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Kathleen Menezes chose to get her MBA at Rice Business because she understands the power of an MBA and the Rice Business reputation!
Season 4, Episode 27
Shalini, a 2024 Executive MBA grad and executive director of Rice’s Synthetic Biology Institute, shares the revolutionary potential of synthetic biology and why blending science with business is key to innovation.
Season 4, Episode 26
Minjae and Ezra dive into their latest collaboration, discussing how personal truths can override objective facts and why misinformation often resonates so strongly with voters.
Season 4, Episode 25
Pooja, SVP of people at Ironclad Environmental Solutions, chats about her journey of resilience, bold career shifts, building strength through every challenge, and how we learn more from our failures than our successes.
“Over just one year in the MBA program, I transitioned to a new role, developed a model that is being implemented for business analytics questions within ExxonMobil, trained business analysts for the other regions of the U.S., and just recently got a promotion. I have no doubt that the coursework and experiences at Rice contributed to both my accomplishments and promotion.”
Rice University’s Office of Innovation and Rice Athletics have formed a strategic partnership with BeOne Sports, a startup co-founded by Rice MBA alumni Scott Deans and Jason Bell alongside former Rice student-athlete James McNaney.
Congratulations to Wesley Hungbui FTMBA ’25 for being named an inaugural recipient of the Chevron Energy Graduate Fellowship. Through a partnership between Chevron and the Rice Sustainability Institute, this initiative awards $10,000 each to 10 Rice graduate students driving innovation in energy-related research.
Congratulations to Ana Santos for being named one of Poets&Quants Best & Brightest Executive MBAs of 2024.