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Rice University ranks first in Texas for 10-year return on investment, with alumni seeing roughly $334,000 in gains. Its strong earnings outcomes keep Rice at the top of both short and long-term ROI comparisons statewide.
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Rice Business professor Mijeong Kwon finds that viewing passion for work as a moral virtue can harm employees and teams, leading to guilt, burnout and biased treatment of colleagues who are seen as less passionate.
26 Nov
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In The Media
Rice Business professor Mijeong Kwon argues that moralizing a love of work can undermine workplace well-being. Her research shows that treating intrinsic motivation as a virtue fuels guilt, burnout and biased judgments that disrupt team dynamics.
25 Nov
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Brandi Downey, a 2011 graduate of Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University, couldn’t find anything, so she accepted a short-term consulting gig. Six months later, she was hired to help start up a real estate brokerage. She remains in real estate and now owns a boutique brokerage firm in Houston.
Decluttering expert Marie Kondo, author of international bestseller The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up and host of Netflix show Tidying Up with Marie Kondo, revealed the cover for her April 2020 nonfiction book, Joy at Work: Organizing Your Professional Life, co-authored by Scott Sonenshein.
A potential reason for local high fees is that people are using ATMs less frequently. Utpal Dholakia, a professor of marketing at Rice University, said customers are making more electronic payments using services such as Apple Pay, Google Pay and other apps.
Dean shares what Rice's B-School looks for in its handpicked students and the must-haves that will make them leaders and complex problem-solvers.
For 29 years, NFL executive Tony Wyllie, an MBA graduate from Rice, has helped sports organizations and their athletes with branding and communications, including nearly a decade as a senior vice president of communications for the Washington Redskins. Now, Wyllie, 51, is heading into his next chapter as the regional president and managing director for Special Olympics North America.
Ultrafast battery charging and a method to stop oil spills from spreading are among the technological advances touted by new companies honored this year at the largest energy tech venture capital conference in the U.S.
As concerned citizens and environmental activists prepare for the 2019 United Nations Climate Change Summit in New York City Sept. 23, Rice University researchers are available to discuss various topics related to the event.
Rice University continues to rank among the top 20 national universities in the newly released 2020 U.S. News & World Report ratings of the country’s best colleges, retaining its position as the highest ranked university in Texas.
From cellular biology to English literature to music theory, Rice University students can learn about all kinds of subjects. This semester, one more topic has been added to the course catalog: A lucky group of students will learn how to run an NFL franchise, from the experts themselves. Thanks to a partnership with the Houston Texans, Rice sport management students will take part in Pro Sports: Management, a course designed to teach the business behind the ballgame.
At Wharton, MBA apps fell by 5.4%. Thus far, only two top 25 schools have reported slight increases: Chicago Booth, where applications rose 3.4%, and Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Management, which experienced a 6.5% rise.