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Rice Business is pleased to announce that Bob Dittmar, the Houston Endowment Professor of Finance, has been appointed associate dean of the Virani Undergraduate School of Business, effective July 1.
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Rice Business Executive Education offers custom-made programs for companies that want to strengthen leadership, enhance culture or address specific management challenges or organizational opportunities.
9 Jun
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Rice University took center stage at the inaugural South by Southwest London, bringing Texas-sized ambition, pathbreaking innovation and global vision to one of the world’s premier gatherings of creative and intellectual leaders.
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More Houston hospital workers now have access to on-demand mobile ordering thanks to a Houston startup. Rivalry Tech, co-founded by Aaron Knape '08. The company rolled out its its mobile ordering platform, myEATz, into five of Houston Methodist's hospital cafes.
“With all the digital media and all the conversations or videos being recorded these days,” said Jae Chung, an assistant professor of marketing at Rice, “there’s always a greater chance or a greater risk associated with the idea of using a particular person’s name to name the whole mission or the whole project.”
In this Deans Counsel podcast episode, Rice Business Dean Peter Rodriguez shares his views and experience on the power of conviction, dealing with cultural shifts in student dynamics and more.
On April 11, join Professor Yael Hochberg as she discusses the challenges in commercializing university research discoveries. Then join Liu Idea Lab for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the H. Albert Napier Rice Launch Challenge (NRLC) Championships on April 19.
The 2023 Rice Business Plan Competition (RBPC), hosted by the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship and the Jones Graduate School of Business, will be held on Rice University campus May 11-13.
A new tool developed by Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business measures the ROI of the top 30 MBA programs. Rice Business is ranked ninth with a salary to tuition ratio of 1.11.
Rice Business announced that it will add a fourth round for full-time MBA applicants from Canada, Mexico, or the United States “who need a little extra time” to finish their essays and other app components.
Rice leaders met with members of the Danish parliament March 6 to discuss Rice and Houston’s innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem. Rice Business Executive Education organized the event to build and maintain bridges between the Danish and Houston business communities.
After 42 pitches and more than 300 meetings, investors and energy corporations have selected the eight “Most Promising Companies” at the 2023 Rice Alliance Energy Venture Day.
The inaugural CEO Foundation gala, held at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, raised a remarkable $315,000 courtesy of the auction and contributions.
