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May 18, 2015
Crowdfunding Best for Community Startups, Panelists Say

SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- Crowdfunding makes sense for a neighborhood hairstylist or dry cleaner, but not so much for a tech startup aspiring to be the next Facebook, experts said May7-9, 2015, during the

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May 14, 2015
CHIDS Announces Student Finalists for Maryland Innovate 4 Health Challenge

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – May 14, 2015 - High School student teams from Montgomery, Howard and Prince George’s counties, plus students representing the University of Maryland and Prince George’s Community College, have been selected as finalists for the Maryland

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May 13, 2015
Smith Hosts Accounting Teaching Scholars Dinner

On April 20, 2015, the Accounting and Information Assurance Department at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business hosted its annual Accounting Teaching Scholars  (ATS) dinner.

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May 13, 2015
UMD B-School’s ‘360 Feedback Tool’ Addresses Government ‘Leadership Crisis’

Smith Executive Programs Broadens Access to OPM-Standard Assessment

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May 13, 2015
Frenemies? Smith Expert Lays out the Stakes of China-India Summit:

SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- Leaders in China and India will meet Friday with their economies poised to be among the three largest in the world by 2025.

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May 12, 2015
The Dingman Center Presents the Inaugural Rudy Awards

One of the most remarkable features of the Dingman Center of Entrepreneurship is our extraordinary community of entrepreneurs. From Entrepreneurs in Residence, to angel investors and our student entrepreneurs, it is the people who engage with the Dingman Center that keeps its entrepreneurial spirit thriving.

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May 11, 2015
Hot or Not? How It Affects Job Interviews

It’s a truism in workplace: Psychology studies show that physically attractive people generally have an advantage. But new research from the University of Maryland’s Robert H.

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May 11, 2015
The Hidden Quota for Women at the Top

Companies work fairly hard to place one woman — but only one — in a top management position, according to research by Cristian Dezső, an associate professor at the Robert H. Smith School of Business, and two co-authors.

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May 11, 2015
Mining Yelp

Using a database of 130,000 Yelp reviews, Smith PhD student Jorge Mejia and two Smith professors have found a way to predict which Washington, D.C., restaurants will close.

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May 11, 2015
Play-by-Play of Cupid’s Cup Game Day
Let’s start at the very beginning

On April 22, 2015, a crowd of nearly 1,000 descended on the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center for the 10th annual Cupid’s Cup, chaired by Under Armour Founder and CEO Kevin Plank ’96 and hosted by Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship at the Robert H. Smith School of Business.

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