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Rice University student-founded companies took home a total of $115,000 in equity-free funding at the annual Liu Idea Lab for Innovation and Entrepreneurship's H. Albert Napier Rice Launch Challenge last week. 2025 Rice Innovation Fellow Alexandria Carter won the top prize and $50,000 for her startup Bionostic.

April 28
School Updates

Alex Cantin is graduating this May with a degree in business management, including a minor in entrepreneurship, from the Virani Undergraduate School of Business at Rice and will join McKinsey as a consultant. Cantin said he chose Rice because of the faculty-student ratio and because he would be one of the early graduates of the new Virani School.

April 24
In The Media

Rice Business professor Emily Prinsloo comments on dynamic pricing and its recent use.

April 23
In The Media

Congratulations to Rice Business professor Yael Hochberg, who was recognized at the recent Texas Innovation Conference and Awards, held at TCU in Fort Worth, Texas. 

April 23
School Updates

New research co-authored by Rice Business professor Sora Jun shows that people rely on mental prototypes when discerning racial discrimination in the workplace, and Asian Americans less likely to fit that template.

April 20
School Updates

When the final pitches wrapped and the judges cast their votes, one team rose to the top of this year’s Veterans Business Battle: IntuBlade. Their win capped a competitive two-day event at Rice Business that brought together veteran entrepreneurs from across the country.

April 16
In The Media

Kyle Zarosky ’25 shares why he chose Rice Business as his next step after serving in the United States Marine Corps

April 15
School Updates

BRCĒ is a material-tech startup replacing failure-prone textiles with polymer composites engineered for strength, fire resistance and intrinsic stability. The recent “Shark Tank” participant won over judges during the Rice Business Plan Competition (RBPC) and walked away with 11 prizes totaling $611,500.

April 14
In The Media

U.S. News & World Report's newest rankings for graduate programs are out, with Rice and the University of Houston taking the lead for the most local schools and programs on the lists.

April 08
School Updates

Rice University’s Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business continues to be recognized among the nation’s top graduate business programs in the latest rankings released by U.S. News & World Report.

April 07