College Park, Md. January 8, 2007 - Rebecca Hamilton, assistant professor of marketing at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business has been identified by the Marketing Science Institute (MSI) as among a select group of scholars most likely to become the marketing fields next generation of leaders. In that role, Hamilton participated in MSI's fourth, biennial Young Scholars Program, January 4-7, 2007 in Park City, Utah.

Anand Anandalingam, Ralph J. Tyser Professor of Management Science, and Michael Ball, Orkand Corporation Professor of Management Science, have been selected as the co-program chairs for the Annual INFORMS conference to be held in Washington, D.C., in November 2008.

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College Park, Md. December 5, 2006 The University of Marylands Robert H. Smith School of Business is posting a last call for nominations for the schools 2007 Smith Leadership and Excellence Awards by the Dec. 14 deadline for submission. The annual awards, which pay tribute to business leaders and organizations that have made a significant and positive impact in the mid-Atlantic region, will be presented in four categories: Business Excellence, Leaders for the Digital Economy, Leadership Excellence, and Public Excellence.

College Park, Md. December 4, 2006 For smokers who count kicking the habit as their top 2007 New Years resolution, going online might offer the key to success, according to new research released today from the University of Marylands Robert H. Smith School of Business.

College Park, Md. November 16, 2006 The University of Marylands Robert H. Smith School of Business today announced that Wei-Wu He, general partner and co-founder of Emerging Technology Partners LLC (ETP), a Maryland-based venture capital firm focused on investing in the life science industry, has joined the school as a senior Smith fellow. In this role, Dr. He will concentrate on supporting the Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship.

College Park, MD November 8, 2006 New research on the dot-com era from the University of Marylands Robert H. Smith School of Business reveals despite significant losses suffered by investors, nearly 50 percent of 1990s dot-com startups survived at least five years. This success rate is better than or on par with other emerging industries, contradicting the traditional view that the majority of Internet companies landed belly up.

The Smith School is pleased to announce the Top 15 % Teaching Award recipients for 2005-06. The Top 15% Teaching Awards are based on faculty performance during the previous academic year, consisting of fall semester, winter semester, spring semester, and summer semester sessions I and II, in that order.

College Park, Md. October 27, 2006 The Logistics, Transportation and Supply Chain Management (LTSCM) Society and the Supply Chain Club (SCC) of the University of Marylands Robert H. Smith School of Business today named the 2006 Person of the Year this year a joint award shared by Jeffrey N. Shane, under secretary for policy at the U.S. Department of Transportation, and Ron Widdows, chief executive of global transportation company APL Ltd. Both accepted their awards at a ceremony at the university.

On October 6, 2006, the Smith School hosted its first Digital Economy Forum in partnership with the Localization Industry Standards Association (LISA) of Switzerland. The event was the first major conference sponsored by the school's new Smith Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER).