Children are playing outside on a sunny Saturday afternoon in Brooklyn, but inside the Weeksville Heritage Center, young women from underserved local communities are vying for startup capital in a unique Shark Tank-like competition. The challenge is the culmination of an eight-week entrepreneurial boot camp called DIVAS. The program, which stands for Digital-Interactive-Visual Arts-Sciences, aims to bridge the digital divide by combining media literacy, cultural awareness and technology to encourage careers in computer science and new media.

Alain Desvignes’ work experience spans 15 years.

The executive MBA program at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business has repeated as a top 10 program among U.S. schools in the Financial Times EMBA rankings for 2016. The Financial Times ranked the program in this category No. 10 in 2016, No. 7 in 2015 and No. 11 in 2014.

The MBA Consulting Club at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business organized its annual signature event, the Consulting Forum, Sept. 23, 2016, in Van Munching Hall. The forum featured representatives from top consulting firms and aimed at facilitating an open dialogue between students and alumni in the industry.

The number of out-of-court deals in federal charges of corporate crimes has soared to record-setting highs, where major companies pay large fines for criminal wrongdoing but no one goes to jail. Brandon Garrett, the Justice Thurgood Marshall Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law, delved into the complex deals that take place between the U.S.

Far too often, women’s success stories are excluded from the world of business. Dream, Girl helped to change that narrative in an exclusive showing at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, sponsored by the school’s Office of Diversity Initiatives on Sept. 12, 2016. Produced, directed and filmed by an all-female cast, the documentary film calls for economic inclusion and development in the corporate world, connecting the power of social good and profitability.

On Sept. 12, 2016, the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business celebrated its partnership with the Maryland Department of Commerce by hosting a discussion about "Maryland Open for Business" with Mike Gill, Secretary of the Maryland Department of Commerce, and Smith School Dean Alex Triantis.

During b-school you learn about all sorts of business acronyms, from BATNA to SWOT. But how do you get around VMH (Van Munching Hall)? Here’s a quick guide to frequently used acronyms for academic departments, centers and offices at UMD-Smith. This story was originally posted on August 29, 2014 and has been updated for 2016. CBERC = Center for the Study of Business Ethics, Regulation & Crime

The Office of Diversity Initiatives at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business is excited to kick off the 2016-17 school year with a screening of the film Dream, Girl, a documentary that showcases inspiring success stories of female entrepreneurs. Join the women of Smith for the screening and post-screening discussion reception. Dream big with us on Sept. 13 at 6 p.m. We know the names of Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg. But what about the female entrepreneurs? What’s their story?

It may still feel like the middle of summer, but orientation events are already underway at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business for the 2016-17 school year. Full-time MBA students will take part in a two-week orientation that begins on Aug. 8. International MBA students are already here at Smith to kick-of their program. Students in the specialty masters programs start their one-week orientation on Aug. 12. New part-time MBA students will be at Van Munching Hall for orientation on Aug. 13.