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Rice University broke ground last week on an innovative $54.5 million building for the Jones Graduate School of Business that is designed to be built around the current structure and also integrate with McNair Hall.
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Rice University’s building blitz continues with this week’s groundbreaking on a new building for the Jones Graduate School of Business. The 112,000-SF project is designed by Architecture Research Office, based in New York City, with Houston-based Kirksey as architect of record.
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Houston’s Rice University already has one of the country’s top business schools, and a new facility could further enhance its lofty reputation. On Thursday, May 9, the school announced it had broken ground on a new, 112,000-square-foot building for the Jones Graduate School of Business.
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Ice cream company Protein Pints took home the grand prize at the 2024 Rice Business Plan Competition (RBPC) April 6 as the best student ventures from top universities across the world competed for prizes in front of nearly 350 angel, venture capital and corporate investors and members of the business community.
Ken Jett has been appointed vice president of facilities and capital planning in the Division of Operations, Finance, and Support at Rice University. His new role includes an appointment as president of the Rice Real Estate Company.
Don't miss the 2024 Rice Business Plan Competition on April 4-6. Hosted and organized by the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship and Rice Business, the competition offers an educational program mirroring real-world experience through this multi-day event for student startups from across the world.
Rice University’s Division of Operations, Finance and Support announced that Rice Business alum Ken Jett will join as vice president of facilities and capital planning and president of the Rice Real Estate Company starting April 1. He will also serve on the president’s cabinet.
Rice Business professor of psychology Mikki Hebl and Rice University professor of industrial-organizational psychology Eden King discuss how DEI initiatives can help everyone.
E-cigarettes have become a big concern for public health, especially when it comes to young people using these harmful products. A new study co-authored by Rice Business professor Piyush Anand seeks to cut through the barrier to data for the underage category.
Rice University will host its Diversity Matters series on various dates starting March 21 and running through April 17. The series, which will feature multiple panel speakers in each session, fits into Rice’s overarching commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).
Rice Business’ podcast, Owl Have You Know, is hosting a special live recording event March 25 with New York Times best-selling author Scott Sonenshein and CEO of the Houston Symphony John Mangum.
Marketing professor Utpal Dholakia weighs in on the measures taken by the White House to reduce credit card fees and their potential response.
Army veteran Ken Jackson went from piloting Black Hawks to private wealth management at Goldman Sachs–the bridge being the Rice Business MBA program. In this edition of Real Humans: Alumni, see how Jackson’s MBA put him in the entrepreneurial mindset, his secret weapon that has allowed him to thrive confidently in the wealth management landscape.