College Park, MD July 18, 2007 The University of Marylands Robert H. Smith School of Business today announced that Anand Anandalingam, Ralph J. Tyser Professor of Management Sciences, has been appointed as the schools senior associate dean. In this role, he will be responsible for working closely with faculty and staff to support Smiths overall program, research and curriculum development. The three-year appointment is effective July 1, 2007. Arjang Assad, outgoing senior associate dean, has been named the Deans Professor for Extraordinary Service.

College Park, MD June 13, 2007 The University of Marylands Robert H. Smith School of Business, a leading provider of Executive MBA programs in China, today announced an exclusive partnership to deliver virtual career services in China. Through the partnership with CareerBeam, graduates and current participants in the Smith Schools China Executive MBA program will have access to unique, online professional development services such as career counseling, job postings, resume enhancement tools, and industry and company research.

College Park, MD June 13, 2007 - The University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business, a leading provider of Executive MBA programs in China, today announced an exclusive partnership to deliver virtual career services in China. Through the partnership with CareerBeam, graduates and current participants in the Smith Schools China Executive MBA program will have access to unique, online professional development services such as career counseling, job postings, resume enhancement tools, and industry and company research.

Each year, more than a hundred Smith MBA and Executive MBA students travel around the world on short-term study abroad courses. Courses are typically offered between semesters and are comprised of 20-35 students led by a faculty guide. Students meet in College Park prior to departure and the trips typically consist of 10 days abroad. After the spring semester ended this past May, two groups of students departed to study the global economy in different parts of the world. One group was off to Europe and the other to South America.

When it comes to a true global education, sometimes you just have to be there.

When it comes to a true global education, sometimes you just have to be there.

Under the towering ceiling of Comcast Center, 780 undergraduates, 300 MBA students, 50 EMBA students, and 12 doctoral students received their business degrees from the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business on May 21, 2007.

College Park, Md. May 14, 2007 The custom executive education program at the University of Marylands Robert H. Smith School of Business is ranked No. 8 globally for value for the money in the Financial Times Executive Education 2007 rankings, published today. The program scored highly in several categories in the influential rankings including No. 8 globally for preparation, which measures how companies feel their ideas were integrated into a program and the effectiveness in which a schools latest research was integrated. The rankings placed the Smith School No.

Beijing, China April 17, 2007 - The University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business, a leading provider of Executive MBA programs in China, today announced a series of initiatives designed to promote world-class innovation and business ideas through the expansion of its annual China Business Plan Competition. Now in its third year, the competition will award $50,000 in prize money during a final round competition in September.

Caps on, gowns pressed, the business executives graduating with MBA degrees from the University of Maryland's prestigious Robert H. Smith School of Business on April 15, 2007, are well armed for success within the fast-moving global, digital economy. They are further distinguished as members of the first Shanghai Executive MBA (EMBA) class to graduate from the Smith School, which is ranked among the worlds top business schools.