Snider Center News
The Ed Snider Center is pleased to announce that it has received a three-year grant from the Kauffman Foundation to support the Julian Simon Forum.
The Ed Snider Center is looking for an undergraduate student to work with its staff coordinating and tracking the Center’s expenses. The right person will have:
In this Washington Post op-ed piece Professor Rajshree Agarwal shares three reasons critics should give Zuckerberg and Jobs thanks instead of “bah humbugs” during the holiday season.
Happy holidays from the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business!
This year's holiday video has the theme "Smith Holiday Idol." Students, faculty and staff auditioned in front of a panel of judges to get a starring role. Watch to find out who wins!
SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- Responding to pressure from shareholders, Yahoo has
The Ed Snider Center for Enterprise and Markets at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business is excited to begin its internship program for undergraduate students. There are currently six interns for the 2015-2016 academic year, and each has chosen a project through which they can create a lasting impact on the UMD community.
SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Last week, Fed chairwoman Janet Yellen said that raising interest rates before the end of the year was "a live possibility," given what she described as the relatively strong performance by the economy.
Philadelphia Flyers founder and Comcast-Spectacor chairman Ed Snider ’55 performed double duty on Sept. 29, 2015, at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. First he helped celebrate the opening of new offices for the Ed Snider Center for Enterprise and Markets.
SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- Go ahead and call Ed Snider ’55 a capitalist. The Philadelphia Flyers founder and Comcast-Spectacor chairman has proudly used the principles of voluntary exchange to bring jobs, opportunities and tax revenue (plus back-to-back Stanley Cups) to his adoptive city.
SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Can you have a high-powered job and also a rewarding life outside work? Do ambitious companies have any incentive to make this happen? And are market forces sufficient to make sure that workers with families or sick relatives are treated fairly by managers?