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Congratulations to Marissa Minter and Alan Vu, recognized by Poets & Quants among the 2026 Best and Brightest Online MBAs.
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A Houston venture capital analysis co-authored by Rice Business Executive MBA candidate Stephanie Schmidt highlights the city's growing innovation ecosystem, arguing that stronger startup formation is key to building on recent successes like Fervo Energy's IPO.
21 Jul
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Rice University names its new $54.5 million business building after donors Asha and Farid Virani, the undergraduate business school's namesakes.
21 Jul
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If we want to treat diseases, improve AI, and push the boundaries of discovery, stable investment in research is not just important—it’s essential.
Rice Business research shows that each year, an estimated 80,000 auto loan applications in the U.S. are denied to minority borrowers due to racial bias.
While a strong test score is very often still a marker of a strong application at full-time MBAs, online programs increasingly offer generous test waivers, allowing students to forgo the GMAT or GRE in lieu of work experience or strong academic credentials.
The board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas' Houston Branch has elected Peter Rodriguez as chair and Cynthia Nunes Colbert as chair pro tem for 2025.
Rice Business has built a reputation for small class sizes and close faculty interaction, fostering deep student engagement. Graduates enter the workforce with a powerful blend of technical expertise and business acumen.
In honor of the Rice Business Plan Competition’s (RBPC) 25th year, Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business and the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship announced today that Rice Business will be the presenting sponsor at this year’s event.
Rice University is a hub of cutting-edge, multidisciplinary research on the brain. In addition to a critical mass of researchers in the field, Rice is home to entities dedicated to collaborative clinical and scientific research on the brain:
Economist Peter Rodriguez, dean of the Jones Graduate School of Business and the Virani Undergraduate School of Business at Rice University, has been appointed to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas’ Houston Branch board of directors by the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.
The Federal Reserve Board of Governors has appointed Peter Rodriguez to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas’ Houston Branch board of directors. As a board member, he provides input on regional economic conditions as part of the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy functions.
If you want an elite two-year MBA from a top business school in the United States, and you don’t want to pay in excess of $200,000 for the privilege, you have very few options — and those options are dwindling every year. Rice Business is one of the few top schools in that category.
