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August 10, 2017
Smith Grads Among ‘MBAs to Watch’

Poets & Quants is spotlighting Mohamed Boraie and Adam Walters in its “100 MBAs to Watch in the Class of 2017.”

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August 8, 2017
Marriott Joins a Chinese Disruptor

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — House-sharing broker Airbnb poses a threat to traditional hotels.

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August 7, 2017
High School Girls Invest in Learning

Rachel Hacker, a rising high school sophomore from Fort Wayne, Ind., never saw college in her future. But her perspective changed following a residency program July 16-21, 2017, at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.

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August 7, 2017
GPS Tracker Wins Pitch Competition

A team of aspiring entrepreneurs won the 2017 SELF Business Pitch Competition with Spot, a tiny GPS tracker that users can attach to car keys, smartphones or other items they don’t want to lose.

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August 4, 2017
A Conversation With Nick Ditchey, Citi Intern

This summer, the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business is catching up with MBA students working as interns at top companies throughout the country.

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August 2, 2017
Table for One: Research Reveals the Power of Solitude

SMITH BRAIN TRUST – Does food actually taste worse when we're dining alone? Recent research suggests solitude negatively affects our enjoyment of food, but finds we can counter the effect by p

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August 2, 2017
Nine Cool Unicorns You Might Not Know Yet

SMITH BRAIN TRUST – Everybody knows Uber and Airbnb. The two startups are so big that their names have become not just noun, but verb. The riding-hailing service and the house-sharing service are two of today's best-known unicorn companies, privately held startups valued at more than $1 billion. 

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August 2, 2017
Will Concussion Report Daze the NFL?

SMITH BRAIN TRUST – Football season hasn't even started and already the National Football League is tackling some difficult challenges. It's coming off a season that saw an 8 perc

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August 2, 2017
Trucking to Taxis: How We'll Become Driverless

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Interstate trucking by 2020 will be first, followed by autonomous taxi service. About half the fleet of U.S. cars become essentially autonomous by 2030.

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August 1, 2017
EMBA Cohort 16 Crosses the Stage

July 29, 2017 - The sun peeked out of the clouds, heralding the end of a long, heavy rain just as Executive MBA graduates from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business marked the culmination of a challenging, transformative journey.

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