Snider Center News

July 26, 2017
Female Entrepreneurs from Latin America Visit the Smith School

A delegation of female business leaders from Latin America visited the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business on July 13, 2017, as part of the Women’s Entrepreneurship in the Americas (WEAmericas) initiative in the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), the U.S. Department of State’s premier professional exchange program.

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July 26, 2017
Smith Hosts Women Investing in Learning Leadership (WILL) Summer High School Program

During the week of July 16, 2017, 12 high school women joined faculty and staff for the Smith Summer Business Program, Women Investing in Learning Leadership (WILL) at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business.

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June 14, 2017
10 Business Books for Your Summer Reading List

The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business is excited to announce some favorite books in the 14th Annual Top-10 Summer Reading List for Business Leaders for 2017, as recommended by faculty members.

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March 30, 2017
Ask for More, Finance Executives Tell Women

Women starting their careers need to speak up and take more risks, two female executives in the finance industry told students at a NewDay USA Leadership Forum on March 27, 2017, at the University of Maryland’s Robert H.

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March 16, 2017
Gender Diversity on Corporate Boards: How Do We Get There?

Gender diversity can improve a firm's performance, research shows, but consensus is fleeting as to why a lack diversity persists on corporate boards.

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March 13, 2017
Women Executives to Speak at UMD’s Smith School

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (March 13, 2017) — Two influential women in the finance industry will speak 6 p.m. March 27, 2017, at a women’s conference hosted by the Ed Snider Center for Enterprise and Markets at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.

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March 9, 2017
Women on Boards: Avoiding Tokenism

SMITH BRAIN TRUST – Could activism inspired by International Women's Day, such as State Street Global Advisors' placing a statue of a young girl before the iconic charging bull of

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March 1, 2017
March 2017 is Smith Women’s Month

In conjunction with Women’s History Month, the Office of Diversity Initiatives at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business has organized March 2017 as Smith Women’s Month – a month of empowerment, enlightenment and education around topics of interest to Smith women.

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March 1, 2017
Fearless Idea 1: Retain Your Talent

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Aspiring entrepreneurs want more than a bigger paycheck when they quit their corporate jobs and strike out on their own. New research from Rajshree Agarwal at the University of Maryland’s Robert H.

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January 19, 2017
The Greatest Canceled Show on Earth

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Clowns are creepy and dancing elephants upset PETA, so maybe the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus had no chance.

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