The University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business will hold its commencement ceremony at the Comcast Center on Sunday, December 21, at 1 p.m.

The University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business will hold its commencement ceremony at the Comcast Center on Sunday, December 21, at 1 p.m.

College Park, Md. – November 14, 2008 - The MBA program at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business emerges as the best in the Washington, D.C.-Baltimore region and an impressive No. 3 in the United States for research in BusinessWeek’s 2008 survey of “The Best B-schools.” The rankings, which are published every other year, were based on a survey of the graduating class of 2008, a survey of corporate recruiters and a measure of “intellectual capital” – the number of faculty articles published in a list of top 20 academic journals. Smith is ranked No.

The Robert H. Smith School of Business undergraduate information technology (IT) program was listed among the U.S. Top 10 in a special report released by the business technology news network TechRepublic on Nov. 3, 2008. The school was cited as among the nation’s best for students seeking leadership and managerial roles in the IT field, as well as for recruiters seeking the best talent. According to Jason Hiner, editor-in-chief of TechRepublic, in the introduction to the report, “A degree from one of these 10 programs will provide a great foundation for a successful IT career.”

The Smith School is pleased to welcome 23 new doctoral students to the Smith School PhD program. Accounting and Information AssuranceRobert FelixYifeng Zhou Decision, Operations and Information TechnologyAbrar Al-HasanHe ChenCarlos De La RosaBrad GreenwoodJeffrey HousePrem Swaroop

College Park, Md. – August 22, 2008 — The undergraduate program at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business is ranked No. 17 in the nation, according to the latest U.S. News & World Report college ranking report, “America’s Best Colleges 2009,” released today. The Smith School also ranked highly in a number of business specialty categories — with its Management Information Systems, Supply Chain Management and Entrepreneurship programs listed among the nation’s top 10 and a total of nine areas listed among the nation’s top 20.

As Pat Cleveland, Smith School associate dean for undergraduate studies, tells her students, “The world belongs to those who show up.” The members of the Smith Undergraduate Student Association have, in fact, shown up twice. The evening of May 8, on behalf of the organization, SUSA president Marla Weintraub happily accepted the award for “Best Governing Body on Campus,” which the group won once before in 2006.

In an emotional ceremony at the Comcast Center, 700 undergraduates, 350 MBA students and 2 doctoral students received their Smith School degrees on May 23, 2008.

The second group of business executives to graduate from the Smith School’s Executive MBA program in Shanghai commemorated that accomplishment on May 11, 2008 with a graduation ceremony and celebration. Graduates reflected a diverse group of distinguished senior executives from many walks of life, nations and regions – all brought together by Smith’s rigorous program and shared experiences learning together.

College Park, Md. - March 11, 2008 - Firms in the United States value IT professionals MBA degrees much more than IT experience, according to new research from the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business. An IT professional with an MBA degree earns 46 percent more than a counterpart with only a bachelors degree and 37 percent more than one with any other masters degree, according to the study, published in this months Management Science journal.