News Archives: 2006

December 2006
Opening Reception Welcomes Participants to Smiths Second Executive MBA Cohort in Shanghai
Richard Schaeffer '74, Chairman of NYMEX & the New York Mercantile Exchange, Delivers Commencement Keynote Address
Carly Fiorina, MBA '80, Speaks at Smith Alumni Networking Event (Watch Video)
QUEST/GE Innovation and Consulting Conference Highlights Creative Solutions to Real-World Problems
Featured Speaker:
Emission Reductions, Renewable Energy, and Energy Efficiency The Triple Convergence; Peter C. Fusaro
Smith to Hold Winter Commencement Ceremony on December 21: NYMEX Holdings & New York Mercantile Exchange Chairman Richard Schaeffer '74 to Address Graduates
Part-time MBA Students to Compete in Technology Challenge, Carly Fiorina to Judge
NEWS RELEASE: Deadline Closing On Call for Nominations for Robert H. Smith School of Business 2007 Leadership and Excellence Awards
Smith to Host 2007 National Women MBA Conference
NEWS RELEASE: New Study Finds Going Online Helps Smokers Quit
November 2006
Featured Speaker:
Biofuels at DuPont -- A Chance to Shape an Industry
Executives Discuss IT Trends & Investment Opportunities in Japan
Smith Announces Top 15% Teaching Award Recipients
Smith MBA Helps Terps take NCAA Title
Business Ethics Lecture Series Highlights:
FTC's Lesley Fair: The Truth About False Advertising
NEWS RELEASE: Smith School Launches China Smith Business Intelligence
NEWS RELEASE: Prominent Biotechnology Investor Joins Smith School as Senior Fellow
Carly Fiorina's New Memoir Tops Must-Read List at Smith
NEWS RELEASE: Smith School Is Recipient of New IANA Scholarship Program
NEWS RELEASE: Research Sheds New Light on Dot-com Bust
NEWS RELEASE: Smith School Launches $50K Undergraduate Investment Fund
Smith Professors Show How to Conduct a Security Cost/Benefit Analysis in Latest Federal Computer Week
Smith School Team Earns Second Place in MBA Stock Pitch Challenge
October 2006
Teams Play Supply Chain Game in First Global Competition
Smith School Honors Leaders for Freight Transportation Contributions at
Annual Industry Day
Business Ethics Lecture Series Highlights:
Robert Colson Speaks from Experience on Ethics and Morality
Smith School Honors Leaders for Freight Transportation Contributions at Annual Industry Day
NEWS RELEASE: Smith School Honors Industry Leaders for Freight Transportation Contributions
Smith Clubs to Present "Person of the Year" Awards at Annual Logistics, Transportation & Supply Chain Industry Day Event, October 27
Lemma Senbet Honored for Contributions to Smith School
Team RSM McGladrey Wins 17th Annual Robert H. Smith School of Business Alumni Golf Tournament
Smith Hosts 23rd Annual MBA Case Competition
NEWS RELEASE: BusinessWeek Ranks Smith School MBA Program Among Nations Best
Business Ethics Lecture Series Highlights:
At KPMG Ethics & Compliance Issues Are in Balance
MBA Consulting Club to Host Annual Consulting Forum
Smith Hosts First Digital Economy Forum (Highlights)
BusinessWeek Names Erich Studer-Ellis One of Nation's Favorite Business School Professors
NEWS RELEASE: Smith School and TiE-DC Continue Unique Program to Help Entrepreneurs Succeed
NEWS RELEASE: Princeton Review Ranks Smith School in Top 10 for Minority Students
Field Hockey and an MBA A Unique Goal for One Smith Student
Smith Faculty Headline Management Conference in Zurich
NEWS RELEASE: Smith School Launches Third Annual China Business Plan Competition
Smith School Announces Fall Business Ethics Lecture Series Speakers
Smith Leadership Series Presents a Cost-Benefit Analysis of Cybersecurity Resources
Leading Female Entrepreneurs Join at Smith for Evening of Sharing
September 2006
Smith MBA Case Competition Final Round to be Held on October 7
NEWS RELEASE: Dingman Center adds Neil Selvin as Entrepreneur-in-Residence
Smith Launches MS in Business Program in Tunisia
Smith Welcomes International Exchange Students
Speaker: Author Dr. Mark Albion: Don't live a resume, live a life
Speaker: Author Jeremy Rifkin argues that commercial life is changing for three reasons...
Smith School Announces Winners in China Business Plan Competition
NEWS RELEASE: Smith School Partners with China's Leading, National News Network for New Business Plan Competition
NEWS RELEASE: Smith School Launches Four New Executive Degree Programs
Welcome, and Welcome Back: Fall 2006
Smith School Launches Undergraduate Fellows Program
Meet the Full-time MBA Class of 2008 (Orientation Highlights)
Smith Welcomes 11 New Faculty Members
Nineteen New Doctoral Students Start at Smith
Dean Howard Frank Welcomes Back Students, Faculty & Staff (Video Message)
Smith to Host Annual Undergraduate "BusinessWeek" with GE Signature Event on 9/13 and Smith Career Fair on 9/15 -- Update: Event Highlights
Dialogue with New York Times Bestselling Author Dr. Mark Albion
Smith School Launches Four New Executive Degree Programs
August 2006
Smith Launches Undergraduate Fellows Program - 250 Freshmen Come Together for Orientation
Smith To Host Digital Economy Forum 2006
Smith School Announces Fall Business Ethics Lecture Series Speakers
Smith Professors Honored by Academy of Management
Professor Peter Morici Testifies Before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Commission, Read His Statement
NEWS RELEASE: U.S. News Ranks Smith Schools Undergraduate Program Among Nations Best
Gordon & Loeb Set Research Agenda on Cybersecurity Economics
Special Opportunity for Smith School Students, Alumni & Friends
The New New Internet: Web 2.0 for Business
NEWS RELEASE: Smith Management and Organization Faculty Honored
by Academy of Management
Smith School Hosts 2006 AMA Sheth Foundation Doctoral Consortium
July 2006
Dean Frank Talks with BusinessWeek Online About Smith's Unique Undergraduate Fellows Program - Watch the Video!
Smith Researchers Find Virus Attacks are the Leading Culprit of Financial Loss among U.S. Companies
U.S. Workers Waste $3.9 Billion Annually By Not Telecommuting - National Survey Finds Most of the 25 Percent With an Option to Telecommute Prefer to Drive
Smith Opens New Office & Classroom Space in Shanghai
Dingman Center's Goozex, Inc. Launches its Premier Video Game Trading Platform
Smith Professor Joins Advisory Board of Asia Silicon Valley Connection
Smith Professors Gordon & Loeb Help Organize Workshop on Economics and Information Security (WEIS) at University of Cambridge
NEWS RELEASE: University of Maryland President Appoints William J. DeWitt to Professor of the Practice
June 2006
Smith School Names 20 Semi-Finalists in $50,000 China Business Plan Competition Maryland Secretary of State Makes Announcement in Beijing
NEWS RELEASE: Semi-Finalists Named in Smith Schools $50,000 China Business Plan Competition
Maryland Secretary of State to Announce Smith's China Business Plan Competition Semi-finalists in Beijing
Smith School Faculty & Deans Offer "Third Annual Top 10 Summer Reading List for Business Leaders"
Smith School Launches Video and Audio Podcasts
May 2006
Smith School Finance Chair Honored by Professional Society
Former HP Head Carly Fiorina, MBA '80, Delivers Keynote Address at Smith School Commencement WATCH VIDEO!
North Star Games Wins Cupids Cup
Smith School Hosts Annual Doctoral Awards Banquet
Smith Leaders Receive Awards at 6th Annual Undergraduate Awards Banquet
PBS CEO Exchange Hosted by Smith School
Beers & Cutler Supports Smith School With Scholarship Endowment
$1.42 Million CIBER Grant Awarded to Smith School
Financial Times Ranks Smith Schools Custom Executive Education Among Worlds Best
Carly Fiorina to Speak at Smith School Graduation
Maryland Day 2006 Attracts 75,000 to Campus; Testudo Sculptures Unveiled
Smith School Hosts Sixth Annual Netcentricity Conference (Highlights)
Smith Announces Executive MBA Scholarships for Entrepreneurs, Non-profit and Government Executives
University of Maryland Business School Names 2006 Leadership and Excellence Award Winners
April 2006
Smith to Co-sponsor Third Annual Forum on Financial Information Systems & Cybersecurity
University of Maryland Business School Appoints Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship Associate Director
Smith Hosts Final Lecture in Business Ethics Series
Smith School Awarded $1.4 Million Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER)
Celebrate Maryland Day - Saturday, April 29th
Cybersecurity Economics Luncheon Series Honors Smith School
Professors Gordon & Loeb, April 27
Smith School To Host Entrepreneurship Research Conference, April 21-22
Feature Fatigue Research Proves Simpler Products Are Better Manufacturers Advised to Lose Extra Features So Customers Want to Come Back for More
Boyson to Host Free Webinar on the Real Time Supply Chain, April 18
Smith Students Win University Business Plan Competition
Smith Hosts Spring Business Ethics Lecture Series
Smith School Launches Second Annual China Business Plan Competition
Smith School to Host Sixth Annual Netcentricity Conference, April 28
March 2006
U.S. News Ranks Smith Schools Part-time MBA Program No. 13 in U.S.

Smith Team Wins the Entrepreneurs Choice Award at Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC) Regionals

Smith School Celebrates Asia with Weeklong Tribute
Watch the video online
Smith's Larry Gordon is Plenary Speaker at London School of Economics' Management Accounting Research Group Conference
Calling Entrepreneurs: Win from a Total $50,000 in Cash Prizes; Smith School seeking Leaders for the Digital Economy to enter the 2006 China Business Plan Competition
Special Opportunity for Smith School Students, Alumni & Friends: The New, New Internet IPv6: Technology's Next Big Step, on March 30th
National Public Radio Features Smith Research on Feature Fatigue
Terpedoes Consulting Wins Smith's Part-time MBA Case Competition
WUSA-TV News Features Professor Roland Rust's Research on Feature Fatigue

Leading Women Unite at Smith for Day of Sharing

Smith School Ranked Among Top 13 in Entrepreneurship

Smith School Honors 10 Exceptional Teachers with Krowe/Legg Mason Awards

February 2006

Debra Shapiro Named Clarice Smith Professor of Management & Organization

Twenty Smith MBAs Advance to Final Four in Part-time MBA Case Competition

Smith Hosts Diversity Roundtable

Smith Undergraduates Visit Asia for Class on Global Business

Smith School Professor Dilip Madan Wins Prestigious Von Humboldt Award

Auto Dealerships Using Customer Management Systems Perform 15 Percent Better Than Competitors, According to Smith School of Business

Smith School To Hold Spring Business Ethics Lecture Series

Special Opportunity for Smith School Students, Alumni & Friends: "Gaining & Retaining Customers: Tactics & Tips from the Experts" on Feb 22

Prominent Private Investor S. Tien Wong Will Help Smith School Students and Local Entrepreneurs Develop Their Business Ideas As Entrepreneur-in-Residence

January 2006

Financial Times Ranks Smiths MBA Program Among Worlds Best: Fifth Consecutive Year That Smith Placed High in Value for Money

Smith School Graduates Second Beijing Executive MBA Class

Foremost Financial Economist and Inventor of the Kyle Model Joins Smith School

Smith School Hosts Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Conference

New Smith School MS in Accounting Program Addresses Acute Industry Shortage in Auditing Expertise

Smith School Dean Visits Tunisia to Promote Business Education Excellence and Deliver Keynote at Mediterranean School of Business Commencement

Dingman Center Gets into International Exchange and Hosts Dutch MBA Interns