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April 2, 2015
Into the Woods
Smith Gets Real with Experiential Learning

Overnight rain has soaked the trails at Little Bennett Campground near Washington, D.C., where University of Maryland undergraduates gather for class on Oct. 11, 2014. Instead of textbooks, the students carry folding chairs and other outdoor gear to a pavilion that provides shelter from a lingering drizzle.

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April 2, 2015
The Pay Gap That Matters Most

Frontline workers making minimum wage sometimes get angry when they discover how much more their CEO earns. Yet if the goal is to motivate performance, new research from shows that rank-and-file employees care more about the pay divide between them and middle managers.

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April 1, 2015
Smith presents Kermit the Frog with honorary MBA degree

It’s easy being green at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. At least for Kermit the Frog, who was presented with an honorary MBA degree at a special ceremony this spring. 

Didn’t know a puppet frog could get an MBA from Smith? Where have you been?!

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April 1, 2015
Hot or Not?
It Makes a Difference in Job Interviews — Just Not in the Way You Think

SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- It’s a truism in the workplace: Psychology studies show that physi

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April 1, 2015
Dean to Participate in 2015 Mba Charity Auction: April 2

It has become a beloved tradition in just two short years for the MBA program at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business: the Charity Auction.

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March 31, 2015
How to Replace the Income Tax

SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- Personal and corporate income tax laws are complex and expensive. The collective cost of tax filing, record keeping and the like is least $170 billion a year, says professor Peter Morici at the University of Maryland's Robert H.

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March 31, 2015
Crowdfinancing: Will It Lead to a New Tech Bubble?

SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- Soon, you won't have to be a multimillionaire VC “angel” to help get a hot new company off the ground: The SEC is allowing ordinary investors to put money into start

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March 26, 2015
Tax Reforms

In early February, President Obama proposed a 14 percent tax on U.S. multinationals’ overseas earnings, plus a 19 percent minimum tax rate on future foreign profits. The proceeds would fix roads, bridges and other infrastructure.

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March 26, 2015
Smith Brain Trust Delivers Bite-Sized Business Insights

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (March 26, 2015) — Working professionals with an interest in the Washington, D.C., region have a new source for bite-sized business insights, delivered weekly to their inboxes from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.

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March 26, 2015
CEO@Smith: Indra Nooyi, Pepsico

Organizations of all sizes need more of the entrepreneurial spirit that pervades the University of Maryland, PepsiCo Chairman and CEO Indra Nooyi said March 25, 2015, during CEO@Smith at the Robert H. Smith School of Business.

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