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September 15, 2011
Smith School’s New Career Center Opens

The Smith School’s Office of Career Services (OCS) opened its new Career Center on September 15 with an open house for employers, faculty and students.

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September 15, 2011
Smith Business Close-Up: Measuring Facebook’s App Economy

It seems everyone is using Facebook – including a sizable number of businesses built around the platform. It’s an entirely new industry – dubbed the “App Economy,” and for the first time, professors at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business have been able to quantify the economic impact of jobs created by this new industry.

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September 15, 2011
UMD Study Finds Facebook Applications Create More Than 182,000 New U.S. Jobs Worth $12.19B+

College Park, Md. – September 19, 2011 – While the U.S. jobs picture may be bleak, the proliferation of Facebook and mobile technology applications has spawned an entirely new industry – dubbed the “App Economy” — that has added at least 182,000 new jobs and contributed more than $12.19 billion in wages and benefits to the U.S.

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September 13, 2011
NEWS RELEASE: September 13, 2011 U.S. News Ranks Smith School’s Undergraduate Program Among Nation’s Best

U.S. News Ranks Smith School’s Undergraduate Program Among Nation’s BestSmith School listed among top 10 in Information Systems, Supply Chain Management, Management specialty categories

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September 13, 2011
U.S. News Ranks Smith School’s Undergraduate Program Among Nation’s Best

College Park, Md. – September 13, 2011 – The undergraduate business program at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business is ranked No. 20 in the nation in the latest edition of U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges,” published today.

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September 12, 2011
Smith Business Close-Up: Measuring Facebook’s App Economy

Thursday, Sept. 15, 2011, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011, 7:30 a.m.

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September 12, 2011
CFP hosts Oversight of Derivatives Roundtable, Myron Scholes Keynotes

The Center for Financial Policy and the Mutual Fund Directors Forum co-hosted the Oversight of Derivatives Roundtable on September 9, 2011 at the Ronald Reagan Building in downtown Washington DC. The program explored the current issues facing fund directors in their oversight of derivatives. This event was made possible by the generous support of Ropes & Gray LLP.

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September 8, 2011
Smith School Welcomes 19 New PhD Students

The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business welcomed 19 new doctoral students to its eight individual business programs in fall 2011, making total enrollment in the program 100.

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September 8, 2011
Smith Undergrads Participate in Innovation Immersion Experience

The innovation immersion experience was part of the College Park Scholars Business, Society and Economy program at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. Established by Dr.

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September 8, 2011
Smith MBA Program Among World's Best in Aspen Institute's "Beyond Grey Pinstripes" Sustainability Ranking

The Center for Social Value Creation led the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business to a No. 37 global ranking (No. 28 U.S.) in the Aspen Institute’s 2011-2012 “Beyond Grey Pinstripes” survey of business schools.

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