Smith Brain Trust
Back-to-School Marketing Games
August 16, 2018
Back-to-school shoppers want discounts. Manufacturers want high profit margins. The tension feeds a paradox of sorts at retail outlets where buyers and sellers meet: Stores increasingly emphasize pricey, innovative and fun products in a bargain-shopping season.
Smith Research
Pitching Novel Ideas to the Boss
August 14, 2018
Have an amazing idea that could have a big impact for your organization? Now it’s up to you to really sell it to your boss. Maryland Smith professors explain how to make that happen.
Faculty
Act of Defiance Leads to Academia
Teaching started as an act of defiance more than a career choice for
Alumni
Fighting Food Waste and Hunger
Entrepreneur Evan Lutz ’14 hates to see food go to waste.
Student
Mixing Business and Science
Stephanie Gomez’s desire to help others attracted her to STEM careers at a young age.
Journey from Guam to ExxonMobil
Janna Fernandez’s journey to the University of Maryland’s Robert H.
Following the Itch to Explore the World
In the past year Tekisha Harvey, MBA ’08, has visited Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Colombia, Ar
Where Data Meets Optimization
In the year after graduating with her PhD, in what was financially a lean time,
A Builder of African American History
August 10, 2018
Visitors to the National Museum of African American History and Culture can’t miss the restored P
Change Agent Finds Niche at Smith
Henry C.
Engineering an MBA Career Shift
Natnapin “Nat” Tangpipith emerged quickly as a civil engineer.
Fighting for Fairness in Business Law
Strict enforcement of the law sometimes rewards dirty-dealing and hypocrisy, which bothered
Pagination
