College Park, Md. – January 18, 2011 – The Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB), the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland (Smith) and the School of Management, Zhejiang University (Zhejiang, China), today jointly announced the launch of a global senior management program that will have business leaders traveling to each country to learn the keys to successful innovation in each market.

College Park, Md. – January 10, 2011 — The Center for Social Value Creation at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business is expanding its Grassroots.org Social Venture Consulting Program in partnership with Grassroots.org, an organization that provides free technologies and resources to nonprofits. The innovative experiential learning program matches MBA students with nonprofit organizations around the country for semester-long consulting projects. Make Change!

College Park, Md. – January 5, 2011 – The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business has partnered with the Gettysburg Foundation to develop customized leadership programs that integrate lessons from the historic Civil War battle. The intensely experiential programs will push participants to think differently about individual and organizational challenges through engagement in action-oriented sessions, both on the renowned Pennsylvania battlefield and in the classroom.

The Center for Financial Policy at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business partnered with the Salomon Center for the Study of Financial Institutions at the NYU Stern School of Business for a daylong conference on “The GSEs, Housing & the Economy” on January 24, 2011, in Washington, D.C. The conference brought together leading academic experts and policymakers to address issues facing government sponsored enterprises (GSEs) and effects on the housing industry and the macro economy. Keynote speakers were Rep.

Thursday, Feb. 24, 2010, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, Feb. 27, 2010, 7:30 a.m. Leadership Lessons from the Battlefield to the Boardroom     As one of the most well-documented and studied battles in American history, the Battle of Gettysburg offers a rich set of characters, personalities, and examples of leadership decision-making that resonate in many organizations even today.

Ted Leonsis, Chairman and Majority HolderWashington Capitals, Washington Mystics and Lincoln Holdings, LLCWednesday, Feb. 16, 2011 at 6 p.m.1524 Van Munching HallUniversity of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742

With the New Year under way, its a great time to resolve to get your portfolio in shape. Students at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business have been closely following the markets as they manage the $2 million Mayer Fund and the Lemma Senbet Fund, run by select groups of MBA and undergraduate students. The students are on pace to meet their goals to achieve healthy returns for the funds and outpace the S&P 500 index.

  Dick Cass, President of the Baltimore Ravens, has one of the most difficult jobs in football: running the organization. At the CEO@Smith event on Tuesday, Nov. 30, Cass spoke to more than 300 eager Smith School students and friends about the issues he deals with on any given Monday.

Will 2011 be the year to take the plunge and start a business? Asher Epstein, managing director of the Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business is optimistic. He says entrepreneurs with good ideas should go for it – but proceed with caution. Epstein’s take for entrepreneurs in 2011:

Dick Cass, President of the Baltimore Ravens, has one of the most difficult jobs in football: running the organization. At the CEO @ Smith event on Tuesday, Nov. 30, Cass spoke to more than 300 eager Smith School students and friends about the issues he deals with on any given Monday.