PhD Program News

April 1, 2011
Explore Our World: Maryland Day 2011

Maryland Day celebrates its thirteenth anniversary April 30 from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Now one of the top annual events in the state of Maryland, the University of Maryland welcomes the entire Washington, D.C. region to have fun, learn and explore over Maryland's 1,250 acre campus.

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May 3, 2010
2010 Spring Commencement

Comcast Center was full of good cheer as the Smith School celebrated the commencement of 780 undergraduates, 360 MBA/MS students, 51 EMBA students, and 9 doctoral students on May 21.

William Gossman, MBA ’91, CEO of hi5 and keynote speaker at commencement, urged students in his commencement address to “practice their leadership skills on themselves.”

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February 26, 2010
Smith School Ranks No. 7 in World for Research

College Park, Md. – February 26, 2010 — The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business ranked No. 7 for research productivity among U.S. and foreign business schools, according to a study released yesterday by the University of Texas at Dallas School of Management.

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December 1, 2009
2009 Winter Commencement

he 2009 Winter Commencement for the Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, will be held at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009, in the Comcast Center. This semester, 145 undergraduate students, 129 Master of Business Administration students, 1 Executive Master of Business Administration student, and 5 Doctoral students will be graduating from the Smith School.

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May 27, 2009
Smith PhD Awards Banquet Strikes an Ensemble Chord

There was a festive spirit in the air on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 in the executive meeting space of Van Munching Hall, complete with a cappella music, photo slide shows, food, and awards. The occasion? The Robert H Smith School of Business 29th Annual Doctoral Awards Banquet, honoring graduating doctoral students.

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May 15, 2009
William E. Mayer to Speak at U-Md. Business School Commencement

College Park, Md. – May 15, 2009 — The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business today announced that William E. Mayer, senior partner of Park Avenue Equity Partners, chairman emeritus of the Aspen Institute and former dean of the Smith School, will deliver the keynote speech at the May 22 graduation ceremony.

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January 1, 2009
Richard Perlmutter Delivers Keynote Address at Smith Commencement Ceremony

Comcast Center was full of good cheer as the Smith School celebrated the commencement of 200 undergraduates, 120 MBAs, 48 MS in Business/Accounting students, and two doctoral students on December 21.

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December 1, 2008
Richard Perlmutter to Deliver Keynote Address at Smith School Commencement Ceremony, Dec. 21

The University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business will hold its commencement ceremony at the Comcast Center on Sunday, December 21, at 1 p.m.

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December 1, 2008
Smith PhD Candidate’s Award-Winning Research Focuses on the Digitization of Microfinance

Mingfeng Lin, a PhD candidate at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, is studying the value of online social networks and “social commerce” and he has won a handful of awards along the way, including the prestigious Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Dissertation Fellowship (2009-10).

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November 14, 2008
BusinessWeek Ranks Smith School MBA Program Among Nation’s Best

College Park, Md. – November 14, 2008 - The MBA program at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business emerges as the best in the Washington, D.C.-Baltimore region and an impressive No.

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