Gretchen MacLeod and Dr. Janis Green, representing the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, are spotlighted among the world’s “Best and Brightest Executive MBA Graduates” in the class of 2019, by Poets & Quants, the digital news outlet dedicated to global coverage of business education.

New Maryland Smith grads Terri Jarboe Farri, Joe Costigan and Kathleen Finnegan are featured by Poets&Quants in its recently published Best and Brightest Online MBAs: Class of 2019.  

Poets&Quants has named Stephanie Gomez (MBA 2019) as among the world’s “2019 Best and Brightest MBAs.”

Women solve problems when they step forward as independent-minded leaders, honored guest Carly Fiorina, MBA ’80, said on March 5, 2019, during the eighth annual Women Leading Women forum at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.

Educator, philanthropist and retired bank executive William Longbrake, DBA ’76, has pledged $1 million to support the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. The unrestricted gift will provide flexibility to the school, where Longbrake serves as Executive-in-Residence and a member of the Board of Advisors.

Maryland Smith has advanced in the top 10 of U.S. News and World Report’s Best Online MBA Programs. The new, No. 8 ranking for 2019 is up from No. 9 last year and places Maryland Smith sixth among public schools. It further “reaffirms the program’s reputation, especially in terms of student engagement” – one of five ranking methodology subcategories where Smith has excelled, says Assistant Dean of Online Programs Judy Frels at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.

The first company that entrepreneur Jason Cohen ’96 launched was Mamma Says, a small but successful food manufacturing company that tucked a tiny bit of advice into every packaged biscotti. Like this one: “When your ship comes in, make sure you’re not waiting at the airport.” It’s one of Cohen’s favorite sayings, he told graduates Wednesday at the winter commencement ceremony for the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, and it has stayed with him for nearly 20 years.

The University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business is tied for No. 24 in the newly released Americas 2018 Top 25 Business School Rankings from Financial Times. The report, which scores schools throughout North and South America, combines full-time MBA, executive MBA and executive education data. The Financial Times ranks Maryland Smith’s full-time MBA program No. 27 and its executive MBA program No. 23 in the Americas.

The Full-Time MBA Program at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business is No. 35 among U.S. peer programs in Bloomberg Businessweek’s recently released 100 Best Business Schools.

New Programming Includes Externships, Business Language Training COLLEGE PARK, Md. (Oct. 2, 2018) — A $1.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education will allow the Center for Global Business at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business to expand its portfolio of externships, language training and other programs through 2022.