M. Susan Taylor, a University of Maryland Robert H. Smith School of Business professor emerita and former senior associate dean whose influential research, teaching and academic leadership shaped organizational behavior scholarship, died July 25 from Alzheimer's disease complications at 74.

University of Maryland Smith School MBA candidate Anton Steshenko proposes a Hybrid Institutional Capital Model to help local governments attract pension and insurance investment for infrastructure. Executive Director Nima Farshchi says the framework could unlock institutional capital through improved financial design and credit enhancement.

Smith School professor Reuben Hurst and colleagues analyzed 31 million U.S. workers, finding workplaces are politically segregated, especially among leaders and politically engaged employees. Democrats dominate most workplaces, while Republicans encounter greater political diversity. Workplace political sorting has changed little since 2012.