Pivot
Season 5, Episode 23
Rzan shares how her father's pursuit of the American dream inspired her, why she was drawn to the Professional MBA program and how her experience at Rice has left a mark on her forever.
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When on campus, Rice introduced me to alumni, benefactors, and others who shared my professional goals and had gone the path I wanted to go. I knew right then that Rice was dedicated to creating a custom experience that would shape my future.
Dallin Bud Scruggs
Full-Time MBA
There is more to an MBA besides the classes and grades. The events, information sessions, associations, workshops and everything in between will further enhance one's professional development and overall wellbeing.
Sunita Dharani
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One of the things the MBA program has given me is confidence — the feeling that there’s nothing I can’t explore.
Keyuri Popat
Executive MBA
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Launched in 2021, our undergraduate business program has quickly become a hub for innovation and leadership. In 2024, it was named the Virani Undergraduate School of Business in honor of a transformative gift from Houston philanthropists Farid and Asha Virani. Their generosity is fueling new opportunities for students through enhanced curricula, expanded co-curricular experiences and a dedicated associate dean — advancing our mission to educate the next generation of business leaders.
Owl Have You Know
Owl Have You Know is Rice Business’ podcast created to share the experiences of alumni, faculty, students and other members of our business community – real stories of belonging, failing, rebounding and, ultimately, succeeding.
Flight Path
Season 5, Episode 22
Liam reflects on United’s customer-centric transformation and how the Online MBA gave him the flexibility and confidence to grow as a leader.
Flight Path
Season 5, Episode 21
Allison chats about selling her first venture, Rebellion Photonics, to Honeywell in 2019 and how she's codifying blue collar genius through Alaris AI.
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Faculty research applied in the classroom.
AI
Professor Kerry Back received the 2025 Financial Management Association’s Innovation in Teaching Award. We sat down with him to talk about how AI is changing finance — and the way we teach it.
Data Centers | Peer-Reviewed Research
A new study shows why some facilities cluster in cities for speed and access, while others move to rural regions in search of scale and lower costs.
Social Ventures | Peer-Reviewed Research
For social ventures rooted in marginalized communities, sharing that origin story can make it harder to attract customers beyond those groups. The reason? Fear of stigma transfer.
Pitch Perfect
The most successful companies are masters of innovation and marketing. It’s not enough to have a great product – you must be able to communicate its value. Rice Business champions the multidisciplinary nature of marketing, conducting cutting-edge, award-winning research published in the most prestigious marketing journals. Our faculty is dedicated to advancing marketing thought and practice and training a new generation of marketing leaders.
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School Updates
A new study co-authoered by Rice Business’ Tommy Pan Fang provides the first large-scale statistical analysis of data center location strategies across the United States. It offers policymakers and firms a clearer starting point for understanding how different types of data qcenters get located in response to economic and strategic incentives.
In The Media
New research co-authored by Jing Zhou finds that generative AI can enhance employee creativity—but mainly for those with strong metacognition. Employees who actively plan, monitor and refine their thinking benefit most from AI, highlighting the need to pair AI tools with training that develops these skills.
In The Media
Poets&Quants highlights 2025’s most disruptive undergraduate startups, showcasing student founders applying business education to launch ventures across tech, health, education and consumer markets.
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