SMITH BRAIN TRUST – College-tuition-paying tax filers should be extra careful when claiming that tax credit – at least for one more year. In the following piece, lecturer Samuel Handwerger at the University of Maryland's Robert H.

SMITH BRAIN TRUST – The car you rented as part of your auto-share club reeked of cigarette smoke and a cross-country roadtrip worth of crumbs littered the seats and floor. There was a slight and mysterious stickiness on the gear shift. It made you wonder: Why are some of the vehicles in the car-sharing club kept meticulously tidy while others arrive icky?

In Dec. 2016, Gideon Mark, associate director of the Center for the Study of Business Ethics, Regulation and Crime (C-BERC), met with the University of Maryland Undergraduate Studies Faculty Fellows to discuss the relevance of business ethics to academic integrity issues at their weekly meeting. The discussion focused on (1) deterrence of misconduct in the business environment and deterrence of academic misconduct and (2) the university's academic integrity process.

SMITH BRAIN TRUST – When Jonathan Aberman thinks about Snap Inc.

SMITH BRAIN TRUST – When employees break the rules at work, it might not be mischief. It might be monotony.

By SAM HANDWERGER SMITH BRAIN TRUST - “OK, tell me what to do.” “I can't tell you.” “Why not?” “Well, the president told me not to.” “But I need you to explain to me the law so I can understand how to apply the law.”

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Fox was unexpectedly scrambling this week to sell the last remaining in-game commercial spots for the Feb.

SMITH BRAIN TRUST – Could the tax deduction you take on mortgage interest actually result in a tax audit from the IRS? How about the early withdrawal you made from your retirement account last year, or the charitable donation you made? Smith School lecturer Samuel Handwerger warns that the deductions you plan to take this year could put your income-tax return squarely in the crosshairs of an IRS auditor.

The Marketing Department at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business ranks No. 6 in the world for faculty research productivity, according to the latest tally from the American Marketing Association. The rankings take into account the number of research publications for the 10-year period from 2007 to 2016 in four top marketing journals: Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Marketing, Journal of Marketing Research and Marketing Science. Smith School faculty contributed 83 papers to the four journals in 10 years.

SMITH BRAIN TRUST – The latest potential threat to real estate in America may be found at the local shopping center, as mall landlords grapple with a crush of vacancies and, faced with the prospect of restructuring their debt, decide to walk away instead. The moves, a worrying echo of the 2008 housing crisis, have left lenders saddled with failing shopping centers and looking to dump them at discount prices. And that threatens to erode nearby home prices.