DO&IT News

April 22, 2020
Golden Wins Mathematics Research Award

Bruce L. Golden, the France-Merrick Chair in Management Science in the department of Decision, Operations and Information Technologies at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, and two of his Ph.D.

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March 3, 2020
Reducing Gender Bias: A Take from Two Smith Professors

How can we reduce gender bias in the workplace? The question sparked a thoughtful debate at the Girls in Tech Conference in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 27.

Offering insights in the discussion were two professors from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, Wendy W. Moe and Margrét Bjarnadóttir.

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December 16, 2019
Maryland Smith’s Ritu Agarwal Wins Top Information Systems Award

Ritu Agarwal, interim dean of the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, is a 2019 recipient of the prestigious LEO Award, recognizing lifetime achievements in the field of information systems.

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December 13, 2019
Maryland Smith Undergraduate Students Compete at International Business Case Challenge

Greg Rafal, assistant director of the Center for Global Business, writes about the International Business Case Challenge at the University of Connecticut, held Nov. 13-17, 2019.

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December 9, 2019
NSF Awards $1M to Develop Open Knowledge Database for Business

The National Science Foundation has awarded $1 million to a multi-institutional team that includes a UMD business professor to help develop an open knowledge database to benefit entrepreneurs and small businesses.

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November 7, 2019
Maryland Smith’s Bruce Golden Wins Lifetime Achievement Award

Maryland Smith’s Bruce L.

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September 13, 2019
Maryland Smith Welcomes New Faculty

The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business welcomed eight new faculty members for the start of the fall 2019 semester. The new faculty joined three Smith academic departments to teach courses and focus on research.

The Decision, Operations and Information Technologies Department added four faculty members:

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August 9, 2019
2019 Summer Reading List

SMITH BRAIN TRUST – The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business proudly presents its 16th annual Summer Reading List for Business Leaders, as recommended by faculty and staff.

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July 1, 2019
Ritu Agarwal to Serve As Interim Dean

After more than 25 years of service to the University of Maryland, Alexander Triantis will step down as dean of the Robert H. Smith School of Business on Aug. 14, 2019. He will be joining the Johns Hopkins Carey School of Business as dean.

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June 13, 2019
Huang Receives Award at International Conference on Information Systems

Peng Huang, associate professor in the Decisions, Operations and Information Technologies Department at the Robert H.

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