Undergraduate Smith student Philip Peker ’18 writes about Stacks on Smith, held on Dec. 14, 2016, at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. Finals week. There’s nothing more appetizing than a week of back-to-back tests and projects. Well actually, there is one thing…pancakes. And sausage, eggs, bacon, and coffee that will temporarily distract students from finals stress.

Undergraduate Fellows programs at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business are two to three semester-long programs that focus on a specialized area of business and provide for experiential learning. Fellows applications for 2016-17 are open through Feb. 13 at midnight. Read more about Fellows here and visit individual program pages for applications. We asked students about the benefits they received from being in Fellows. Here’s what they had to say.

Forbes 30 Under 30 has selected two rising stars from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business for its newest class, announced on Jan. 3, 2017.

Check out the most popular news stories from 2016 for the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business: 1) Top 10 Business Books for Your Summer Reading List  2) Dingman Center Launches Bootstrapped Podcast

University of Maryland undergraduates put their innovation and problem-solving skills to the service of their fellow classmates. Jamie Grossarth, Ananth Shrivatsan, Sylviane Alexion, and Isaac Adeeku presented their proposal for improving the application process to the university's education abroad programs to members of the University Cabinet as their final project for the fall 2016 Innovo Scholars Consulting program on Dec. 16, 2016.

On Dec. 21, 2016, over 800 students graduated from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business with PhD, MS, MBA, and BS degrees. The commencement ceremony was held at the Xfinity Center on the university’s College Park campus. You can watch the entire ceremony online.

Smith student Philip Peker ’18 writes about the Future Women in Business Conference, held on Nov. 18, 2016, at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. On Friday, Nov. 18, the Office of Undergraduate Programs and the Smith School Women's Society (SSWS) at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business hosted the fourth annual “Future Women in Business Conference” (FWIB) to introduce female high school students to the opportunities a business education can offer them.

Smith student Philip Peker ’18 writes about the Design Fellows Graduation Celebration on Dec. 12, 2016, at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business

The Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship produces Bootstrapped, a podcast featuring founders, investors and serial entrepreneurs. The podcast is hosted by Elana Fine, Managing Director of the Dingman Center, and Joe Bailey, Associate Research Professor at the Smith School. Each episode brings a different startup story to life with special guests offering advice and lessons learned on topics that range from fundraising and marketing to team formation and customer acquisition.

Join the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016, at 9 a.m. as we celebrate the accomplishments of business graduates at the Xfinity Center in College Park, Md. Tickets are not required for the Smith ceremony or the main campus ceremony, which is on Tuesday, Dec. 20 at 6 p.m. Smith’s keynote speaker is Richard L. Novak ’62, operating partner at Linden Capital Partners. YongHyeok Joo, class of 2017, will sing the National Anthem. The graduate speaker is Rahul Sood and the undergraduate student speaker is Adam Greene.