Hank Lucas drew energy and optimism from a recent retreat amidst the world's foremost thinkers. Organizers of the 100th Renaissance Weekend invited Lucas, the Robert H. Smith Professor of Information Systems in the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business, to contribute his expertise to their summit designed to build bridges among innovative leaders from diverse fields.

Could hackers have disrupted HealthCare.gov’s opening week, when 3.72 million visitors were attempting to register?  "Possibly," says computer forensic analyst Rebecca Mercuri, PhD. The launch was ripe for attack in an atmosphere of intense social and political opposition. “But we’ll probably never know.”  Nonetheless, there’s a lesson in the importance of "cyber-securing" critical infrastructure for policymakers to take away, said Mercuri, founding president of New Jersey-based Notable Software, Inc. 

Albert “Pete” Kyle, an expert in market microstructure at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, has been named a Fellow of the American Finance Association for his distinguished and sustained contributions to the field of finance.

The College of Behavioral & Social Sciences and the Robert H. Smith School of Business recently combined the strengths of their criminology and criminal justice and business ethics focus areas through the establishment of the Center for the Study of Business Ethics, Regulation, and Crime (C-BERC). C-BERC is the first venture of its kind to formally link business with criminology in an academic environment. Through C-BERC, UMD seeks to scientifically confront, assess, evaluate and develop best practices at the intersections of business, ethics, regulation and crime.

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Dr. Clifford Rossi is a Tyser Teaching Fellow and executive-in-residence in the finance department at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business. Rossi writes a weekly column for American Banker called "Risk Doctor." December Financial System's Risk Navigator Still Has Blind SpotsDecember 23, 2013

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Improving health and reducing health care costs nationwide depends on effective coordination between the organizations that treat patients (primary care providers) and those that work to prevent disease and promote health (public health practitioners). Read more.

According to the American Marketing Association, the world’s most productive marketing researchers over the past five years include Smith School professors Michael Trusov, Michel Wedel and Jie Zhang. The trio ranks among the top 50 “most productive researchers” for 2009-13 in the AMA’s DocSig Author Research Productivity listings. 

Media Alert   Dec. 12, 2013Attention: Financial and Economics Reporters, Editors COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Financial experts in the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business are available to expand on their comments, below, about implications of the Volcker Rule reportedly expected to be approved by regulators. A component of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act, the rule is designed to prevent banks from making risky bets with their money. 

Healthcare costs have been rising faster than inflation and even faster than college tuition. At the same time the quality of health care in the U.S. has been uneven at best.  Many look to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) as an opportunity for information technology and other innovative approaches to improve both the efficiency and quality of health services.  What are the key elements of this transformation? What’s working? What are some significant barriers?