Leadership starts with understanding people, keynote speaker Dana Ritzcovan ’93 told graduates on May 19, 2018, at the undergraduate commencement celebration for the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. “We hire employees at organizations, yet human beings show up instead,” said Ritzcovan, group managing director and head of human resources for Global Wealth Management at UBS, a global financial services company.

Poets & Quants has released its "Best & Brightest MBAs, Class of 2018." Now in its fourth installment, the feature highlights achievements, leadership and volunteerism from 100 full-time MBAs from 60 leading business schools worldwide. In this group, Erin Moore represents the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.

The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business is No. 9 in U.S. News and World Report’s ranking of the best online MBA programs for 2018. Smith’s online MBA program also was ninth in the same ranking in 2017. Among subcategories, Smith ranks fourth in student engagement. In addition to this area, peer reputation, faculty credentials and training, student services and technology, and admissions selectivity feed the criteria for the ranking.

For the third straight year, the Financial Times ranks the executive MBA program at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business as a top 10 program among U.S. schools. Financial Times editors base their rankings on 16 criteria, including alumni salaries and the percentage of salary increase after graduation. Evaluators also consider faculty qualifications, student work experience, diversity and international focus.

Smith School Adds Endowed Chair in Financial History A Conversation with Henry KaufmanSept. 13 at 6:15 p.m.Tyser Auditorium, Van Munching HallRSVP NOW

Poets & Quants is spotlighting Mohamed Boraie and Adam Walters in its “100 MBAs to Watch in the Class of 2017.” The pair recently graduated from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business and meet the business education news outlet’s criteria, by having “stellar professional backgrounds, unique stories, and insightful observations… with the potential to make a big difference in business and beyond.”

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (June 20, 2017) — A new ranking by the Financial Times, released yesterday, recognizes the Master of Finance program at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business as No. 4 in the nation and No. 38 in the world. The Financial Times Global Masters in Finance rankings only includes accredited, full-time, cohort-based programs with a minimum of 30 graduates each year. This is the first time the Smith School participated and was ranked.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 14, 2017) — Federal employees and their spouses will receive a 30 percent tuition discount when they qualify for select graduate programs at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business through a new agreement with the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. The FedGrant reduced tuition rate will apply to students admitted after Jan. 30, 2017, to Smith’s online, executive and part-time MBA programs or to any of the school’s specialty masters programs.

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The Kimmy Foundation Inc. has pledged $2 million to fund endowed and current-use scholarships for undergraduates in the University of Maryland’s A. James Clark School of Engineering and Robert H. Smith School of Business.

U.S. News & World Report has ranked the online MBA program at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business among the 10 best in the United States. The annual survey, released on Jan. 10, 2017, evaluated more than 200 programs in five performance categories, and the Smith School debuted at No. 9 as a first-time participant.