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Smith’s Jaclyn Mathai Among Best & Brightest Executive MBAs in Class of 2026

Poets & Quants named Smith EMBA ’26 student Jaclyn Field Mathai among its Best & Brightest Executive MBAs. The Walt Disney Company data science leader credits Smith with strengthening her leadership through purposeful reflection, AI-focused learning and navigating uncertainty with empathy.

Marketing Trailblazer Establishes $15M Gift, Renames Newest Van Munching Hall Wing

Stephen M. Schanwald ’77 committed $15 million to the University of Maryland, supporting the Smith School’s sports management program and a new golf performance center. His latest gift brings his total commitment to UMD’s Forward campaign to $33 million.

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In Memoriam: M. Susan Taylor, Professor Emerita

M. Susan Taylor, a University of Maryland Robert H. Smith School of Business professor emerita and former senior associate dean whose influential research, teaching and academic leadership shaped organizational behavior scholarship, died July 25 from Alzheimer's disease complications at 74.

Smith’s Lisa Sciannella Among World’s Best & Brightest Online MBAs

New Smith School graduate and Chief of Staff at Helpsy Lisa Sciannella is among 52 standout peers from across the world’s top online MBA programs featured in Poets & Quants’ Best & Brightest Online MBAs: Class of 2026.

Smith Redesigns MBA Programs, Reducing Degree Requirements to 48 Credits

The University of Maryland's Smith School of Business will reduce MBA requirements from 54 to 48 credits starting with the fall 2026 cohort, redesigning its MBA programs to emphasize AI fluency, flexibility and affordability while maintaining academic rigor, leadership development.

Smith Experts on What the OpenAI-Hugging Face Breach Reveals About AI Governance Failures

Recent AI security lapses, including the OpenAI-Hugging Face breach, highlight limits of AI self-governance, University of Maryland professors Siva Viswanathan and Balaji Padmanabhan say. They argue oversight must be independent, preventive and enforceable because voluntary compliance and internal safeguards cannot reliably stop harmful autonomous behavior.

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The High Five

The Smith School highlights record fundraising, new investments in AI and innovation, expanded academic programs, industry partnerships, experiential learning and student success. New initiatives in space commerce, banking and financial wellness underscore momentum while students earned top honors in national and international competitions.

Smith Relaunches Blockchain Business Accelerator and Imperative Course

The University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business relaunched its Blockchain Business Accelerator and Blockchain Business Imperative executive certificate program, expanding blockchain education, entrepreneurship and workforce development while strengthening its regional blockchain ecosystem during Maryland Blockchain Week.

UMD, US Army Garrison Fort Meade Sign Maryland’s First Intergovernmental Support Agreement

The University of Maryland’s Smith School will help strengthen Fort Meade’s modernization through Maryland’s first Army intergovernmental support agreement, providing faculty expertise and student talent for installation projects while expanding experiential learning opportunities and the state’s skilled workforce pipeline.

DBA Program Graduates Members of First Cohort

Takesha Brown and Brendan Dunne became the first graduates of the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business Doctor of Business Administration program, launched in 2023. Both completed the information systems track and praised its rigor, collaboration and career impact.

Rethinking Local Infrastructure Finance

University of Maryland Smith School MBA candidate Anton Steshenko proposes a Hybrid Institutional Capital Model to help local governments attract pension and insurance investment for infrastructure. Executive Director Nima Farshchi says the framework could unlock institutional capital through improved financial design and credit enhancement.

Smith's Reuben Hurst and Co-Authors Map Political Fault Lines Running Through American Workplaces

Smith School professor Reuben Hurst and colleagues analyzed 31 million U.S. workers, finding workplaces are politically segregated, especially among leaders and politically engaged employees. Democrats dominate most workplaces, while Republicans encounter greater political diversity. Workplace political sorting has changed little since 2012.

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