Smith Holds Strong in 2027 U.S. News Rankings, With Significant Finance and Specialty Gains
Maryland’s Smith School of Business ranks No. 24 nationally and No. 13 among public universities in U.S. News & World Report’s 2027 undergraduate business rankings. Finance climbs 15 spots while management information systems ranks ninth nationally and seventh among publics.
Warren Buffett’s Exit as Chairman Marks a Defining Market Moment, Says Smith’s David Kass
Warren Buffett’s decision to step down as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway marks a highly consequential leadership transition in modern business — and few observers are better positioned to interpret its significance than Clinical Professor of Finance David Kass at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.
Stablecoins Could Expand Treasury Demand and Reinforce the U.S. Dollar's Global Leadership
As blockchain technology transforms global payments, stablecoins could become a powerful new source of demand for U.S. Treasury securities while helping preserve the U.S. dollar's position as the world's reserve currency, according to a new paper by Michael Faulkender, former Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Treasury and William Longbrake Professor of Finance at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business.
25 Years Later: Smith School Professors Reflect on the Financial and Policy Legacy of 9/11
On the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, Maryland’s Smith School honors nearly 3,000 victims and examines the nation’s recovery, highlighting resilient financial systems, federal intervention, lasting aviation security changes and emerging artificial intelligence-driven cyberthreats to U.S. institutions.
Understanding Firms’ AI Efforts and Their Economic Impact
Our research asks a central question for businesses investing heavily in artificial intelligence: Is AI actually making firms more productive, and if so, how? Using 15 years of data on AI-skilled employment at U.S. public firms, we find that firms increasing their AI investments experienced significantly faster productivity growth from 2018 to 2024—roughly one percentage point of additional productivity growth per year for a one-standard-deviation increase in AI investment. Importantly, these gains do not appear immediately; they build gradually over several years.
Full Circle Moment as Terp Nick Cross Takes the Field for the Washington Commanders
Washington Commanders safety Nick Cross returns home to the DMV, where the Bowie native, DeMatha graduate and former Maryland football player is continuing his NFL career while giving back to his community and planning to complete his Smith finance degree.
Smith Expert Gives Market, Risk Implications of Stalled Bipartisan Housing Bill
Clifford Rossi, professor of the practice and director of the Smith Enterprise Risk Consortium at the Smith School of Business, said restricting large institutional investors would do little to improve housing affordability, arguing supply shortages and homeowners locked into low mortgage rates remain the market's primary constraints.
A Missed Bus Led To A Meet Cute
It was a Maryland connection meant to be. Despite Lauren Niffenegger Lumpp ‘09 and Nick Lumpp ‘09 both studying at the Robert H. Smith School of Business, Lauren in accounting and Nick in finance, it was a bus that never showed up during their first few weeks in College Park that brought them together.