Students and faculty packed Frank Auditorium and an adjacent overflow room on the night of Sept. 21, to commemorate an important milestone in Smith School history: the Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship’s 25th anniversary. The Center’s benefactor, Michael Dingman, was accompanied by his family and distinguished colleagues at this celebration, which […]

On Sept. 16, Dean G. “Anand” Anandalingam’s “CEO@Smith” program started off with the CEO of Maryland-based Constellation Energy, Mayo Shattuck. Shattuck, whose online resume may take longer to read than your average philosophy homework, joined Constellation Energy in 2001 as the CEO of the company. Matt Bromiley, a junior Information Systems […]

A number of economic indicators, news analysts and economists are predicting a second recession in the near future.   The Weekly Leading Index (WLI), created and published by the Economic Cycle Research Institute, has been known for its prediction of economic downturns and recoveries since it was publicly released […]

Business Week’s Wednesday night entrepreneurship panel offered students the opportunity to pose questions to five entrepreneurs. The event preceded a networking reception. Casey Golden, founder of Small Act, a company that helps nonprofit organizations use social media in campaigns, advised student entrepreneurs not to assume to know what their customers […]

President Barack Obama addressed the nation’s economic progress in a Sept. 10 press conference.  He focused on the looming expiration of the Bush-era tax cuts.  Particularly, he pressed the need for giving tax breaks to national corporations to spur job creation.  There is a proposed permanent extension of the tax […]

Business Week kicked off Sept. 13, with a speech by Mr. Mechai Viravaidya. An entrepreneur from Thailand and more commonly known as “The Condom King,” Viravaidya is hailed for reducing his home country’s average number of children per family from seven in 1974 to 1 1/2 in 2000.  Thailand’s population […]

In the final event of Business Week, alumni returned to Van Munching Hall to advise undergraduates pursuing business degrees.             At least a half-dozen Maryland graduates showed up for the Alumni Fashion Show and Networking Night on Thursday to help illustrate proper business etiquette to […]

A packed crowd of professionally dressed business majors filled Samuel Riggs Alumni Center for the annual Smith School Career Fair on Friday.             After talking with representatives from different organizations, students said they felt more hopeful about securing a job upon graduation. Junior finance major […]

If you spent your night studying at McKeldin or partying at Cornerstone, you might need coffee in the morning. But instead of merely drinking it, invest in it. This week’s stock pick, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, was ranked No. 2 in Fortune 500’s “Fastest-Growing Companies,” and MSN Money estimated the company’s […]

University of Maryland students looking to experience D.C. on a budget can thank this week’s entrepreneur pick, Andrew Mason. Mason created Groupon, a deal-of-the-day website, in November 2008 to give people access to a wide variety of venues and events in their area for unbeatable prices. The Web site offers […]