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Smith Launches Career Boutique and Wellness Room to Empower Student Success

The Robert H. Smith School of Business, in partnership with Enterprise Mobility Foundation, has launched a new co-curricular initiative aimed at helping students dress for success—literally. The Enterprise Mobility Foundation Career Boutique and Wellness Room, located in Van Munching Hall, is a donation-based resource that provides free professional attire to Smith School and BSE (Business, Society and Entrepreneurship) Scholars preparing for interviews, job fairs, and new career opportunities.

Student

For Students, By Students: Smith Student Looks to Reshape Campus Engagement

Aiden Polinsky ’27, a Smith School accounting and finance major, co-founded CampusAI and leads at Connyct, leveraging Smith’s entrepreneurial resources, faculty mentorship, and peer collaboration to build impactful, student-driven platforms before graduation.

Smith’s Cipriana Patterson Among ‘Best and Brightest Executive MBAs’

Cipriana Patterson, a recent graduate of the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business Executive MBA Program, earned Poets & Quants’ “Best & Brightest Executive MBAs” honor for her leadership, career achievements, and commitment to purposeful, in-person learning.

Smith Research

Want a Review You Can Trust? Ask Someone Who Did It Alone.

People trust reviews of leisure activities more when they come from someone who did the activity alone, according to the Smith School’s Rebecca Ratner. Her research shows solo consumers are seen as more focused and credible, influencing recommendations significantly.

Experiential / Reality-based Learning

Smith’s Service to State

The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business is driving state policy and economic development through faculty-led, student-powered research partnerships with Maryland agencies, while providing experiential learning that equips students with analytical skills and real-world impact opportunities.

FDA Taps Smith Expert in Making Case for Drug Manufacturing Efficiency

The Smith School’s Clifford Rossi contributed economic expertise to a new FDA white paper showing how quality management systems can reduce drug shortages, cut costs, and boost supply chain resilience through continuous domestic pharmaceutical manufacturing.

Smith Research

Research from Smith Looks at Progress and Prospects with Large Language Models and Synthetic Health Data

In a JAMIA Open study, the Smith School’s Margrét Bjarnadóttir explores how large language models can generate synthetic health data to improve predictive models while addressing algorithmic bias and advancing health equity.

World Class Faculty & Research

Strong Showing of Smith Scholars at Annual Academy of Management Meeting

Twenty-six scholars from Maryland Smith’s Management and Organization department participated in 22 presentations at the 2024 Academy of Management Meeting in Copenhagen. Three faculty members—Rajshree Agarwal, Hui Liao, and Alyssa Tedder-King—received prestigious awards recognizing their research and teaching excellence.

Experiential / Reality-based Learning

SERC Student Project Takes Center Stage at Google Higher Ed Leader Series Conference

Krisha Chheda, ’25 MQF, presented a Google-sponsored credit risk project at Google’s Higher Ed Leader Series, highlighting Smith master’s students’ use of AI to analyze banking and fintech practices through the Smith Enterprise Risk Consortium’s experiential learning program.

More than 25K Enroll in Smith AI Course for Career Empowerment

More than 25,000 learners worldwide have joined the Smith School’s free AI and Career Empowerment course—designed for transitioning federal workers but open to all—building AI literacy and career skills through expert-led, self-paced modules.

Alumni

Alumnus Provides Mentorship and Monthly Commentary As Executive in Residence

William “Bill” Longbrake, DBA ’76, has served as Executive in Residence at Smith since 2009, sharing expertise in finance, risk, housing, and policy while mentoring students, supporting research, and leading numerous national economic and nonprofit efforts.

From Maryland to Medellín: A Journey of Global Leadership and Experiential Learning

Three Smith students joined peers from across the Americas at the 2025 CUIBE Global Summer Leadership Summit in Medellín, Colombia, gaining hands-on experience in global consulting, sustainability strategy and cultural exchange through workshops, field research and project-based learning.