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The Smith community came together on May 2, 2013, to celebrate the achievements of top undergraduate students at the 13th annual Dean’s Undergraduate Senior Awards Dinner. More than 70 students, faculty and staff enjoyed a dinner at Van Munching Hall. The much-anticipated annual celebration was the cap on the academic year and a final celebration before course finals and commencement.

Van Munching Hall filled with cameras and lights as C-SPAN prepared for the Robert H. Smith School of Business’ Center for Financial Policy’s (CFP) Congressional Briefing Series. CFP’s Congressional Briefing Series brings current and former Capitol Hill staffers to the Smith School to discuss financial policy and legislation.

Wedad Elmagrabhy, associate professor of management science, received her PhD from the University of California at Berkeley. Her current research interests are the design of competitive procurement auctions in business-to-business markets and pricing in markets where buyers behave strategically.

Research by Sunil Mithas

IT Flexibility Increasingly Drives Effective B2B Partnerships in Era of Cloud Computing and Big Data

Research by Rebecca Hamilton and Wedad Elmaghraby

Much talk these days focuses on emerging markets as having lost their luster. Once lauded as new economic powers, these markets are now experiencing lowered growth rates and other problems.

On any given day, you might find a group of undergraduates in Van Munching Hall playing video games, eating snack foods or staring at computer screens. Don’t worry; these students aren’t slacking on their studies – they are helping Smith faculty with theirs.

When Larry Biess was recruited to CSX, he was only vaguely aware of the many facets of CSX’s day-to-day operations.

Research by Russell Wermers