News & Events
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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The Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University ranks third globally for its entrepreneurship program, according to Poets&Quants’ fifth annual ranking of such programs announced today.
Prominent entrepreneurs and business leaders have committed to invest in Houston’s innovation landscape as part of the inaugural cohort of the Rice University Liu Idea Lab for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Lilie)’s Leadership Council.
User Solutions has recently been working with Rice Business and Florida International University on capstone projects featuring manufacturing software launching and appropriate social media programs.
Leaders from Rice University and Mexico’s Anáhuac University will unveil a new international executive education program Nov. 6 at a signing ceremony at Rice. A second ceremony will take place Nov. 16 in Mexico City.
In an opinion piece in The Hill, Rice Business marketing professor Vikas Mittal says that Bud Light's sales fell due to product quality, low customer satisfaction, and management errors, not just one incident.
What keeps us from bridging the wage gap? In a peer-reviewed commentary regarding research that examines workplace victim-blaming, Rice Business professor Mikki Hebl and former Rice Ph.D. students interrogate the role victim-blaming plays in perpetuating the gender wage gap.
The annual diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) conference from Rice Business is slated for Oct. 27 and will provide a forum for awareness, dialogue and skill-building, according to event organizers.
Experts in corporate communications offer mixed advice. Some say the smartest move is to say nothing. Vikas Mittal, a professor of management and marketing at Rice Business, cautions against statements that appear to take a side or justify actions as “right or wrong.”
Jada Ferreira '22 worked full-time while earning her MBA at Rice Business. “I was analyzing clients’ carbon footprints during the day and learning how to build valuation models in Excel during the evenings. It was difficult, but incredibly rewarding, and I was able to finish the program with a 3.8 GPA.”
The conference, which saw its largest attendance in history this year, is the flagship event of the GCEC, which facilitates collaboration of global entrepreneurship center leaders with the goal of advancing, strengthening and celebrating the role universities fulfill in educating future entrepreneurs.