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The Latest from Rice Business
Let's catch you up on what Rice Business is doing this year.
Our Dean
Since 2016, Peter Rodriguez has led the school’s growth in enrollment, faculty, programs, rankings and soon, an expansion project for McNair Hall. He has built a culture of support at Rice Business while broadening our reach at the university through undergraduate degrees and our reach in the world through the global field experiences for MBAs. His charge to graduates, use your leadership to be inclusive and caring so that the magic of our community continues beyond the Rice campus.
OUR NEW FACULTY
Assistant Professor of Strategic Management
Associate Professor of Accounting
Assistant Clinical Professor of Management – Organizational Behavior
Five-Year Anniversary for the Online MBA
The online MBA program at Rice Business celebrates five years since matriculating its first cohort of students. The online MBA has become the fastest growing program at the business school since its launch in 2018.
RICE BUSINESS WISDOM
Rice Business Wisdom is our online ideas magazine that features faculty research.
Corporate Responsibility | Peer-Reviewed Research
Exploring the Perception of Company Motives
Based on research by Professor Minjae Kim
Accounting | Peer-Reviewed Research
Research Reveals the Role of Bellwether Companies
Based on research by K. Ramesh
Marketing | Peer-Reviewed Research
How Well-Placed Reminders Help Consumers Build Sustainable Habits
Based on research by Eleanor Putnam-Farr, Ravi Dhar, Margaret Gorlin, Jane Upritchard, Michelle Hatzis and Michiel Bakker
IN THE NEWS
Houston Business Journal
“Rising in the rankings for networking and diversity shows how Rice’s faculty and staff are dedicated to creating an entire environment and ecosystem that benefits our students, not just what happens inside the classroom,” Dean Peter Rodriguez
Greater Houston Partnership
“When an event like the Rice Business Plan Competition brings the top collegiate entrepreneurs to Houston, we now have the resources in place to attract these exciting innovative companies to want to grow in our community,” says Craig Rhodes, VP
Amazon
Amazon’s 'This Is Small Business' podcast launched a spinoff miniseries, 'This Is Small Business Next Generation', in partnership with Rice Business. The miniseries is hosted by Andrea Marquez, a future small business owner, & Mitchella Gilbert (“Mitch”)
Poets & Quants
Rice University's new online hybrid MBA Program is the result of research into the needs and desires of prospective business school students.
Our Podcast
Flight Path
Season 3, Episode 19
Tune into another live recording of our podcast! Maya Pomroy ’22 (host) was joined by Hesam Panahi (director of strategic initiatives and programs at the Liu Idea Lab), Taylor Anne Adams ’23 (co-founder of a sports tech VC fund) and Delaney Berman ’22 (founder and CEO of Berman Foods).
Up Next
Season 3, Episode 15
Listen as host Scott Gale sits down with Ruth and Brent to discuss their cutting-edge insights on the science of leader development, managing zillennials, and what we’ve learned post COVID-19.
Flight Path
Season 3, Episode 12
Joanna shares her career journey, passion for healthcare, deep connection to Rice, and how the heartbreaking loss of her young son serves as inspiration to continue her work in finding groundbreaking medical technologies to help others.
Innovation District
Houston’s new Innovation District is helping the city diversify its industries, connect entrepreneurs with venture capital, and build its reputation as a startup hub. With historic firsts like the moon landing and development of an artificial heart, innovation is in the city’s blood.