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As businesses across the country strive to deliver better customer experiences, a new nationwide study provides timely insights into what Americans value most in the products and services they use every day.
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School Updates
Rice University has announced the launch of Rice Digital Learning and Strategy, a reimagined office aimed at expanding the university’s impact through innovative digital learning initiatives. Formerly known as Rice Online Learning, Rice Digital Learning and Strategy reflects the university’s expanded mission to integrate digital tools and strategies across all levels of education.
28 Apr
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In The Media
Nine Houston universities have climbed through the ranks in U.S. News & World Report’s recently released report of the best graduate schools nationwide for 2025. Several graduate programs also appeared among the top 10 in a Texas-wide comparison.
23 Apr
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Rice University’s Office of Innovation has named Brad Burke as associate vice president for industry and new ventures. This new role creates alignment with initiatives in the Office of Innovation and enables the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship to further Rice’s industry relationships and accelerate the scaling of Rice startups.
Applications are open for university startups to compete in the Rice Business Plan Competition from April 6-8, 2024. The competition, entering its 24th year, gives collegiate entrepreneurs real-world experience to pitch their startups, enhance their business strategy and learn what it takes to launch a successful company.
In a new study, Rice Business professors Jae Chung and Ajay Kalra analyze over 55,000 Instagram influencer posts to uncover strategies for increasing follower engagement. Their research provides data-driven insights for brands that run influencer marketing campaigns.
Each year, Bloomberg Businessweek compiles a ranking of the best MBA programs across the globe while also recording where grads of these business schools go to work. Rice Business is one of the top three energy target schools with 13 hires in 2023.
Ruth Reitmeier, director of coaching at Rice Business, discusses the evolving mindset and behaviors that characterize the journey to deep, sustainable change.
Even though the inflation rate is lower than it was last year, prices haven't necessarily gone down. Rice Business marketing professor Utpal Dholakia says inflation, “makes us more tolerant to higher prices and more tolerant to the fact that I’m not going to get a good deal.”
During the inaugural course visit to Vietnam, students from Rice Business embraced the true spirit of the holiday season by sharing joy and creating unforgettable memories with the children of Little Rose Shelter.
The full-time on-campus Master of Business Administration program from Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business ranks No. 18 in the country, according to new 2024 rankings from Poets&Quants. The school rose 11 spots since 2023.
Poets&Quants announced their list of the top 100 U.S. MBA programs, and Rice Business climbed up 11 spots to No. 18 ahead of UT-McCombs at No. 19 in this year's rankings.
