Last week, first- and second-year Smith students came together to take on New York City. Over the course of Thursday and Friday, students had the opportunity to connect with alumni, visit companies throughout New York and learn about the opportunities for both internships and full-time jobs available to them in the city.

Marina Augoustidis, associate director for the Center for Global Business at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business, writes about New York City company visits by undergraduate students.

A team of Global Consulting Fellows at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business has collaborated with market intelligence and consulting firm DuckerFrontier to produce a Global Digital Sophistication Index.

PepsiCo, Under Armour and the Big Four accounting firms joined newcomers like Comcast NBCUniversal and M&T Bank at the fall 2019 Undergraduate Career Fair hosted by the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. Overall, 127 employers from all sectors and industries connected with more than 1,200 Maryland Smith students on Sept. 20, 2019, at the Xfinity Center in College Park, Md.

Santiago Luna, the coordinator for the Center for Global Business at the Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, reports on the Global Open House held on September 10, 2019.

A team of four incoming MBA students took home an $800 prize on Aug. 22, 2019, for winning a live case competition sponsored by investment bank Morgan Stanley.  First-year students in the full-time program at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business were divided into 12 teams during their two-week orientation. The challenge was to figure out how Morgan Stanley could encourage collaboration on a newly formed global team with offices in different time zones. Students were given three days to prepare their recommendations.

Santiago Luna, the coordinator for the Center for Global Business at the Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, writes about opportunities available at the center. As the new academic year begins, the Center for Global Business looks back on several successful initiatives from the summer and announces new opportunities for the fall.

Marina Augoustidis, assistant director of CIBE Programs, Center for Global Business, writes about the CIBE Network and its impact. Since 2009, the Center for Global Business at Maryland Smith has supported over 4,000 students on study abroad programs, trained over 6,300 business professionals in global trade, and awarded over $125,000 in scholarships and grants to faculty and PhD candidates contributing new knowledge to the field of international business.

This summer, the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business is catching up with MBA students working as interns at top companies throughout the country. Listen to the students talk about how their internship experiences are helping them build their skills and make professional connections in The Smith Report, a short podcast produced by the Office of Marketing Communications. In this edition, first-year MBAs Michael Parra and Vanessa Chang let us in on what it's like to work as marketing interns at Verizon in Basking Ridge, NJ.

This summer, the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business is catching up with MBA students working as interns at top companies throughout the country. Listen to the students talk about how their internship experiences are helping them build their skills and make professional connections in The Smith Report, a short podcast produced by the Office of Marketing Communications. In this edition, Neha Agrawal, first-year MBA, lets us in on what it's like to work as a brand marketing intern at Hilton in McLean, VA.