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“My favorite MBA professor is Utpal Dholakia from the Marketing faculty. He brings a passion and enthusiasm to teaching that is unrivaled by any course I’ve taken in undergrad or grad school. More importantly, he makes customer insight feel like a competitive weapon rather than a soft concept," said Felix Joseph, who was named one of Poets&Quants’ 2026 Best & Brightest MBAs to Watch.
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Rice MBA Ope Amosu turned his homesickness for Nigerian food into ChòpnBlọk, a Houston restaurant sensation blending West African flavors with modern fast-casual dining.
29 Sep
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Rice Business celebrates the grand opening of Virani Hall, a new 112,000-square-foot facility expanding space for the Jones Graduate School of Business, Virani Undergraduate School of Business and Executive Education programs.
28 Sep
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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.
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.
Nine Houston-area universities are earning new national acclaim in a just-released report of the best graduate schools in the U.S. for 2026.
Congratulations to Kensington Zwerner of the Virani Undergraduate School of Business, recognized by Poets & Quants as a Best and Brightest Undergraduate Business Major.
Research from Rice Business professor Alessandro Piazza shows that in startup accelerator programs, gender diversity alone doesn't attract investors — what matters more is that founder and mentor teams match in gender composition.
Rice University’s Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business has been ranked among the world’s leading online MBA programs in the Financial Times Global Online MBA Rankings, placing No. 13 globally (tied with the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University) and No. 6 in the United States.
Congratulations to Lauren Jackson '25 and the business she co-founded, SubSpark, for being selected as one of Poets&Quants' Most Disruptive MBA Startups 2025.
Rice University’s Virani Undergraduate School of Business is introducing the Moody Business Scholars Program, a highly selective, cohort-based undergraduate experience designed to prepare high-achieving business students for careers in competitive industries.
The 26th annual Women in Leadership Conference (WILC) welcomed hundreds of women to Rice Business’ McNair Hall for a day of networking, learning and inspiration for climbing the ladder in their careers. This year’s theme was “Pass the Torch: Together, We Will Carry the Flame.”
Research from Rice Business professors John Barry, Bruce Carlin, and Alan Crane shows how firms use hurdle rates differently in practice than finance theory predicts.
