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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.
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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.
24 Apr
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In The Media
Rice Business professor Emily Prinsloo comments on dynamic pricing and its recent use.
23 Apr
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Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business is growing fast. Weeks after announcing an undergraduate program, the Jones School announced the expansion of its operations management program, citing an increased demand from students and the industry.
Rice Business is expanding its operations management program due to increased demand from students and industry. We have also recruited Tolga Tezcan, a leading scholar in business analytics and operations management.
Increased internet-access spending by Texas public schools improved academic performance but also led to more disciplinary problems among students, a study of 9,000 schools conducted by a research team including Vikas Mittal, J. Hugh Liedtke Professor of Marketing at Rice Business.
Now, a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us have started to miss our old routines — even the ones we never valued in the before times. It’s why the “fake commute” has become a thing.
Constance Porter, assistant clinical professor of marketing, has joined the leadership team of the school’s newly expanded Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI).
The Rice Business Plan Competition unveiled 54 startups that will showcase their business ideas at a virtual event next month. The competitors include five student teams from three Texas universities.
The Faculty Senate recently approved the undergraduate business major, which will start offering courses in fall 2021 according to Jeff Fleming, deputy dean of academic affairs. Undergraduates in the class of 2024 and beyond will be eligible to declare the new business major.
We're excited to announce that we are launching an Undergraduate Business Major coming this fall! It will provide Rice University students with a robust foundation in leadership and business fundamentals.
“There’s a clear philosophy at Rice that prioritizes quality of relationships and learning,” says Christina Tamayo, who will graduate in 2022. “I’m excited by the diverse concentrations offered, particularly in energy and strategy."
