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FROM News at Smith Maryland: Maryland Smith MBAs Engage with FDIC Leaders

MBA students at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business had the opportunity to meet with and hear perspective from FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams in a Nov. 1, 2019 event at Maryland Smith arranged by Professor of Finance Haluk Ünal.

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FROM News at Smith Maryland: Fed’s Mester at Maryland Smith: 5 Takeaways

Cleveland Fed President Discusses Monetary Policy, Tomorrow’s Jobs and the Importance of Data

Data comes from all sorts of places and takes various forms, Cleveland Fed President Loretta J. Mester told a gathering of Maryland Smith students and faculty on Monday.

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FROM News at Smith Maryland: Maryland Smith’s Anil Gupta, Haiyan Wang Move up in Thinkers50 List

Noted as “global strategists, experts on entrepreneurship and the transformational rise of emerging markets, foremost China and India,” Maryland Smith’s Anil K. Gupta and Haiyan Wang (MBA '95) are No. 25 in the 2019 Thinkers50 global ranking of management thinkers.

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FROM News at Smith Maryland: How do toys stay relevant? Richard Dickson ’90 explains Mattel’s philosophy

Mattel President and COO Richard Dickson answers a tough question: How do brands stay relevant? Speaking to an audience of students, faculty, staff and guests at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, Dickson ’90 told the story of Mattel, described how he finds inspiration, broke down the reinvention of a legacy brand and offered some good, old-fashioned career advice. Dickson was on campus this week for the fall 2019 installment of the CEO smith speaker series.

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FROM News at Smith Maryland: Five UMD Student Startups Named Finalists at Pitch Dingman Competition Semifinals

Pitch Dingman Competition, featuring 10 undergraduate, graduate and PhD student-run businesses across University of Maryland, College Park. Each team who advanced to the semifinals was vetted through a quarterfinals round by a judges panel of alumni entrepreneurs and participated in mandatory workshops and advising sessions.

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FROM News at Smith Maryland: CHITA 2019: Insights from the Health Industry Trenches and Academic Labs

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FROM News at Smith Maryland: Global Competencies for the 21st Century Workplace

For its annual Distinguished Speakers Series in International Business during International Education Week, the Center for Global Business at Maryland Smith hosted a conversation with Smith alumni on global competencies for the 21st-century workplace on Thursday, November 21.

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FROM News at Smith Maryland: Maryland Smith’s Merrill Presidential Scholar Honorees

Students Reflect on Mentors Suarez, Kudisch and Bailey. And Vice Versa

Three pairs of Maryland Smith students-faculty mentors were recognized in a recent event honoring this year’s graduating class of University of Maryland Philip Merrill Presidential Scholars.

The program further cited a K-12 teacher-mentor of each scholar:

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FROM News at Smith Maryland: NSF Awards $1M to Develop Open Knowledge Database for Business

Louiqa Raschid, a professor of information systems in the Robert H. Smith School of Business with an appointment in the University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies, is a co-principal investigator on the project.

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FROM News at Smith Maryland: Maryland Smith’s Winter Commencement is Dec. 17

Join the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business in celebrating the accomplishments of its graduates, during Winter Commencement starting 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019, at the Xfinity Center in College Park, Md.

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FROM News at Smith Maryland: Maryland Smith’s Winter Commencement is Dec. 18

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FROM News at Smith Maryland: Students Savor a Break, With Pancakes During Stacks on Smith

On December 10, 2019, Maryland Smith hosted Stacks on Smith, a night for students to relax during finals week and enjoy a pancake breakfast.

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FROM News at Smith Maryland: Maryland Smith Undergraduate Students Compete at International Business Case Challenge

Greg Rafal, assistant director of the Center for Global Business, writes about the International Business Case Challenge at the University of Connecticut, held Nov. 13-17, 2019.

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FROM News at Smith Maryland: Maryland Smith’s Ritu Agarwal Wins Top Information Systems Award

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FROM News at Smith Maryland: Center for Global Business Selects Winter 2020 Undergraduate Communication Liasons

Center for Global Business at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business, writes about the Smith School Study Abroad Ambassador program.

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FROM News at Smith Maryland: Embrace Diversity, Adversity and Social Responsibility, Maryland Smith Speaker Tells Winter Grads

Celebrating heritage, adhering to high ethical standards and overcoming all obstacles were among the many career recommendations shared with students by keynote speaker Jose Antonio Tijerino during commencement exercises on December 18, 2019, at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.

“Fearless isn’t just a tagline, it’s a philosophy,” Tijerino told graduates. “By going through adversity, it means you’ve built grit and have a comfort level in adjusting and creating pathways to success in the worst of circumstances.”

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FROM News at Smith Maryland: Annual Cybersecurity Forum Slated for Jan. 8

About 60 cyber and policy experts representing academia, business and government will participate in the 16th annual Forum on Financial Information Systems and Cybersecurity: A Public Policy Perspective, from 9 a.m.-4:10 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020, in Van Munching Hall, Room 1412 at the University of Maryland, College Park. The event is co-hosted by Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business and School of Public Policy.

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FROM News at Smith Maryland: Maryland Smith’s Snider Center Marks Five-Year Anniversary

Ed Snider Center for Enterprise and Markets at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business is taking stock of its mission-aligned research and outreach.

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FROM News at Smith Maryland: Annual Cybersecurity Forum Set for Jan. 8

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FROM News at Smith Maryland: 2020 Cybersecurity Forum: Maryland Smith Grad Gives Insight into Cyber-Securing America

Among U.S. Army branches, Infantry, Special Forces and Corps of Engineers are household names. Perhaps “Cyber,” the newest branch, is approaching such status. “We look to do partnerships in how to secure our nation in a cyberattack, based on the reality that targeted attacks can deny or disrupt critical services at the local or city level and reverberate outward," said one of the branch’s leaders, Col. Andrew Hall, in describing the initiative to about 60 cyber and policy experts representing academia, business and government and coming from as far away as Houston, Toronto and Taiwan.