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February 3, 2015
Nominate Favorite Profs for Krowe Award

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, Tyser Teaching Fellow, lecturer, adjunct, or Ph.D.

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January 26, 2015
10 Days, 15 Site Visits – Accounting Students Take DC

This month, accounting undergraduates at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business took 10 days to visit 15 accounting destinations in Washington, D.C., as part of Jim McKinney's "Tax Avoidance, Tax Policy, and Tax Research Techniques" course. Students met with individuals, groups, and organizations that create, influence, interact, enforce, and adjudicate U.S.

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January 7, 2015
Annual Cybersecurity Forum at Smith Jan. 14
Due to inclement weather, the Cybersecurity Forum will start at 10 a.m. Researchers and Senior Executives to Explore Policy-Based Solutions

Cyberattacks on companies worldwide increased by 48 percent from 2013 to 2014 as roughly 42.8 million data security breaches cost firms hundreds to potentially millions of dollars (according to this recent study). 

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October 17, 2014
UMD Accounting Professor Cited by 10 Nobel Prize Winners

Earlier this week, French economist Jean Tirole won the Nobel Prize in economics. The news reverberated throughout the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, especially when Professor Martin Loeb added Tirole to his list of Nobel Laureates who have previously cited his work.

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September 30, 2014
Howard Schilit, PhD '81, Funds/Creates Schilit Scholars in Accounting Program

University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business alumnus Howard Schilit, PhD ’81, CEO of Schilit Forensics and co-author of Financial Shenanigans, is bringing new insight to accounting students through the Schilit Scholars in Accounting program.

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September 23, 2014
10 Favorite Business Classes at UMD-Smith

Students at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business take dozens of courses in business, but there is usually ‘that one class’ that stands out as a game changer, making a profound and lasting impact. We asked our students and alumni via Facebook to tell us about their favorite courses at Smith. Here are their top 10 courses:

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September 22, 2014
Smith School Welcomes 22 PhD Students

The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business is proud to welcome 22 new PhD students this fall. There are 89 total students in Smith's doctoral program, which is ranked No. 11 in the world by Financial Times (2014).

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September 9, 2014
Smith Business Close-Up: Investors Don't Buy the Corporate Spin

Thursday, July 3, 2014, 7:30 p.m. | Sunday, July 6, 2014, 7:30 a.m.

Investors have proven to be smart enough to sniff out companies’ implausible explanations for their quarterly earnings results, according to a new study.

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September 4, 2014
UMD-Smith Students Finalists in ALPFA Case Competition

Students from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business were finalists in the Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting (ALPFA) National Case Competition, sponsored by KPMG and held at their national convention in Orlando, Fl., August 2-5, 2014.

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September 2, 2014
Smith Welcomes New Faculty Members

The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business is happy to welcome 12 new full-time faculty members to start the fall semester of 2014. New faculty joined the following areas:

Accounting and Information Assurance

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