The Ed Snider Center is excited to collaborate with New Day USA to bring high-profile speakers to the University of Maryland campus for the New Day Leadership Forum. The goal of the series is to introduce students to individuals who have distinguished themselves in sports, service, and business and are motivated to share their experience on the opportunities, challenges, and rewards of leadership.

Despite long-term declines in business creation and slow growth, there are many reasons to be optimistic about the future of entrepreneurship in the United States. This message, delivered by Kauffman President and CEO Wendy Guillies in the State of Entrepreneurship Address, summarizes key findings in a publication released yesterday called The New Entrepreneurial Growth Agenda.

The Ed Snider Center is looking for an undergraduate student to work with its staff coordinating and tracking the Center’s expenses. The right person will have:

The Ed Snider Center is pleased to announce that it has received a three-year grant from the Kauffman Foundation to support the Julian Simon Forum.

In this Washington Post op-ed piece Professor Rajshree Agarwal shares three reasons critics should give Zuckerberg and Jobs thanks instead of “bah humbugs” during the holiday season. Read the article.

Happy holidays from the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business! This year's holiday video has the theme "Smith Holiday Idol." Students, faculty and staff auditioned in front of a panel of judges to get a starring role. Watch to find out who wins! Thanks to all of our Smith Terps who participated in the making of this video. A special thanks to our student helpers on this project: Dina Broydo (undergrad), Ying Chen (MBA), Francois DeZamaroczy (MBA), and Lauren Kessler (MBA). Check out our previous Smith School holiday videos:

SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- Responding to pressure from shareholders, Yahoo has dropped a plan to spin off its holdings in Alibaba, a Chinese e-commerce company.

The Ed Snider Center for Enterprise and Markets at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business is excited to begin its internship program for undergraduate students. There are currently six interns for the 2015-2016 academic year, and each has chosen a project through which they can create a lasting impact on the UMD community. See below for the bios of each of the interns, and learn more about what they are working on this year. Angelina Bingei

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Last week, Fed chairwoman Janet Yellen said that raising interest rates before the end of the year was "a live possibility," given what she described as the relatively strong performance by the economy.

Philadelphia Flyers founder and Comcast-Spectacor chairman Ed Snider ’55 performed double duty on Sept. 29, 2015, at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. First he helped celebrate the opening of new offices for the Ed Snider Center for Enterprise and Markets. Then he shared the foundational values for his business at the BB&T Colloquium on Capitalism, Ethics, and Leadership.