By Jennifer Baxter
RHA and GSG oppose SGA bylaw amendments, the School of Business receives helpful funds and Writing for Change hosts their “Telling True Stories” showcase! Read about it in this week’s newsletter. Continue reading TOP-SHELLF: UMD comes face to face with change from local students, SGA and funding for AI
By Sophia Herndon
The Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland received $1.03 million in federal funds last month to work on incorporating artificial intelligence into local businesses in Maryland. Continue reading UMD business school receives funds to help local businesses adopt AI
By Clare Roth
The Robert H. Smith School of Business’s Ed Snider Center for Enterprise and Markets held its annual Campus Liberty Tour debate series on Oct. 28 in partnership with the Steamboat Institute to discuss whether the government should ban Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Continue reading UMD Smith School’s annual debate raises questions about DEI’s role in the government
By Brendan Miller A UMD volunteer organization uses financial expertise to help students and members of the community with their taxes. The student-led group, TerpTax, meets every Monday through Thursday from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. to offer free tax assistance to those in need. The group meets at Van Munching Hall in room 3522, with priority given to those who make an appointment before … Continue reading TerpTax provides free financial assistance to students and local community
By: Jalen Wade The Robert H. Smith School of Business hosted businesswoman and alumna Carly Fiorina on Tuesday evening in honor of Women’s History Month. Fiorina is a business leader, philanthropist and former presidential candidate who came to speak as part of the eighth annual “Women Leading Women” forum, an event dedicated to female empowerment and women’s successes in the workplace. “I think it’s important … Continue reading Carly Fiorina speaks on challenges of working in a male-dominated field
By Kelly Zheng The University of Maryland’s Academy for Innovation and Entrepreneurship held an unconventional discussion for students, staff and faculty on April 2 to gain insight on how to improve and expand diversity and inclusion within their “home.” “The academy looks at diversity and inclusion with the angle of justice and equity,” said Micaela Quiroga, one of the student peer innovator hosts of the … Continue reading Academy for Innovation and Entrepreneurship hosts unconventional diversity discussion
By Ally Tobler Five finalists pitched their startup ideas in the annual Pitch Dingman Final Competition March 6. But only one secured $15,000 as seed money for their business idea, Symbiont Health. The idea behind Symbiont Health, founded by UMD students Erich Meissner, Maria Chen and Kyle Liu, is to provide non-wearable automated fall detection devices for senior citizens who are prone to unconscious falls. … Continue reading Symbiont Health takes home $15,000 in Pitch Dingman Final Competition
The Robert H. Smith School of Business hosted its annual Social Enterprise Symposium, in an effort to bring together students and companies to learn about the role of business in creating social, economic, and environmental change. This year’s, theme was Markets Make Change, which Colin Nally ,a student volunteer and coordinator, described as an underlying motivation for students to take responsibility to make profound social … Continue reading Annual Social Enterprise Symposium brings together social responsibility and business
