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May 19, 2017
The WannaCry Legacy: How the Attack Will Shape Cybersecurity

SMITH BRAIN TRUST – The WannaCry ransomware that has affected more than 230,000 computers in 150 countries now has largely halted its crawl across the globe, but experts say the attack's real impact might be yet to come.

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April 18, 2017
Accounting Ethics Pioneer Stephen E. Loeb to Retire

Accounting professor Stephen E. Loeb, a pioneer in accounting ethics education and an early adopter of active learning techniques, will retire in spring 2017 following a 47-year career at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.

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February 15, 2017
The Quirk in the IRS’s Tuition-Reporting Rules

SMITH BRAIN TRUST – College-tuition-paying tax filers should be extra careful when claiming that tax credit – at least for one more year.

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February 3, 2017
The Trouble with Trump’s Executive Order on New Regulations

By SAM HANDWERGER

SMITH BRAIN TRUST - “OK, tell me what to do.”

“I can't tell you.”

“Why not?”

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February 1, 2017
Seven Ways to Trigger an IRS Audit

SMITH BRAIN TRUST – Could the tax deduction you take on mortgage interest actually result in a tax audit from the IRS?

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January 18, 2017
Nominate Your Favorite Professors for Teaching Awards

All faculty, program directors, deans, department chairs, alumni, and students of the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business are invited to nominate deserving Smith School faculty members (i.e., tenured, tenure-track, clinical, Professor of the Practice, lecturer, adjunct, or Ph.D. student) for one of several teaching awards.

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January 18, 2017
Cybersecurity Forum Tackles Democracy Hacking

The recent Department of Homeland Security designation of state election assets as U.S.

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January 18, 2017
In Era of Trump, Investors Grapple with Tweet Risk

SMITH BRAIN TRUST – When President-elect Donald Trump took to Twitter to criticize Lockheed Martin for the price tag on the F-35 fighter jet, he sent the defense contractor's shares into a minor tailspin.

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January 5, 2017
Annual Cybersecurity Forum Slated for Jan. 11

Researchers and senior executives from the private sector, government agencies and academia will gather to explore policy-based solutions to information security breaches in the 13th annual Forum on Financial Information Systems and Cybersecurity: A Public Policy Perspective. The daylong event takes place Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017 in Van Munching Hall at the University of Maryland.

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December 21, 2016
Congrats to New Smith Alumni!

On Dec. 21, 2016, over 800 students graduated from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business with PhD, MS, MBA, and BS degrees. The commencement ceremony was held at the Xfinity Center on the university’s College Park campus.

You can watch the entire ceremony online.

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