Dean's Column

The Smith School was recently ranked #10 in the world for research by theFinancial Times, our fifth consecutive year in the top 15. We are world-renowned for our thought leadership. One of our challenges is moving that thought leadership from the halls of the university out into the business world, where practitioners can really benefit from it. We want our big ideas to have a big impact in the marketplace.

Research@Smith is one of the ways we make our expertise available to you, but I wanted to direct your attention to the Smith School’s YouTube channel as well. We are developing a library of videos and podcasts that capture the wealth of knowledge being created through events like conferences, forums and symposia at the school.

Interested in the business of sports? Dick Cass, President of the Baltimore Ravens, talked about what it’s like to run a national sports organization at the CEO@Smith Speaker Series. Interested in financial policy? James Lockhart, former director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, talked about GSEs at the forum "The GSEs, Housing and the Economy,” held on January 24. Spain “Woody” Hall, the CEO of General Dynamics IT, talked about how to create a corporate culture that drives innovation at last fall’s CIO Forum. Or learn how millenials use social media for social change, in the segment on “Slacktivism and Online Organizing” from the school’s Social Media Forum.

I hope you will take advantage of these online learning opportunities, and let us know what you find most helpful as we continue to grow our multimedia offerings.