event. Materials prepared for the event can be downloaded and used for outreach and educational activities.

Women in Operations Research and the Management Sciences (WORMS)

Sarah Nurre Pinkley has been very active in Women in Operations Research and the Management Sciences (WORMS). Previously, Sarah served as Secretary (2014-2015), President-Elect (2016), President (2017), and Past-President (2018). She highly recommends all female members looking for a strong community and male members who support women to join and become engaged with WORMS.

Institute of Operations Research and the Management Sciences

Dr. Nurre Pinkley is active within the Institute of Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS). She currently serves as the fora representative on the Subdivision Council, and is a member of the Chapters/For a, Professional Recognition, and Volunteer Service Award Committees.

Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers Student Chapter

Since 2016, Dr. Nurre Pinkley has served as the faculty advisor for the University of Arkansas’s student chapter of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineering (IISE). The chapter consistently earns the GOLD award of recognition due to their career, philanthropic, and social events. In Spring 2019, the students won first place in the IISE YouTube video contest for their video WHAT WILL YOU BE WITH IE?