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October 16, 2007
Columbia Business School Takes Top Prize in University of Maryland M&A Competition

College Park, Md. October 16, 2007 - The University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business today announced the winners of its first Mergers & Acquisitions Competition, held October 11-12.

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October 1, 2007
Smith Boasts Six INFORMS Fellows

Michael Fu, professor of management science, and Lawrence Bodin, professor emeritus of management science, have been named as fellows for 2008 by the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS).

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September 13, 2007
University of Maryland Business School Hires 16 Top Faculty

College Park, Md. Sept. 13, 2007 The University of Marylands Robert H. Smith School of Business today announced 16 outstanding faculty members have joined the school from leading universities to start the 2007-2008 academic year.

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September 13, 2007
University of Maryland Business School Hires 16 Top Faculty

College Park, Md. Sept. 13, 2007 - The University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business today announced 16 outstanding faculty members have joined the school from leading universities to start the 2007-2008 academic year.

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August 7, 2007
Robert H. Smith School of Business to Host First M&A Competition

College Park, Md. August 7, 2007 - The University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business today announced leading U.S. business schools will participate in its first M&A Competition, October 11-12. Teams of up to four MBA students will compete to present a winning M&A pitch that will be delivered to a panel of Wall Street bankers and corporate executives.

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August 7, 2007
Robert H. Smith School of Business to Host First M&A Competition

College Park, Md. August 7, 2007 The University of Marylands Robert H. Smith School of Business today announced leading U.S. business schools will participate in its first M&A Competition, October 11-12. Teams of up to four MBA students will compete to present a winning M&A pitch that will be delivered to a panel of Wall Street bankers and corporate executives.

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June 8, 2007
Haslem to Pen Regular Column in Journal of Indexes

John A. Haslem, professor emeritus of finance, is the author of a new, regular column in the Journal of Indexes entitled "The Professors Reading Room." The column provides a synopsis of recent research with implications for portfolio indexing.

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June 1, 2007
Seventh Annual Finance Symposium

The Seventh Annual Maryland Finance Symposium, co-chaired by Lemma Senbet, William E. Mayer Chair Professor of Finance, and Vojislav Maksimovic, Dean's Chair Professor of Finance, provides a biennial forum for presentation and discussion of recent research by top scholars in the field.

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June 1, 2007
Haslem to Pen Regular Column in Journal of Indexes

John A. Haslem, professor emeritus of finance, is the author of a new, regular column in the Journal of Indexes entitled "The Professors Reading Room." The column provides a synopsis of recent research with implications for portfolio indexing.

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May 11, 2007
Student-run Funds Beat S&P 500 Index

On May 11, 2007, two student-run funds at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business reported beating Standard & Poor's 500 Index in their year-end performance presentations. The Mayer Fund is a $3 million endowment managed by 12 select students in the MBA program. The Senbet Fund is the undergraduate portfolio named in honor of Lemma Senbet, William E.

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