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Several Robert H. Smith School of Business freshmen got to know their classmates even before the fall semester began Aug. 30. The approximately 250 first-year students played games, bonded over meals and helped each other complete a ropes course and climbing wall as part of their orientation to the Smith Undergraduate Fellows Program.
Stories concerning cybersecurity issues are now common in the news media. Articles addressing the theft of laptop computers with entire confidential databases have topped the list in recent months. The need to protect the nations infrastructure, a large part of which is controlled by computer networks, has also been the subject of many recent news stories and government reports.
College Park, MD July 5, 2006 University of Maryland President C.D. Mote appointed Dr. William J. DeWitt III to Professor of the Practice, Logistics, Transportation and Supply Chain Management of the Robert H. Smith School of Business.
The Smith School has opened new offices, along with a state-of-the-art classroom in Shanghai, China, where the school launched its Executive MBA program in fall 2005. The school joined the Maryland Center China (MCC), its representative in China, in acelebration marking the opening of the new space on June 29, 2006.
For several years an international group of researchers interested in the intersection of economics and information security have been holding a Workshop on Economics and Information Security (WEIS). The Fifth Workshop (June 26-28, 2006) was held at the University of Cambridge, UK, and close to 100 people (a combination of academician and practitioners) attended.
Drs. Lawrence A. Gordon and Martin P. Loeb are part of the academic team from the University of Maryland's Robert H.
Anil K. Gupta, Ralph J.
The Smith School on June 27, 2006 announced the 20 semi-finalist teams in the schools second annual China Business Plan Competition during a news conference in Beijing. With many of the contestants in the audience, the names of the semi-finalists were read by Maryland Secretary of State Mary D.
On June 27, Maryland Secretary of State Mary D. Kane will help the Smith School announce the 20 semi-finalists of the second annual China Business Plan Competition at the Zhongguancun Wangjing Science Park in Beijing, China.
Beijing, China June 27, 2006 Maryland Secretary of State Mary D. Kane, leading a state higher education delegation in China, today announced the 20 semi-finalists of the second annual China Business Plan Competition, sponsored by the University of Marylands Robert H. Smith School of Business.