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March 19, 2020
Maryland Smith Undergrad Named AMA Student Marketer of the Year

David Rosenstein ’20, a senior pursuing a dual degree in marketing and management, was selected as the 2020 Student Marketer of the Year by the American Marketing Association. The prestigious award recognizes one student nationwide for demonstrating superior leadership and service to the AMA, academic achievement and impact on their community.

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March 12, 2020
Center for Global Business Releases Book on Emerging Markets Forum

The Center for Global Business at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland announces the release of the new book The Rise of New Economic Powers and America’s Future by Kislaya Prasad, academic director of the center and research professor at Maryland Smith.

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March 9, 2020
Women Inspire: Five Ways to Support Women Leaders

How do you deal with the “broken rung” that affects women trying to climb the corporate ladder? One way is to enlist the help of other women.

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March 6, 2020
‘Diverse thoughts and diverse ideas build innovation’

Marriott executive delivers keynote at Bradford Awards

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March 6, 2020
Smith MBA Students Reflect on 2020 Winter-term Global Business Courses

MBA students Brandon Caracciolo, part-time MBA (Brazil program), Erin Edmunds, part-time MBA (China and Vietnam program), Tida Jarjou, full-time MBA (UAE program), Lynn Kostas, part-time MBA (Japan and Singapore program), and Dan Wurtzel, part-time MBA (South Africa program) write about their participation in the January 2020 winter term global business courses.

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March 4, 2020
iSmith Helps Students Prepare and Define Competencies, Narrative

This year’s freshman class at Maryland Smith kicked off their studies with a new pilot: the iSmith program.

It’s an innovative experience designed to prepare students for the workplace by building a personal brand and a narrative of their professional strategies and personal development as they navigate through their undergraduate years.

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March 3, 2020
Hisaoka Speaker Series: Sometimes finding the wrong idea first leads to the right future business

In the most recent Hisaoka Speaker Series, Robert G. Hisaoka, ’79 Maryland alum, interviewed three fellow Terps who have successfully founded their own businesses.

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March 3, 2020
Reducing Gender Bias: A Take from Two Smith Professors

How can we reduce gender bias in the workplace? The question sparked a thoughtful debate at the Girls in Tech Conference in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 27.

Offering insights in the discussion were two professors from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, Wendy W. Moe and Margrét Bjarnadóttir.

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February 28, 2020
Pitch Dingman Competition Finals Puts a Spotlight on UMD Student Entrepreneurs

Each year, the Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship hosts the Pitch Dingman Competition — the University of Maryland’s business competition.

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February 28, 2020
Being Black in Entrepreneurship: Fireside Chat

When you’re looking to start a business, it helps to gain some advice from someone who’s done it before. And that may be doubly true for founders of color.

Although 12.7% of the U.S. population is black, only 4.3% of business owners are.

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