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​The Robert H. Smith School of Business is partnering with the Office of Financial Research on a  challenge for research teams to link four disparate financial datasets.

Smith student Philip Peker ’18 writes about the annual Future Women in Business Conference at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.  On Friday, Nov. 20, 2015, local high school women visited Smith to learn about careers in business.

Entrepreneurs beat long odds when they launch a company, scale it up and sell it to investors. Jason Cohen ’96 has done it five times in 15 years.

Here's good news if you're looking for discounts, bad news if you're in the retail industry: Third quarter 2015 was brutal for much of the retail sector.

SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- The proportion of federal employees under age 30 has shrunk from 9.1 percent in 2010 to 6.6 percent in 2014.

Martin Shkreli became the Internet villain of the fall (some publications used much harsher language) when his company, Turing Pharmaceuticals, acquired the rights to Daraprim, which treats a condition called toxoplasmosis — and promptly raised the per-pil

Students, faculty and staff at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business: You’re invited to be part of our annual Smith School Holiday Video! This year’s video will showcase the “Making of the Holiday Video” – a behind-the-scenes look at how we would make a holiday video.

The INFORMS Society for Marketing Science (ISMS) has named marketing PhD student Seoungwoo Lee of the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business as a winner in its ISMS Doctoral Dissertation Competition for 2015.

As travelers gear up for holiday travel, they Southwest now stands alone as the only U.S. airline to let passenger check a bag or two for free. And baggage fees account for 2.4 percent of all airline revenue, up from .55 percent before 2008, when many airlines started charging for even one checked bag.

The Smith Master Student Association (SMSA) hosted a festive Diwali celebration in Van Munching Hall on the evening of November 12, 2015. With more than 200 Specialty Masters students in attendance, the event featured choreographed dancers, and traditional Indian food and dress.