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Financial planner Marguerita Cheng ’93 showed potential at the large firm where she started her career, but her sales manager had a concern.
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood for the traveler in Robert Frost’s poem, “The Road Not Taken.” Both paths promise adventure, but only one can be chosen.
How does a banker-turned-wedding photographer land a coveted brand management job at beverage behemoth PepsiCo? Mohamed Boraie, MBA ’17 and MFin ’17, happily shares his path.
Is freedom of speech under attack at college campuses with designated safe spaces, free speech zones, trigger warnings and outrage culture? Attorney Greg Lukianoff, president and CEO of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), explored the question on Sept. 27, 2016, at the BB&T Colloquium on Capitalism, Ethics and Leadership at the Smith School.
Poets & Quants “The Best and Brightest Business Majors – Class of 2017” listing features two seniors from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. Sylviane Alexion and Mimi Verdonk are profiled among 100 of the best business majors in the Class of 2017, globally.
Big data, business intelligence, predictive analytics, key performance indicators, risk analysis, marketing research – these buzz terms are prolific in the C-suite. At the Inaugural Smith Analytics Conference on April 21, 2017, in Washington, D.C., attendees will learn how to leverage the latest analytics best practices to help improve your company’s bottom line.
SMITH BRAIN TRUST – Getting admitted to the hospital means a 1-in-20 chance of contracting an infection, maybe even a potentially deadly antibiotic-resist
SMITH BRAIN TRUST – What does it mean when a pioneer of the telecommuting workforce begins to curb its work-from-home practices? For IBM, it means a massive culture shift, say experts from the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business.
Leaders from the worlds of business, nonprofit and government packed a room in the Reagan Building and International Trade Center on April 5, 2017, for a timely conversation about driving and adapting tochange.
March 30, 2017, was an evening of empowerment and celebration as 200 women gathered at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business for the Sixth Annual Women Leading Women forum honoring financial planner and industry leader Marguerita (Rita) Cheng ’93, founder and CEO of Blue Ocean Global Wealth.