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There is a lot of alumni news this time, with new updates on alumni from all EMBA cohorts from cohort 4 through cohort 12.

Acton, MarkEMBA 5 Nominated in June 2016 for a 3rd term as United States Postal Regulatory Commissioner

Children are playing outside on a sunny Saturday afternoon in Brooklyn, but inside the Weeksville Heritage Center, young women from underserved local communities are vying for startup capital in a unique Shark Tank-like competition.

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — AT&T's proposed $85.4 billion acquisition of Time Warner could be the first of a string of similar mergers to come.

By Samuel Handwerger 

There are some really exciting events coming up at Smith that are particularly well-suited for EMBA alumni, from a Meet the Author cocktail party to the annual EMBA Happy Hour.

According to the recently released “Women in the Workplace 2016” study conducted by LeanIn.Org and McKinsey, women remain underrepresented at every level in corporate America, from entry-level to c-suite positions. They are also underrepresented in the entrepreneurial world, launching only 41 percent of new businesses on average in the last two decades, with that number falling.

Following 11 years at the University of Maryland, the Cupid’s Cup entrepreneurship competition will expand its reach to other U.S. campuses starting in March 2017.

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Baseball prognosticators love sta

On Oct. 14, 2016, students in the Business, Society and the Economy (BSE) College Park Scholars (CPS) program at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business celebrated the 21st Citation Class with an awards ceremony honoring students for outstanding achievement and outstanding citizenship for exemplifying the founding ideals and values of CPS.