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November 2009
MEDIA ALERT: November 20, 2009
Retail Experts Say Consumers Win This Holiday Season
Van Munching Hall Goes Green
Smith School Holds Annual Diversity Event
ON SMITH BUSINESS CLOSE-UP: Technology Transfer
Nominations are open for 2009-2010 Krowe Teaching Excellence Awards
Women & the MBA: Workshop for Prospective Women MBA Students, Dec. 5
The Fall 2009 issue of Smith Business magazine is online!
Start Your Holiday Shopping at Terp Marketplace on Thursday, Nov. 19, Noon – 4 p.m., Van Munching Hall
ON SMITH BUSINESS CLOSE-UP: Developing Managers with Stretch Assignments
NEWS RELEASE: November 12, 2009
University of Maryland Ranks No. 16 in the World for Business, Economics Faculty and Research
Smith School's 10th Annual CIO Forum Features Federal CIO Vivek Kundra
Smith’s Freshman Fellows Program Welcomes Marissa Levin
Earn a Certificate in Innovation Management
BusinessWeek Ranks Smith School Part-Time MBA Program Among Nation’s Best
NEWS RELEASE: November 5, 2009
University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business Launches Center for Financial Policy
Smith School Launches Center for Financial Policy with Roundtable on Executive Compensation
Smith School Holds 6th Annual Cybersecurity Forum
ON SMITH BUSINESS CLOSE-UP: Financial System Reforms – Executive Pay
October 2009
NEWS RELEASE: October 30, 2009
Smith School Honors Logistics Leader for Industry and Humanitarian Contributions
NEWS RELEASE: October 26, 2009
NYU Takes Top Prize in Third Annual University of Maryland M&A Competition
Smith School’s Dean Anand on WAMU 88.5 FM’s Kojo Nnamdi Show
Smith School Hosts Marc Cosentino for Case Interview Prep Workshop
Finance Fellows Meet and Dine with Industry Professionals
Tune in Oct. 21 at 12:06 p.m. to hear Dean Anand on the Kojo Nnamdi show discuss the topic of "Balancing the Bottom Line and Ethics" -- WAMU (88.5 FM) or online
NEWS RELEASE: October 19, 2009
Financial Times Ranks Smith School Executive MBA Program Among Top in U.S.
Smith School Launches Center for Social Value Creation with Inaugural Forum
Smith MBAs Make a Global Impact with Internships
10th Annual CIO Forum, November 6, 2009
Web 2.0 and Beyond: Where will the Internet take us next?
2009 Mergers & Acquisitions Competition will be held October 22-23, 2009
Thought Leadership 2009: Marketing to Catch Their Eyes, October 16, 2009
NEWS RELEASE: October 14, 2009
Gordon Prize in Managing Cybersecurity Resources Awarded
NEWS RELEASE: October 12, 2009
Smith Launches Center for Financial Policy with Roundtable on Executive Compensation
UP NEXT ON SMITH BUSINESS CLOSE-UP
An entrepreneur's story: Starting a business service Web marketplace in a down economy
September 2009
NEWS RELEASE: September 29, 2009
Directors’ Institute Now Hosted by University of Maryland’s Business School
Smith School Gives Staff Excellence Awards to Brian Horick and Dianne Fox
On Smith Business Close-Up: Setting CEO Pay – Executive Compensation
Smith School Welcomes New Faculty Members
Lords of Finance Author Addresses the Smith School’s Incoming Full-time MBA Students
Is Curbing Executive Pay Really the Answer?
Watch Dean Anand's Fall 2009 Welcome Video
NEWS RELEASE: September 21, 2009
New Book on Mastering Business Volatility to Preview at 2009 Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals’ Annual Meeting
On Smith Business Close-Up: Creating Social Value through Innovation
NEWS RELEASE: September 17, 2009
Smith School Launches Center for Social Value Creation
The Smith School Welcomes its Newest Undergraduates with the Ernst & Young Freshman Fellows Orientation Program
President Barack Obama to Visit University of Maryland on September 17 to Discuss Health Care, Comcast Center, 11 a.m.
NEWS RELEASE: September 11, 2009
Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship Partners with Peking University  to Deliver 2010 China Business Plan Competition in Beijing
On Smith Business Close-Up: Taking Ethics Into Account
August 2009
NEWS RELEASE: August 26, 2009
Smith School Professor Honored with Prestigious Fellowship
Academy of Management Recognizes Top Smith Entrepreneurship Research
Dean Anand Featured in ExecutiveBiz
NEWS RELEASE: August 20, 2009
U.S. News Ranks Smith School’s Undergraduate Program Among Nation’s Best
NEWS RELEASE: August 17, 2009
Smith School Joins Global Business School Network
On Smith Business Close-Up: The Housing Market– What’s the Prognosis?
NEWS RELEASE: August 11, 2009
Industry Leaders Join U-Md B-School to Head New Financial Policy Center
On Smith Business Close-Up: Reforming Health Care
NEWS RELEASE: August 5, 2009
America’s Small Businesses See the Bright Side of the Economic Downturn
July 2009
NEWS RELEASE: July 22, 2009
University of Maryland Business School Launches Global Equity Fund
On Smith Business Close-Up: Starting a venture? Who you know can help!
Global Economic Change: Career Crisis or Opportunity?
Deadline for the $1K Gordon Prize in Managing Cybersecurity Resources is August 1
June 2009
On Smith Business Close-Up: Sustainability in Practice
College Media Group Wins Dingman Center's Cupid's Cup Business Plan Competition
Watch the new Smith Business Close-Up Video!
NEWS RELEASE: June 22, 2009
Ernst & Young Foundation Donates $250,000 to the Smith School
On Smith Business Close-Up: How Friends’ Success Can Help You Get a Job
NEWS RELEASE: June 15, 2009
White Paper Offers Cyber Security Model to Address 21st Century Challenges
2009 Winners: “Transform Your World” Film Festival
Smith School Continues Executive Education Leadership with Maryland State Medical Society Partnership, Register by July 31 and Save!
CALL FOR PAPERS: Sixth Annual Forum on Financial Information Systems and Cybersecurity: A Public Policy Perspective
On Smith Business Close-Up: Decision-making Made Easier
NEWS RELEASE: June 1, 2009
University of Maryland Business School Appoints Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship Director of Investments
May 2009
Investing in an MBA degree now is the best way to beat the recession later. Don't delay, Smith's part-time MBA application deadline is June 1.
Smith PhD Awards Banquet Strikes an Ensemble Chord
Bill Mayer Delivers Keynote Speech at Commencement
NEWS RELEASE: May 27, 2009
University of Maryland Business School Expands to Space in Baltimore BioPark
Smith Students Participate in Social Venture Consulting Program
Up next on Smith Business Close-Up: Consolidation in the Music Industry
On Smith Business Close-Up: Consumer spending habits
Smith School Launches Official Facebook Fan Page
Smith Community Celebrates Ninth Annual Dean’s Undergraduate Awards Banquet
William E. Mayer to Speak at U-Md. Business School Commencement
New Business Plan Research Featured in the New York Times
Smith to Hold Executive Coaching Conference, June 18-19
 April 2009
QUEST Students Win Award at Maryland Day
NEWS RELEASE: April 29, 2009
New Survey Finds 73 Percent of Consumers Cutting Back
Center for Complexity in Business Holds Inaugural Conference
Up next on Smith Business Close-Up: Diving into the Job Search: Casting a Wide Net in a Big Pool
Latest edition of Research@Smith is online!
NEWS RELEASE: April 24, 2009
U.S. News & World Report Ranks U-Md. MBA Program Among Nation’s Best
Spina Receives Best Teaching Award from Graduate School of Business Administration Zϋrich
Smith Undergrad Receives Prestigious ACG Scholarship
Smith CIBER Partners with the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
Smith Ethics Lecture Series Features Leisha John of Ernst & Young
BB&T Chairman Gives Special Ethics Symposium
NEWS RELEASE: April 20, 2009
College Media Group Wins Dingman Center's Cupid's Cup Business Plan Competition; Under Armour’s Kevin Plank and BB&T Sponsor Fourth Annual Event
Smith Presents “Smart Globalization in the Age of China & India”
EVENT POSTPONED - TO BE RESCHEDULED.
The Spring 2009 Issue of Smith Business Magazine is online!
Smith Undergrads Compete in Deloitte Consulting LLP Case Competition
“Transform Your World” Film Festival Submission Deadline Extended to April 27
Video Message from University of Maryland President Dan Mote
Changing the World, One Small Loan at a Time
2008-2009 Krowe/Legg Mason Award Winners
Check Out the New Smith School Twitter Feed: twitter.com/smithschool
Student Entrepreneurship Clubs Sponsor "Compcierge Challenge"
Support Dress for Success — Smith Women Groups Sponsor Business Clothes Drive
Smith School's American Marketing Association Chapter Receives National Recognition
Nobel-Prize Winner Draws Crowd for Psychology’s Role in Economics Talk
NEWS RELEASE: April 8, 2009
New Research Finds Business Plans Are Virtually Useless
On Smith Business Close-Up: Surviving the Downturn
Nobel Prize-Winning Economist to Address Smith Community
March 2009
CEO Entrepreneurship Conference: Small Business, Big Ideas
NEWS RELEASE: March 18, 2009
New Research Finds Carrying Big Bills Curbs Spending; U-Md. Business School Finds Large Denominations Help Shoppers Keep a Closed Wallet
NEWS RELEASE: March 12, 2009
New Index Reveals America’s Small Businesses are Optimistic About Their Future
NEWS RELEASE: March 11, 2009
Smith School Launches Initiative for Social Value Creation
Get Ready for Spring Break & Support Student Entrepreneurs! March 10 (10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Pownall Grand Atrium, VMH)
Business Ethics Lecture Series: Spring 2009
NEWS RELEASE: March 9, 2009
Smith Continues Executive Education Leadership with Maryland State Medical Society Partnership
NEWS RELEASE: March 9, 2009
U.S. Hospitals Waste $12 Billion Annually Because of Poor Communication
Smith School Hosts Thai American Business Program Conference
Smith Students Get a Job-Search Boost from the Office of Career Management
February 2009
Monte Carlo Night: The Big Winner Is: Smith!
NEWS RELEASE: February 23, 2009
Undergrads Invited to Battle Uncertain Economy with an Edge in Business
A Panel Discussion: “Academia through the Eyes of Women of Color” - March 3, 2009
Thai American Business Program Conference - March 2nd event cancelled
Nobel Prize-Winning Economist to Address Smith Community - CANCELLED
The Office of Career Management presents Network and Connect Week February 23rd - 27th
On Smith Business Close-Up: Creating Social Value
Smith Students Win Wake Forest Undergraduate Case Challenge
MEDIA ALERT: February 10, 2009
UMD Finance Professor Available for Comment on Financial Rescue Plan
The Deadline to Enter the Ninth Annual University of Maryland
$75K Business Plan Competition is Feb. 22
NEWS RELEASE (02/09/09):
University of Maryland Business School Launches M.S. in Business: Finance
Professor Anil Gupta’s New Book Helps Business Leaders Get China and India Right
On Smith Business Close-Up: Perfect the Business, Not the Business Plan
January 2009
Student Project Grows Organization to Help Orphans
Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship Hosts Start-Up Bootcamp 
NEWS RELEASE (1/26/09):
Financial Times Ranks Smith School Among World’s Top Business Schools
Thought Leadership @ Smith
January 30, 2009, Hugh Courtney - Creating Success Out of Uncertainty
Finding a Job in a Tough Economy - Presentation & Networking Reception: REGISTER NOW!
NEWS RELEASE (1/21/09):
University of Maryland Invites Essayists to Take a Byte Out of Cybersecurity
Business Ethics Lecture Series: Spring 2009
On Smith Business Close-Up: Ukrainian Orphanage Project
NEWS RELEASE (1/13/09):
University of Maryland Business School Connects Alumni with Career Options
On Smith Business Close-Up: Easing Airport Congestion
Richard Perlmutter Delivers Keynote Address at Smith Commencement Ceremony