Smith Also Earns No. 5 World Research Ranking College Park, Md. January 29, 2007 - The MBA program at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business is ranked No. 17 in the U.S. in the Financial Times MBA 2007 rankings, published today. The influential rankings also place Smith No. 5 in the world for research, which is based on the number of faculty research articles published in worlds top academic journals.

College Park, Md. January 19, 2007 - A group of Robert H. Smith School of Business undergraduate and MBA students had the honor of ringing the bell to open trading on the New York Stock Exchange this morning. The students manage the Smith Schools two investment funds the Mayer Fund and the Lemma Senbet Fund and are in New York for an educational trip to meet with financial professionals.

College Park, Md. January 29, 2007 The MBA program at the University of Marylands Robert H. Smith School of Business is ranked No. 17 in the U.S. in the Financial Times MBA 2007 rankings, published today. The influential rankings also place Smith No. 5 in the world for research, which is based on the number of faculty research articles published in worlds top academic journals.

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Peter C. Fusaro, one of the world's leading experts on energy and environmental markets, spoke at the Smith School of Business on December 5, 2006. Fusaro is the founder of Global Change Associates and the CEO of Energy & Environment Capital Management, LLC. He is also a frequent consultant to governments and the author of What Went Wrong at Enron. Fusaro spoke on the latest trends in energy and environmental markets, including recent policy and technological developments. Fusaro's talk was organized by the Smith chapter of Net Impact and by the Smith MBA Finance Association.

Planning has already gotten under way as the Robert H. Smith School of Business gets ready to host the 2007 National Women MBA Conference next fall. Smith was awarded the event at this years conference which was hosted by the Olin School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis. Every year the privilege of hosting this event is passed from one business school to another, and Smith is honored to be given the opportunity to be the next site of this influential event.

"I started out as a secretary, and success was never obvious," said Carly Fiorina, former CEO of HP and author of the new book Tough Choices: A Memoir at a book signing and Robert H. Smith School of Business alumni networking event on November 13, 2006. "I wanted to tell the story of business the way I experienced it. I wrote it myself because I wanted it to be authentic," she said, explaining that she didn't use a ghostwriter or co-writer. The book is on the New York Times Best-Seller List.

First-year MBA Berber Rischen took time off from writing her Leadership and Teamwork paper this weekend to help the Maryland Terrapins to their second consecutive National Championship in Field Hockey. Rischen joined the team this fall, using her final year of eligibility from her undergraduate work at Kent State. Since then, she has met the unique challenge of pursuing her MBA in the classroom while pursuing wins on the field. She started as midfielder in all but one game this season.

  Dr. William Frey, Global Business Director, DuPont Biofuels, addresses Smith School students as Dennis Magyar, North America Industry Manager, DuPont Biofuels, looks on.

A three-man team from the Smith School wowed portfolio managers and stock analysts at Cornell Universitys Johnson School of Managements fifth annual MBA Stock Pitch Challenge. The event was held November 3, 2006 at the Parker Center for Investment Research in Ithaca, NY.