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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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The battle for America’s future as a global technology leader is being waged in locations that have initiated innovative programs to increase the number of graduates with STEM skills. City leaders continue to cultivate unique partnerships with local universities and community organizations to focus on building the pipeline of STEM talent. The Rice University Business Plan Competition is the world’s largest graduate-level student startup competition, with teams from around the world competing for more than $1 million in cash and prizes.
It’s typical for relatives to look alike. But sometimes the resemblance goes beyond a basic likeness. Sometimes, even despite age differences, you think you are seeing double. Alex Butler, a professor of finance at Rice University, bears a strong resemblance to his 13-year-old daughter, Grace.
Peter Rodriguez, dean of Rice University Jones Graduate School of Business, discusses U.S.-China trade, and diversity on Wall Street. He spoke on "Bloomberg Markets: Balance of Power" on April 26. "Our countries are more comporable year by year, and I think we know that China's ambition is not just to merely be the manufacturing power of the year, which they have been for so long, but to be the position in their mind's - the producer of intellectual property..." - Peter Rodriguez
HOUSTON — spotLESS Materials LLC, a startup company developed from research conducted in the Penn State Department of Mechanical Engineering, won third place and $367,500 at the 2019 Rice Business Plan Competition (RBPC) on April 6.
Q&A With Jones Graduate School of Business Full-Time student, Swati Patel.
Q&A with class of 2019 Jones Graduate School of Business student Dapo Orimoloye
Q&A With Jones Graduate School of Business Full-Time student, Joanna Nathan
The Trump administration has announced a zero-tolerance policy for its unilateral sanctions on Iranian oil exports. Waivers provided for eight countries will not be extended beyond the May 2 deadline.
We at Poets&Quants–24/7 Wall St. have written plenty about the high cost of the MBA degree at the top schools. But what about highly ranked schools where the price tag is more affordable? But the fact is, you have to go well down the ranking to get into the realm of anyone’s idea of “affordable.” Only three schools ranked by P&Q in the top 25 find their way into the “bottom” 20 for cost: No. 24 Rice University Jones Graduate School of Business is eighth overall at $116,530; No. 25 Indiana University Kelley School of Business is 16th overall at $137,910; and No. 18 Texas-Austin McCombs School of Business is 20th, at $146,908.
Two Northwestern startups were awarded a combined total of over $500,000 in the Rice Business Plan Competition earlier this month, according to a Northwestern news release. Rhaeos, a medical device company founded by engineering Prof. John Rogers and the department of neurological surgery, and BrewBike, a student-run coffee company, placed fourth and sixth in the competition, respectively.
