The University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business and the Tata group of companies present the Tata Dialogue on Innovation on Tuesday, March 3, 2015. Tata is often ranked as one of the "Top 50 Most Innovative Companies" in the world with more than 100 operating companies, including well-known brands such as Jaguar Land Rover, Eight O' Clock Coffee and Tetley Tea. Join us and engage with this global company during the in-depth discussion on innovation and how it is influenced by unique international and cultural perspectives, featuring R.

SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- Alex Triantis, dean at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, interviewed Anil Gupta, the Michael D. Dingman Chair in Strategy, Globalization and Entrepreneurship, on Feb.

"A lot has happened since August 2014, so I thought it would be interesting to reflect upon my experience at the Smith School to-date," says Allison Davern, first-year MBA student at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business, in her latest blog post. "When I put pen to paper, I realized that my growth and memories have been strongly influenced by my wonderfully creative classmates. This blog post really wouldn’t exist without them, so I thought it was only appropriate that my classmates contribute to it."

During Winter Break of 2015 a total of 112 Smith full-time and part-time MBA students traveled abroad on faculty-led global business courses to the United Arab Emirates, Singapore and Japan, and Chile.

School to Announce ‘50/50 by 2020’ Plan at Community Event  COLLEGE PARK, Md. (Feb. 16, 2015) — Women remain underrepresented in MBA programs across the United States, but the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business is pledging to close the gap within five years. The school will announce its 50/50 by 2020 Pledge on March 23, 2015 (rescheduled from March 5 due to inclement weather), during the school’s fourth annual Women Leading Women symposium and International Women’s Day celebration.

All faculty, program directors, deans, department chairs, alumni, and students of the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business are invited to nominate deserving Smith School faculty members (i.e., tenured, tenure-track, Tyser Teaching Fellow, lecturer, adjunct, or Ph.D. student) for one of several Krowe Teaching Awards in areas of general excellence. 

More than 50 women came to the Smith’s first Women in Business information session for prospective part-time MBA students on January 31 at the school’s campus in Washington, D.C. The event was part of the ongoing initiative at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business to encourage women to pursue an MBA degree. Women represent about one third of MBA students nationwide. Smith has strong and growing female representation in its Part-time MBA program, with about 37 percent women students.

Professors from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business are sharing their research with the region in a new series of 60-second radio spots on WTOP (103.5 FM). The bite-sized business insights, pulled from the newly launched Smith Brain Trust, provide practical information for working professionals while promoting the school’s part-time MBA program.

If a picture is worth 1,000 words, the judges of Smith’s Photo Contest had 199,000 to read through – that’s approximately a 633-page book, in case you are curious. We received 199 submissions for our second iteration of the Smith Photo Contest at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business and after a month of online voting and judges’ deliberation, we are proud to share the 18 winning photographs from the talented Smith community.

Smith Students Earn Trip to Unilever’s Connecticut Campus Three students from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business have earned the opportunity to visit Unilever’s Trumbull, Connecticut research and development center.