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The Financial Management Association International (FMA) named Rice Business professor Kerry Back the recipient of its Innovation in Teaching Award, recognizing his creative, transferable, and impactful teaching in finance.
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School Updates
The Virani Undergraduate School of Business at Rice University celebrated its one-year anniversary on October 29, with coffee and breakfast for its students as they made their way to class.
10 Nov
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School Updates
Now in its 26th year, the Rice Business Plan Competition (RBPC) presented by Rice Business has officially opened applications and is calling on the next generation of world-changing graduate student founders to compete on the global stage. This is where tomorrow’s industry leaders get their start.
10 Nov
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Alex Cestero '08 is building a high-performing legal team at Virtuoso. But he’s also taking steps to ensure his new team stays both healthy and engaged.
Whether or not you pick your utility, it might sell ancillary products and services, like smart meters and protective coverage for your gas line, says Rice Business professor Utpal Dholakia.
The clear takeaway from the salary and bonus data released last month by U.S. News & World Report is that an MBA continues to be a lucrative investment — especially, but not exclusively, if you get it from an elite school. The average bonus has grown nearly 10% since 2021.
You’re not imagining things: The Ivy League is forfeiting its standing as America’s producer of great talent. Here are the schools producing the hard-working high achievers that employers crave.
23 of 54 business schools grew their GRE submission volume from 2022 to 2023, with the biggest leap coming at Rice Business, which jumped 24 percentage points to 31%.
Rice Business offers several Executive Education courses that give aspiring leaders a jumpstart on their skills, including Leader as Coach, The Management Incubator and The Leadership Accelerator: a four-day, on-campus class geared towards more senior executives.
The Jones Graduate School of Business is a power player in the MBA ranks, finishing 18th in Poets&Quants’ composite ranking of the top 100 U.S. programs and sixth in our ranking of the best online MBAs. As of fall 2021, Rice Jones also offers an undergraduate business major. Its first class will graduate this May.
Leaders are expected to execute on vision and manage teams, but underneath it all is less obvious work that they must tackle every day to achieve their business outcomes. Ruth Reitmeier, director of coaching at Rice Business, explains.
New research from Rice Business assistant professor Minjae Kim and MIT Sloan finds that American voters hold opposing politicians to strict standards of factuality but support their favorite politicians as long as their statements express a “deeper truth” they support.
Rice Business would like to extend a warm welcome to Duke Fuqua as they become the newest member of the Consortium.