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October 14, 2015
Jack Dorsey, Two-Timing CEO (of Twitter and Square)

SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- Twitter's new CEO, Jack Dorsey, is wasting no time in making changes: This week the social networking company laid off 336 people, or 8 percent of its workforce.

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October 14, 2015
Alumni Compete in First-Ever Court Classic

Women on the Terrapins Final Four team aren’t the only ones with basketball skills at UMD. On Feb. 27, 2015, more than 350 fans filled Ritchie Coliseum for Smith’s inaugural Court Classic, a tournament of student, alumni and faculty/staff teams.

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October 14, 2015
Creating Solutions in a Zombie Apocalypse

Improvisation and contingency planning are fundamental to business survival because challenges can appear at any turn ­— like in a zombie apocalypse, Smith School professor Oliver Schlake says.  

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October 14, 2015
PepsiCo CEO Rallies Entrepreneurs

Big companies need more of the entrepreneurial spirit that pervades the University of Maryland, PepsiCo Chairman and CEO Indra Nooyi said March 25, 2015, during a CEO @ Smith keynote address in College Park, M

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October 14, 2015
Closing the Gender Gap with Three P’s

The Smith School is working on three fronts to close the gender enrollment gap that persists in MBA programs worldwide, vice dean Joyce E.A.

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October 14, 2015
10 Rules for a Kinder Workplace

Nearly 30 years ago, Andy Burness, MBA ’81, created a self-manned public relations firm, launching campaigns to bring awareness little-known, world-changing ideas. The firm, Burness, has helped its clients protect the Amazon rainforest, fight hunger and childhood obesity, promote agricultural research for African families, and showcase innovation in community colleges.

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October 12, 2015
Smith Students Get Briefed on Ageing

On Oct. 6, 2015, undergraduates and alumni of the global fellows program at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, along with other Terps and local students, joined for a movie screening of ALIVE INSIDE and a discussion on ageing and managing four generations in the workplace.

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October 12, 2015
Smith Terps are Excelling with the Smith Business Academy

Smith student Philip Peker ’18 writes about the school’s Smith Business Academy.

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October 12, 2015
Food Truck Thursdays Returns to Van Munching Hall

Food trucks will visit the Robert H. Smith School of Business this fall semester on the following Thursdays:

September 10 September 24 October 15 October 29 November 12

The participating food trucks vary by week and will include: 

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October 8, 2015
Diversity in Business

An upcoming Smith School conversation on diversity pinpoints how the Fortune 500 can achieve racial diversity on corporate boards. The Diversity Fireside Chat event will feature John W.

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