Beijing, China & College Park, Md. – October 29, 2008 – The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business today announced the final winners of the fourth annual China Business Plan Competition. The announcement puts a cap on the year-long contest, which began with more than 200 entries that judges narrowed to 20 semi-finalists before selecting five finalist teams. Robert Krapfel, associate dean of MBA programs at the University of Maryland’s Robert H.

Students across campus will soon have a chance to join millions of other young people all over the world in a quest for new ideas and new venture creation!

College Park, Md. – October 2, 2008 – The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business today announced its “Global Week of Entrepreneurship” from the school’s Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship highlighting leading global entrepreneurship research and practices. A series of events – starting in Shanghai, on Oct. 23 and ending in Beijing on Nov. 2 – will engage and benefit Smith students, entrepreneurs and alumni, as well as their counterparts based in China, with a lineup designed to build knowledge and connections.

College Park, Md. – Sept. 11, 2008 – The Dingman Center at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business today announced it has expanded its Capital Access Network (CAN), a pipeline for connecting startups with investors, to include inventors and entrepreneurs working with Johns Hopkins Technology Transfer.

For an aspiring entrepreneur ready to take a business to the next level capturing the attention of an investor is critical. For the investor, finding investment-worthy prospects is also a quarry that can be elusive. How does a successful match get made?

The Dingman Center at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business recently expanded its Capital Access Network (CAN), a pipeline for connecting startups with investors, to include entrepreneurs working with the Johns Hopkins Technology Transfer Office.

College Park Md. and Beijing, China – September 2, 2008 — The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business today announced the 20 semi-finalists of the school's 2008 China Business Plan Competition – Go for the Gold! The competition will award winners with more than $50,000 in cash and prizes, including a $25,000 grand prize and $15,000 second prize.

Robert H. Smith School of Business finance alumnus Anik Singal ’05, was named one of America’s most promising young entrepreneurs in BusinessWeek.com’s fourth annual roundup. Singal is a finalist for the top of the 25-and-under crop — online voting will narrow down the 25 finalists to determine the top five businesses that readers feel hold the most promise.

College Park, Md. – August 25, 2008 — The Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship and Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute (Mtech) spurred the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business to a No. 9 rank in the business specialty category for entrepreneurship, university officials announced today. The rankings appear in U.S. News & World Report’s annual America's Best Colleges 2009 issue, which hits newsstands today.

College Park, Md. – August 18, 2008 - The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business today announced Steven Roth and Kären Olson joined the school’s nationally recognized Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship as entrepreneurs-in-residence. They will join an already-established roster of six prominent investors and entrepreneurs who donate their time to work in a senior advisory capacity to the emerging firms that the center serves.