UMD Football Head Coach Locksley Shares Essential Leadership Lessons at Smith School Event
Smith Students Take Studies Abroad During Winter Session
Community
New Scholarship and Record Crowd Highlight 2026 William D. Bradford Awards Banquet
Student
March 03, 2026
Undergrad Student on Doing the Dirty Work with Junk Removal Business
Matthew Allen ’26 turned a hand-me-down pickup truck into Two Dudes Junk Removal, a growing Maryland business. The finance major balances classes at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business with expansion plans, aiming to take his company statewide after graduation.
Alumni
January 20, 2026
Alumnus Helps Innovators Grow and Scale Products That Improve Personal Mobility
William Chernicoff, PhD, EMBA ’21, leads research at the Toyota Mobility Foundation, advancing active mobility and startup innovation through the Mobility Unlimited Hub. A Smith EMBA graduate, he integrates engineering, policy and business expertise to expand independence-focused technologies worldwide.
December 05, 2025
A Bright Spot on Wall Street
Dan Ives, MBA ’00, a prominent tech analyst known for his bold style and Wedbush leadership, credits his Maryland MBA for shaping his career. Despite media fame, he stays grounded and aims to mentor others entering the competitive tech and finance world.
March 13, 2026
University of Maryland football coach Michael Locksley partnered with business faculty to co-teach a leadership course, sharing career insights with students. A campus discussion highlighted lessons on resilience, values, accountability and preparing students and athletes for success beyond football future.
March 11, 2026
Between the fall and spring semesters of 2025-26, 90 undergraduates at the Robert H. Smith School of Business studied international business in the UAE, Spain, Malaysia, Singapore and Switzerland, exploring global markets, culture and industry through immersive courses and hands-on learning experiences.
March 10, 2026
The Smith School marked record attendance at its 33rd annual William D. Bradford Awards Banquet, honoring diversity and leadership. The event introduced the Peggy Young Inaugural Scholarship, recognized student awardees and featured keynote speaker Psyche Williams-Forson and alumni panelists celebrating resilience and community.
Faculty Insights On Latest News
May 30, 2025
Summer Reading List 2025
Get ready for summer with the 22nd Annual Summer Reading List for Business Leaders—featuring Smith School faculty picks on investing, neuroscience, human connection, and more, including a novel inspired by a radio show turned TV series.
Management and Organization
April 24, 2025
“The Future is Not What it Used to Be”
Ambiguity arises when choices must be made despite unclear outcomes, says Professor J. Gerald Suarez. In today’s fast-paced world, discernment, flexibility, and embracing uncertainty—not rigid control—are key to navigating change, complexity, and an unpredictable future.
Marketing
October 04, 2024
Small Businesses Take Big Hit from Apple’s Privacy Regulation
Smith marketing professor Daniel McCarthy's research found that Apple's 2021 App Tracking Transparency (ATT) significantly impacted small direct-to-consumer businesses. ATT caused a 37% drop in ad click-through rates and up to a 60% revenue decline for smaller firms reliant on Facebook ads.
Where GenAI Consumer Research is Likely Headed
Generative AI expands access to consumer research but risks biased, generic findings detached from real behavior, Roland Rust and Ming-Hui Huang say. They identify democratization, the “average trap” and model collapse as growing threats, urging human-centered methods to prevent synthetic, nonhuman results.
Debate Training May Help Employees Rise as Leaders, New Research from Smith’s Hui Liao Shows
A study co-authored by Smith School professor Hui Liao finds debate training boosts leadership advancement by increasing assertiveness. Published in the Journal of Applied Psychology, the research shows structured training helps participants emerge as leaders and earned a 2025 Academy of Management award.
February 25, 2026
Does Status Stand in the Way of Standing up for a Colleague?
Research by Rellie Derfler-Rozin of the University of Maryland’s Smith School finds high-status employees often stay silent when coworkers face supervisory mistreatment. Fear of retaliation outweighs intervention, unless individuals feel secure in their overall status across multiple areas of life beyond the workplace.
